From Germany to Giltner: Exchange student embraces small town life

Exchange year has given Burrows a new perspective, houseful of siblings

  • German exchange student Amy Burrows is spending this school year as a sophomore at Giltner High School. Along with playing volleyball, serving as student manager for the girls basketball team and competing in speech, Burrows has enjoyed trying popular restaurants around Grand Island.
    German exchange student Amy Burrows is spending this school year as a sophomore at Giltner High School. Along with playing volleyball, serving as student manager for the girls basketball team and competing in speech, Burrows has enjoyed trying popular restaurants around Grand Island.

    After trading the busy sidewalks and train stops of Markkleeberg, Germany, for the wide-open spaces of rural Nebraska, Giltner sophomore Amy Burrows is discovering just how different — and exciting — life in America can be. What began as a leap of faith after finishing 10th grade in Germany has turned into a year filled with new classes, new friends and a front-row seat to small-town life in the C…