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Privacy Notice
Greenheart International
Effective Date: 1/9/2019
This privacy notice describes how Greenheart International collects, uses, and discloses Personally Identifying Information (also known as âPIIâ) or Personal Data (collectively âPersonal Informationâ) from and about users of Greenheart International websites. This privacy notice also applies to any associated paper forms. Please read this privacy notice before using Greenheart International websites or submitting any personal information.
These practices may be changed at any time. Changes will be posted along with the date of the change. You should review this privacy notice when you visit Greenheart International websites to make sure that you understand how Personal Information is collected, used, and disclosed.
The Personal Information you provide to us is only used to:
We may use non-Personal Information for additional reasons described in the remainder of this privacy notice.
If you identify yourself to us by sending us an email with questions or comments, we may retain your comments for future reference.
Greenheart collects Personal Information, which is information that on its own or in combination with other information may be used to identify, contact, or locate an individual. Examples include:
Greenheart International collects other information that relates to you but does not identify you. Examples include clickstream data and web-browsing information (such as the date and time you visit a website, whether you click on various advertisements or links and the search terms you enter when using a website), and information about your computer, device and internet connection, and geographic location.
We collect Personal Information from you in the following ways:
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Information provided under one of the four preceding bullet points will not be used by those receiving it for marketing purposes, unless specifically authorized by the user.
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Please contact us using the following information for more information about this privacy notice, to notify us of a concern or complaint, or to exercise any of the individual rights you may have.
Data Protection Officer
By mail: 742 N LaSalle Dr. Chicago, IL 60654 Suite 300, USA
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By Sarah Tolman, F-1 High School Academic Program Coordinator
After hearing Dita speak in her impressively advanced and almost accent-free English, with such maturity, enthusiasm and charm, one would assume that sheâs been studying in the U.S. for at least a year, if not more. Dita only arrived in
New York State this past January, but thanks to a warm, welcoming community of people, she has already managed to find comfort and confidence, both at school and in her homestay.
Dita, from the Czech Republic, is currently a participant on Greenheartâs F-1 High School Academic Program. Students from a variety of countries are drawn to the F-1 High School Program, largely because of the opportunity to choose their school or their destination in the U.S. Dita chose her school, Allendale Columbia High School in Rochester, New York, because it was small and intimate, just like her school in her home country. Though she was nervous on her first day, it took almost no time for Dita to feel comfortable at her school.
âWhat I really love about Allendale is you just go and you feel like you are at home, âcause everyone knows you, and you are like part of a family.â
By being her outgoing self in class and participating in track and field as an extracurricular activity, Dita has made friends with other exchange students and Americans alike. On one day off from school, Dita enjoyed hanging out with her closest American friend, Carly. Carlyâs parents own a local bakery, so the two girls helped out with the baking and enjoyed a delicious lunch. Dita has also shared her own food with Carly, cooking a Czech cream of spinach and Czech dumplings. They have plans to bake Czech cookies next!
Dita has formed a close bond with her host family as well. She lives with her host mother and three-year-old host brother, Neil, to whom she refers as âthe little guy.â She enjoys spending girl-time with her host mother, says they have amazing talks and that she feels appreciated and very much a part of the family. When asked if she has encountered anything surprising
about living with an American family, Dita recounts this:
âOne thing what I didnât expect⌠I took AP French class, and my host mom, sheâs originally from Haiti, which means sheâs fluent in French. So sometimes when we want to, we can speak French! We speak mostly English⌠but thatâs what I really didnât expect, because the main goal was to improve English, not to improve French, but I can do both at the same time!â
At the age of 18, Dita has already gained an important skill that many people donât gain until later in life, if they gain it at all. She has learned to compare and analyze cultural differences between her home country and a foreign country, by experiencing both cultures first-hand. Dita describes one of these differences that she noticed when she moved here:
âCzech people are like, when they see someone having trouble, they try to pretend like they donât see it, because they donât want to get into trouble too. But here, like ten people ask you whatâs going on and if they can help you, and they really mean it, they really want to help you.â
Dita gave a heart-warming example of this to illustrate how welcomed she has felt from the very beginning of her program.
During her first week in the U.S., her French teacher asked if Dita missed her Mom. When Dita answered, âyes, a little bit,â the teacher said, âitâs okay, Iâm your Mom here!â and gave her a hug. The friendliness from her teachers and classmates and continued support from her host mother and Local Coordinator helped Dita get through any homesickness she felt during those first few weeks. She advised any international students who are experiencing this same initial loneliness,
“Every beginning is hard. Just wait and give it time. Nobody expects you to come and be a superstar in the first week.â
Maybe it didnât happen in the first week, but Dita has definitely become a superstar in the eyes of CCI Greenheart. She has gained independence, perspective and a newfound pride for her own Czech culture through her experience here. In addition to getting good grades and traveling to New York City, Dita hopes to gain new insights into American culture and share more about Czech culture and lifestyle with her peers and host family.