EF Foundation Foreign Exchange students and local program coordinators gathered for a presentation of the Foundation’s Global Education Excellence Award to the Moapa Valley High School. The award was presented by Linda Taylor to MVHS Principal Grant Hanevold (both pictured far right)..

Moapa Valley High School toreceived national recognition last week for excellence in global education by EF Foundation for Foreign Study. Awarded annually, the EF Foundation Global Education Excellence Award is presented to high schools that demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to international understanding and global awareness. Moapa Valley High School was one of a select group of High schools recognized across the United States for the 2010 – 11 school year.

This year, Moapa Valley High School welcomed 17 EF Foundation exchange students. Not only were the students accepted into the school, they became an integral part of the school’s academic and extracurricular life, involving the community-at-large in the exchange experience.

“Increasingly, parents, educators and the business community are recognizing the importance of preparing our kids for the global economy by creating ‘international’ experiences that broaden each student’s world perspectives,” noted Dan Sodervall, president, EF Foundation for Foreign Study. “Moapa Valley High School has shown an outstanding commitment to offering a global education. By welcoming exchange students into the classrooms, Moapa Valley High School has created new and unique learning opportunities not just for the exchange students, but for the American students and faculty as well.”

The award was presented by EF Foundation local coordinator Linda Taylor on Friday, May 27 to MVHS Principal, Grant Hanevold. The group of 17 exchange students were in attendance for the presentation.

“We thank Moapa Valley High School for welcoming this year’s students from around the globe,” Taylor said. “The community and visiting students shared an unforgettable experience thanks to the generosity of Moapa Valley High School’s principal, teachers, students and families.”

To learn more about getting involved with high school exchange in the Moapa Valley community, please contact Linda Taylor at ef.linda@mvdsl.com or visit effoundation.org.