Owensboro Sister Cities and Regions

03/27/2026

OSCAR was well represented at the Burns Middle School Multicultural Fair today. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. We have middle school students interested in being future exchange students! Thank you Steven, Brigeta, Beck, and Karen.

03/19/2026

Fall semester 2026 host family opportunity available. Contact information listed below.

03/18/2026

The Owensboro Sister Cities & Regions Board will meet tonight, Wednesday, March 18, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 406 at City Hall!

01/23/2026

01/22/2026

More information regarding President Petr Pavel’s visit to Olomouc and Gymnázium Olomouc - Hejčín today.

01/22/2026

Debaty s mladými lidmi považuji za důležitou součást své práce i osobního pohledu na svět. Ujišťují mě, že nastupující generace se zajímá o zásadní společenská a globální témata a dokáže o nich přemýšlet s novou perspektivou.

Děkuji studentům Gymnázia Hejčín v Olomouci za diskusi a otázky, které po ránu daly zabrat.

01/20/2026

Join us for the first meeting of the year! We meet in Room 406 at Owensboro City Hall. We hope to see you there.

11/21/2025

This was posted today by Ateneo on their FB page. The original 9 photo poster was created by one of the teams participating in the Downtown Owensboro Photo Scavenger Hunt. They added the “Thank You” in Czech and English to thank Owensboro for a wonderful visit! As their OSCAR Host, I want to add my thanks to Owensboro for making this visit so special. The Host families were AWESOME! KWC and Brescia weee both wonderful hosts! Dinner with the Kentucky Wesleyan Singers was delicious, in many ways. Participating in Trunk-or-Treat at Brescia was a unique opportunity! Students at DCHS, Apollo, CVMS, OMS, and Lassiter Middle School were awesome audiences with great questions! Thank you to Settle Memorial for providing rehearsal space and an opportunity to sing in worship. The Bluegrass Museum always makes wonderful memories! OSO and Diane, thank you for a memorable evening at RiverPark! Chick-Fil-A lunch was so appreciated! Mellow Mushroom, thank you for taking great care of us on our first full day in Owensboro. Cynthia Jolly, you have made friends for life! OSCAR board members, thank you for supporting me as we all took care of Ateneo. Sometimes Citizenship Diplomacy looks a lot like good old-fashioned hospitaty! To Owensboro, thank you for attending one or more of their concerts, thanks for chatting with them around town and helping make them feel so welcomed. Thanks to Owensboro, more members of Ateneo have discovered that they have their own “Old Kentucky Home”. Děkujeme!

11/01/2025

Ateneo “My Old Kentucky Home” at Settle Memorial with their Host Families before leaving Owensboro for the rest of their US tour on November 1, 2025.

11/01/2025

Well, Ateneo’s visit to Owensboro has come to an end. They are to Iowa and the Chicago to perform before they head home to Czechia. The standoff from Settle was even more tearful than usual. Singing “My Okd Kentucky Home” in the parking lot emotional for choir as well as the host families.

Speaking of host families - they were the best this year! The sharing of information, things to do, extra gatherings, as well as opening their homes and hearts to the choir was Southern Hospitality at its best! The host family experience makes this exchange so much more than just another choir tour.

Ateneo brought joy everywhere they performed this week. 11 performances and a trunk or treat experience at Brescia was a lot in 6 days but they were amazing ambassadors of the Czech Republic. We look forward to hosting you again!

Owensboro, thank you for opening your hearts this week. The formal and informal interactions Ateneo experienced made their time here very special. Owensboro Airport, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Diane Earle, Bluegrass Museum, Mellow Mushroom, Settle Memorial United Methodist Church, Chick-Fil-A, Cynthia Jolly, Buc-ees (Smiths Grove), and the staff, students, and audiences at Settle Memorial, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Brescia University, Daviess County High School, Apollo High School, College View Middle School, Owensboro Middle School, and Lassiter Middle School please know what a positive impact you have made on the 25 members of Ateneo this week.

To the Board and Ambassadors of Owensboro Sister Cities and Regions - thank you for continuing to support our 30+ year connection with Olomouc.

Ateneo, you made the world a little smaller this week by sharing your passion for music with us. You will always have a home here in your new “Old Kentucky Home”.