American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS announces the 2013-2014 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 1996 – 15 July 1998;
• 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 centre with the following items:

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

Testing will take place in the following centres:

Students with disabilities who are currently studying in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade and were born between 15 March 1995 and 15 July 1998 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; www.americancouncils.md

Participant List Flex Round II

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2amegW7zN-EaFlxVV9BQjFubE0

2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2amegW7zN-Ea1ljUTZLZHdHSG8

3.https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2amegW7zN-EcmdnTTExV2c3VTg/edit