Middle School Student Exchange 2023. After four years Aspen received the Bariloche students again! A group of fifteen students and two chaperones from Capraro, San Patricio and Woodville schools came to the Roaring Fork Valley from April 9th to the 22nd. Huge thanks to the families who hosted and helped... read more →
Apr
22
Building genuine bonds between different communities. From February 5-14, 2023, Aspen families hosted 13 students and two chaperones from Abetone, Italy, and the surrounding region. While in Aspen, the Abetone students and chaperones did a variety of activities including a snowshoe tour on the top of Ajax with ACES, a visit... read more →
Feb
14
The U.S. is uncomfortably stimulating. The U.S. is loud and unruly. The U.S. is foreign. Nine 8th graders from Shimukappu, Japan traveled to Aspen for ten days at the beginning of January. Ideally, I would have been more aware of these three possible experiences of theirs before we left rural... read more →
Jan
27
On a brisk, sunny January afternoon at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, the clicks of cameras snapping away blended with the sounds of a nature preserve as about a dozen visitors from Shimukappu, Japan documented the flora and fauna of Hallam Lake. The group of nine teenagers and several... read more →
Jan
19
Aspen and Shimukappu, Japan have been sister cities for thirty years and for thirty years the student exchange has been creating bonds between families of both communities. It was the Aspen students' turn to receive and host a group of nine Shimukkapu students from January 4th to the 13th, after... read more →
Nov
28
Celebrating the relationships with our sister cities. Flags displayed on Main St, Aspen on Thanksgiving week honoring our sister cities. Grateful for the relationships built and experiences shared. Grateful for the support of our community. Aspen Sister Cities Aspen Abetone, Italy Bariloche, Argentina Chamonix, France Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Queenstown, New Zealand... read more →