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The free dress for last day of school before Chinese New Year is Chinese Dress. Eleri is wearing her costume from preschool 4 performance at Dulwich. The costume was made for her, but did not fit at all. I think there was a mix-up and we pinned the dress on her when she was […]
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On this Saturday, Emersyn was inducted into the International Thespian Society. To be eligible, she earned “points” for her work in theatre over the past year. Black was the dress attire. Luckily, Emersyn bought this black dress for a dance last year…it still fit! Shoes – she has none, but we made […]
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Emersyn, Bella and Hayden attended the Ed Sheeran concert on Saturday night. It was a busy day with National History Day, play practice, tennis lessons and the Gala. We managed to get home around 5pm to prepare for the the busy night. Eleri was staying home alone – with Roxi. Pizza and […]
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National History Day is required participation as part of history class for all Freshman. The first and second place winners go to Washington DC to compete in the finals. At the beginning of the year, the students complete a form and indicate if they will go to Washington. If one person in […]
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When the students go to APAC competition, they stay with a homestay from the school hosting. Concordia was hosting APAC band this year. Emersyn’s Japan homestay, Esther, from the Canadian Academy was coming to Shanghai for APAC band. We requested to have Esther and a friend stay with us. Esther, Emersyn and Nicholle have […]
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Emersyn returned from APAC Forensics to One-Act play performances on Thursday & Friday of February 5 & 6. Emersyn is taking an advance theatre class. In the class, each student wrote an one-act play. They were randomly assigned another students play to direct and cast. Emersyn was given the play written by […]
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Emersyn auditioned for the High School Forensics team. A upperclass-MUN friend, Christine, wanted her to give it a go. The competition was tough this year with most of the prior years’ team returning. Emersyn did not make the team – no freshman was part of the team this year. Emersyn was first alternate. After […]
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The Shanghai Tower is ALMOST done – just the very top that needs to be completed. With the Holidays around the corner, the new Shanghai Tower has been testing lights. At this time, the lights are flashing like a light house. Emersyn is complaining that the flashing lights are keeping her up until 11:30pm […]
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As a Freshman, Emersyn made the varsity team for tennis. The tennis team has a ladder system – you challenge the person ahead of you in a set of 8 games. Emersyn started the season at #7 to earn the position of #4. The top five players went to the APAC conference (Asia Pacific […]
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Emersyn was asked to write a piece for the school paper on her prospective of the Concordia play, Stand By Me. The teacher was so impressed with her story that it will be published in the Shanghai Daily. by Emersyn THE curtain rises on the final night of performances […] |