Consul General Matt Boyse speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Solingen school partnership with Naperville, IL

Reducing Cultural Stereotyping Via School Exchanges
June 19,2008.
In remarks at a celebration in Solingen of 20 years of partnership between the Naperville (Illinois) Central High School and the Humboldt Gymnasium, School Director Marko Voigt and Deputy Mayor Heinz-Eugen Bertenburg stressed the importance of travel and personal contact between Germans and Americans in expanding and correcting knowledge about each others’ societies. Among the 100 guests were present and former students from both schools, who described how their views had changed during their stays in the other country. In his speech congratulating the leaders of the program for their many years of engagement, Consul General  Matt Boyse echoed these observations and expanded on the many benefits to Germany of close relations with the United States.

• Information on High School Exchanges
• Humboldt Gymnasium Solingen Exchange Program
• Naperville Central High School (Illinois)