Yoonsang Nam gets full rural experience at AHS

Yoonsang
exchange student
Aurora
Huskies

Korean exchange student shares year long journey in USA

  • A member of the Aurora High School varsity football team, Yoonsang was congratulated by host parents Maile Ilac-Boeder and John Boeder after his team finished as Class B runner-up.
    A member of the Aurora High School varsity football team, Yoonsang was congratulated by host parents Maile Ilac-Boeder and John Boeder after his team finished as Class B runner-up.

    Corn. 
    Corn and the color red were the first things South Korean exchange student Yoonsang Nam noticed when he traveled from Seoul to Grand Island last fall.
    This 16-year-old student has joined Maile Ilac-Boeder and John Boeder for the 2021-22 school year in Aurora.
    “This is my first time (in America),” he said. “I came here in July last year and it was really hot. I’m going back in June.”
    Nam knew he wanted to experience the different educational systems and to see the size of the United States. Though he selected the country he didn’t know exactly where he would end up.
    Landing in Nebraska provided him with similar weather to his hometown though through his host family he was able to experience other states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Colorado.
    “We went Tough Mudder running in Denver,” he shared. “It was really hard because we did it during the summer and it was really hot.”

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