Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
GUILLERMO PEREZ and Annelie Rodestock, foreign exchange students from Spain and Germany, attend Wakefield-Marenisco K-12. Both students identify with the different focus of American schools vs the schools in their home country, with Americans focused on the social aspect, school spirit, and sports instead of simply academics.
By IAN MINIELLY
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco school has two foreign exchange students in the junior class being hosted by local families.
Annelie Rodestock, from Leipzig, Germany, and Guillermo Perez, from Ibiza, Spain, arrived in Wakefield in September and will depart after the school year is complete.
Rodestock was hoping for sunny and warm California when she submitted her wish list to the placement agency, but she likes Wakefield and is very happy here.
The students have visited Duluth and Appleton and are scheduled to make visits to Washington D.C...
