GUILFORD — A gregarious group of 60 teens with different accents milled about Piscataquis Community High School this weekend as the school held its second American Field Service open house in recent years.

“We’re basically blending right in and becoming part of the community,” said Allison Perkins of Gorham, state activities coordinator for AFS. No stranger to the mystique of foreign soil, she spent a year in Brazil while in high school.

The 60 foreign exchange students representing 33 countries along with 15 Maine exchange students spent the weekend with host families in SAD 4 communities, sharing their culture with students in the classrooms on Friday and performing in a talent show later that evening.

The students spent the day Saturday watching competitive sports held in conjunction with the school’s homecoming celebration. They spent the evening at a dance. Before returning on Sunday to their adopted Maine communities, the students participated in workshops on international cultural issues.

Asked about the mind-boggling job of keeping track of such a large group of kids unfamiliar with the territory, Perkins said, “They’re an incredibly responsible group of kids.”

The job of finding host families for the students fell on the shoulders of Marion Pomerleau, president of the SAD 4 Adult Chapter of AFS.

The event, one of three held each year, serves to bring international culture to a community and a support system for the students, according to Perkins. She said an international ski day will be held in Bridgton in January. Usually the third event is a community service weekend such as one conducted at the Augusta YMCA camp.

“It’s nice to exchange the experiences,” said Stefan Riha of Austria. He added he found it pleasant to find another AFS student from Austria he could chat with in German. The 16-year-old said he has not yet been homesick and was enjoying his stay in the Augusta area.

Fanny Agrahamsson of Sweden, a resident of Damariscotta for the school year, said it was fun to meet the other foreign exchange students. “It’s fun to talk with them about what they think,” she said.

For Susana Fanado of Portugal, the hardest thing for her was to understand the English language. “I felt so bad the first day I came here because everybody talked with each other and I could not understand them,” she said. With help from her host family and school, she has overcome the difficulties and speaks and understands English quite well.

Before heading for their host homes Sunday, many of the students exchanged their Maine addresses in the hope of continuing their new relationships.