Students from Spain and Italy spending the school year with Timber Lake families

  • Exchange students Carla del Rio Larrea (LEFT) and Francesco Barbini point to their homes in Spain and Italy. The map was painted in the hallway at Timber Lake High School by last year’s exchange students.
    Exchange students Carla del Rio Larrea (LEFT) and Francesco Barbini point to their homes in Spain and Italy. The map was painted in the hallway at Timber Lake High School by last year’s exchange students.

    Two exchange students are enrolled at Timber Lake High School for the 2022-23 school year.

    Carla del Rio Larrea of Logrono, Spain, a city of about 100,000 people, is staying with Bryce and Colette Schaffer. Franceso Barbini from Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy is staying with Leah Peterson and her son Dan.

    “I really love it here,” Carla said. “The high school is much better. The teachers are really nice an…