A team of students from Japan are absorbing the views and also noises of Okotoks.
They’re below for a couple of weeks as component of Muskoka Language International’s Homestay program, which intends to offer students a consider worldwide society.
On Tuesday, the 18 high students from Kona Girls’ Junior & & Seniors High School in Kobe, Japan got a welcome from participants of Okotoks community council at the local centre, and also had an excursion of the midtown location.
English instructor at Konan, Jude Simmonds, states Okotoks appears to be the best prospect to display everyday Canadian life.
“The main point is ‘small town Canada experience.’ The agency, MLI, their whole thing is small towns. It used to be in Canmore but that’s a holiday resort town so it’s hard to get homestay families, whereas here, it’s a real place.”
He states the students are likewise obtaining an excellent feeling for Okotokian …