Thirty students from Germany visited BDHS as part of the German American Partnership Program, and 30 Beaver Dam families are serving as their hosts.

Beaver Dam Unified School District German Oriel Combs said BDHS students traveled to Germany last summer, and that many of the students whose families served as hosts then are visiting now. Combs said BDHS students travel to Germany every other summer and German students visit the USA every other fall. Beaver Dam exchanges students with the city of Giessen, Germany, located about an hour north of Frankfurt.

Since it began in 1972, the German American Partnership Program has grown from 150 schools participating to 800 today, with more than 300,000 student participants. It serves as a short-term exchange program, with visits that last at least 16 days, with a minimum of two weeks with host families and 10 days of school attendance.