The Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) is a program for high school students from ten countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Eurasia, funded by the United States government. The program provides students with scholarships that enable them to travel to the United States, study at an American school for one academic year, and live with an American host family.
FLEX was founded in 1992 as a core program of the Eurasian School Initiative of the Freedom Support Act. The program is funded by the United States Department of State. The program was created because of Senator Bill Bradley's belief that the best way to ensure lasting peace and understanding between the United States and the countries of Eurasia is to provide opportunities for young people from these countries to experience America and Americans firsthand. The primary goal of FLEX is to improve mutual understanding between the two countries and to provide opportunities for young people from Eurasia to observe and be a part of the American government. Since the program's inception in 1993, more than 17,000 young people from Eurasia have participated in FLEX and returned to their countries full of new enthusiasm, a desire to help others and share their experience and knowledge to improve life in their communities and countries.
FLEX has been operating in Ukraine since 1993. The competition is organized by the American Councils for International Education with the support of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. In the Cherkasy region, our gymnasium is the educational institution on the basis of which the project participants are selected. Usually, it is held in September-October.
The latest information is available on the website http://www.americancouncils.org.ua/uk/pages/36/
Information updated on 29.06.2017
Gymnasium students' impressions of participating in the FLEX-2015 program
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Finalists of the First City Gymnasium Program
2023-2024
- Holovina Sofia
2019-2020
- Duda Kateryna
- Hlushchenko Olesya
2018-2019
- Taranenko Kateryna
2017-2018
- Kastian Natalia
- Chuhai Oleksii
2016-2017
- Masyliuk Polina, 10th grade
- Paliy Anastasia, 10th grade
2015-2016
- Vozniuk Ivan
- Odokiyenko Yelyzaveta
- Samoylenko Polina
2014-2015
- Manzholenko Iryna, 10A
- Ohadzhanian Arsen, 10A
- Ohol Anna, 9A
2013-2014
- Skhobyrys Ihor
- Kovalenko Amelia
2012-2013
- Banadiseva Angela
2011-2012
- Solohor Anna
- Tanchyn Tetiana
2010-2011
- Sedletska Yevheniia, 10B
- Moshkovska Yuliia, 10B
- Matryonina Anastasiia, 9A
2008-2009
- Radyko Kateryna
- Drobish Serhii
2007-2008
- Kavun Natalia
- Starovoitova Valeriya
- Zahynayko Fedir
- Yakovenko Valeriya
- Obidina Yuliia
2006-2007
- Zemzyulin Ivan
- Kryvoviaz Olga
2005-2006
- Okhota Valentina
2004-2005
- Triukhan Dmytro
- Shvets Dmytro
- Kolomytsiev Artem
- Teslenko Anna
- Shatkivskyi Anatoliy
- Isachenko Oksana
2003-2004
- Ignatenko Iryna
- Savelyev Oleg
- Pshyvorzka Liana
- Vorobiova Olena
- Chazova Olena
- Polishchuk Iryna
2002-2003
- Korzhenko Volodymyr
- Polishchuk Bohdana
- Synytsia Volodymyr
- Posobchuk Ruslana
- Vasylenkov Volodymyr
- Kucherenko Anna
- Bereziovskyi Pavlo
2001-2002
- Pasichnyk Oleg
- Khliebas Anton
- Solohub Iryna
- Hlushenok Olena
- Maxim’yak Olga
- Hutsalo Oleksii
- Razan Olga
2000-2001
- Musiienko Oleksandr
- Chernenko Yevheniia
- Baranenko Iryna
- Upyr Pavlo
- Konaval Oleksandr
1999-2000
- Inozemtseva Olga
- Leliukh Kateryna
- Semенova Hanna
- Chernyuk Natalia
- Kochura Yevheniia
1998-1999
- Yunak Bohdan
- Malychyna Anna
- Popova Yuliia
- Marchuk Vasyl
1997-1998
- Kesarchuk Olga
- Rybalko Olga
- Luhovskyi Oleksandr
- Obryzan Dmytro
1996-1997
- Kyrychenko Olena
- Smirnova Olga
1995-1996
- Aleksiev Dmytro
- Kysil Lesia
- Kostenko Roman
- Kutsenko Tetiana
- Filipenko Oleksandr
- Yereskovska Natalia
- Bober Olena
- Prokopenko Oksana
1994-1995
- Zhabotynska Diana
- Boklah Victoria
- Titova Anna
1993-1994
- Zheludova Natalia
- Brydyk Oksana
- Deineka Andrii