Knoch junior will study in Berlin this summer
JEFFERSON TWP — An ambitious Knoch High School junior has earned a scholarship that will pay 96 percent of his trip to study in Germany this summer.
Stephen Brooks, son of Leslie Bridgeman of Clinton Township and the late Edward Brooks, won the Council on International Educational Exchange scholarship and will live in Berlin from June 14 to July 11.
Stephen will live with a host family and be immersed in the language, educational system and culture in the second most populous city in the European Union.
He said he was surprised when notified that he had won the CIEE scholarship, which he applied for by writing three essays in answer to questions by the organization.
Stephen attributes his love for the German language he discovered this school year to his German teacher, Emily Cramer.
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