We are reviewing and updating our student application process for 2024, please reach out to info@ketchikangerokanayama.org for any inquiries!
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Welcome to the Ketchikan • Gero • Kanayama Exchange Web Site
Established 1986
Established 1986
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The Ketchikan-Kanayama Exchange program started in 1986, beginning with teacher exchanges and annual exchanges of students in 1987. The exchange started as part of a school district program, and then the Ketchikan-Kanayama Exchange Association was formed in 1989 to administer the program. It is a non-profit organization run totally by volunteers dedicated to keeping the program running well. Funding from the school district and the borough is minimal and covers only expenses for the teacher exchange and some of the expenses incurred during the Kanayama student visit. The first visit from Kanayama delegates (the Mayor and Superintendent, etc.) to Ketchikan to decide whether or not to start an exchange, took place in November 1986. Ketchikan delegates (Ketchikan’s Mayor and Superintendent) then visited Kanayama in March 1987 for the first time. Following that, Christa Bruce and family went over, and the Ketchikan and Kanayama students first visited each other |
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KGK Board
President - Jill Walker Vice President - Claire Gilleg Secretary - Matt Armstrong Treasurer - Dan Patton Student Reps - Japanese Teacher –Kasane EmaMa Teacher to Kanayama –Malika Brunette Board Members: Ole Sullivan Christa Bruce-Kotrc Elizabeth Avila Tim Currall Archie Inoncillio Jacob Alguire Kana Mettler Tracy Mettler Ty Hewitt Shelley Hewitt Ema Oshima Jenny Dupree |
Exchange 22-23!
From Kanayama to Ketchikan: Itakura IROHA Kato SAKURAKO Kanamori HINATA Takagi SAKI Taguchi AN Imai FUTABA Katsuragawa MIYU Kawamura RIO Hibino AN'NA Aoki RYONA Imai YUKA Aoki AMI Imai SAKI Imai MIYU Chaperones: Ishimaru HIROKO Toyama MAHIRO TONY Hatano-Worrell |
Exchange 22-23!
From Ketchikan to Kanayama: Lina Merrill Arayna Arrowood David Pattison Ally Trugon Claire Mettler Dan Tabb Sarah Kleeman Kiera Linkenhoker Chaperones: Ole Sullivan Connie Judson Application Reminder!
2024 Evaluations
Due Date Pending.
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