SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The STS Foundation, a nonprofit student exchange organization based in Arizona, is looking for host families for several international high school students planning to study in the Huntersville area in the 2011-12 school year.

Host families provide a separate bed, family meals and a safe environment. Interested families should contact Mary Leonhardt at 800-522-4678 or mary@stsfoundation.org.

STS sponsors an international exchange program for high school students 15 to 18 years old on a non-immigrant J-1 visa, giving students an opportunity to live with an American family for an academic year or semester while attending a local high school.

During the 2009-10 school year, the organization placed students from Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and several other countries.

For more information, visit www.stsfoundation.org.