Join us at Panera Bread on Wednesday, January 18th at 7:45pm.
Panera is located at 1680 Us Highway 22, Watchung NJ 07069. Please email me if you need directions that keep you off of Route 22.
We will be going over some safety issues so please make sure you arrive on time.
We will have our annual Holiday Party but we are changing the location this year. We will be having the party at Gennaro’s Pizza (1100 South Ave, Westfield). We will meet at 8:00pm. The cost will be $5 per person for pizza and soda (please bring cash). Everyone also needs to bring a wrapped gift worth $15, please don’t bring anything girlie in case one of our male au pairs gets it!
Who’s going up?????
We are having our November Au Pair meeting at Gravity Vault (40 Watchung Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928) on Thursday, November 17th. Please be there at 8pm. Cost will be $24. www.gravityvault.com/
“Rollover” Credits
From time to time an au pair will exceed the number of hours or credits they need to fulfill the educational component during their first program term. We have recently received a clarification from the U.S. Department of State confirming that these excess credits can be applied towards the educational component required during the extension term provided they adhere to the following regulatory parameters:
The coursework is completed at/through a U.S. post-secondary accredited institution.
Official transcripts are obtained to document the academic. credits/hours successfully completed
The academic credits/hours are accrued during an exchange program (the initial year and allowable extension of 6, 9, or 12 months).
Academic credit completed during the au pair’s initial term or extension term cannot be carried over to repeat program participation.
The coursework should be related to or in support of the au pair’s field of study or career trajectory.
One question you may have is regarding the last point because this is something that would be difficult to prove so it is simply something that au pairs to keep in mind as they register for classes.
This clarification is good news and allows for some flexibility so no unused credits will go to waste!
Due to the weather we will not be playing mini-golf.
Instead we will meet at the Panera in Watchung at 8pm.
The address is
The address is
Watchung Commons Mall (#1478)
1680 US Highway 22
Watchung, NJ 07069
If you can’t drive on Rt 22 then here are alternate directions…
South Ave towards Plainfield.
Right onto Terrill Ave
Right in the Sears parking lot
Go behind the Sears building and into the parking lot of the building next door.
Panera is in the building next to Sears.
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