BGM welcomes German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier

      German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier, second from left, is shown with, from left, Shadlee Hazelwood, Karlee Bellenger, host family member, and Caden LaKose, all members of the BGM Varsity Football Cheer Squad. Shadlee and Caden came to support their new teammate at the flag presentation and raising at the Brooklyn Avenue of Flags late last month. Nina, who is attending BGM during the 2022-23 school year, is cheering on the Bears sports teams. 

By J.O. Parker     

      The Brooklyn community welcomed German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier, by hoisting a German flag at the Avenue of Flags late last month. Nina, who hails from a suburb of Berlin, is spending the 2022-23 school year at BGM.
     “She plans to try as many new experiences as she can while here,” said Franci McClenathan, the new community representative for AYUSA, an exchange program based in San Francisco. “Her father was also an exchange student when he was in high school.”
         Nina plans to take part in the BGM cheerleading squad cheering on the sports teams.
         Her host family is Lacey, Karlee and Brock Bellenger.
       The Ruritans of Brooklyn purchased the German flag for Nina to hoist at the Avenue of Flags.
         “The flag will fly throughout her stay in Brooklyn and she will get to take it home with her when she returns home next spring,” McClenathan said.

German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier, middle, is joined by Lacey Bellenger, host mom at left, and Karlee Bellenger, host sister at right. 

      German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier, left, is joined by, from left, Emmett Taylor, Rusty Clayton, Brooklyn Ruritans; Angie Crabtree, Brooklyn Ruritan president; and Karlee Bellenger, host sister, prior to raising the Germany flag at the Avenue of Flags in Nina's honor last month.

      German foreign exchange student, Nina Beier, right, is joined by Franci McClenathan, the new community representative for AYUSA, an exchange program based in San Francisco, following the raising of the German flag last month. Nina will spend the school year at BGM.