Study for FREE in USA!!!

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS announces registration for the 2012-13 FLEX Exchange Program for high school students. This is a US Government sponsored program which offers the opportunity to spend one academic year in the US studying in an American high school living with an American host family. Recipients of FLEX scholarships are selected by an independent panel of experienced educators in the United States of the basis of merit demonstrated in application materials.

Eligible applicants should pre-register at http://americancouncils.md/flex_reg.

The competition is open to all interested students who meet the following criteria:

• Are 9-th, 10-th and 11-th* graders born between 1 January 1995 - 15 July 1997;
• Are citizens of Moldova;
• Have previously studied English.

* The Ministry of Education of Moldova requires that FLEX finalists returning home from the program year in the U.S. complete the 12th form in Moldova.

To participate in the first round of the competition all eligible candidates have to come to a test center with the following items:

• Original birth certificate, international passport or national ID;
• One 4x5 recent photograph;
• A pencil or a pen.

Testing will tentatively take place in the following centers:

CENTER

Ungheni - Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „V. Alecsandri", str. Nationala 13
Chisinau - Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 15:00 Lyceum „S. Haret", str. M. Cibotari 53 **
Orhei - Thursday, 8 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „A. Russo", str. V. Lupu 13
Causeni - Friday, 9 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „A. Mateevici", str. Mateevici 1
** PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED for Chisinau

NORTH

Telenesti - Monday, 12 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „L. Blaga", str. C. Porumbescu 20
Soroca - Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „C. Stere", str. D. Cantemir 26
Edinet - Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „D. Cantemir", str. Independentei 77
Balti - Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „M. Eminescu", str. Stefan cel Mare 81 **
** PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED for Balti

SOUTH

Cahul - Monday, 19 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „D. Cantemir", str. Caragiale 33
Comrat - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:00 Lyceum „G. Gaidarji", str. Lenin 198
** Chisinau and Balti participants are required to pre-register by September 6 and September 14 respectively at http://americancouncils.md/flex_reg/.

Students with disabilities who are currently studying in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade and were born between 15 March 1994 and 15 July 1997 are encouraged to participate in the competition.

This program offers an equal opportunity to all participants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, or disability.

American Councils for International Education: ACTR-ACCELS 76 Kogalniceanu Str., Chisinau, Moldova MD2009
Phone: 225860, 270766, fax 234873; flex@americancouncils.md.

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