Foreign exchange students Hannah Klassen (left) and Marina Palgen hang out in the student rotunda at New Trier High School October 16, 2012. The students are from Trier, Germany. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

German foreign exchange students Raphael Peck (left) and Philipp Schuster talk in the rotunda at the school October 16, 2012. Their immersion into American culture included New Trier homecoming festivities. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

New Trier foreign exchange students from Trier, Germany, hang out in the rotunda at the school October 16, 2012. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

New Trier foreign exchange students Pascal Hein (left) and Max Lauer have a discussion in the rotunda at the school October 16, 2012. The students are from Trier, Germany. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

New Trier foreign exchange students (left to right) Mara Henn, Teresa Lutz and Sonja Uchlin joke around in the rotunda at the school Oct. 16. The students are from Trier, Germany. | Curtis Lehmkuhl—Sun-Times Media