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People in a village in Xundian County, Yunnan walk more than 3 KM each way to get their daily water. Concordia is collecting funds for a water system for the Village. The total water system will cost 90, 000 RMB. A group of Concordia HS students will help to install the water system in […]

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Jim had another chance to read for Papas & Popcorn in Eleri’s class. Eleri was thrilled to have Jim in her classroom. She picked out two books (favorites of mine), “Tops & Bottoms” and “Cook-a-Doodle-Doo” by Janet Stevens. Jim reported Eleri was all smiles as the children enjoyed popcorn and books. Jim poped two […]

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On this lovely Sunday in Shanghai, Jim asked Eleri to go on the deck to water the plants. She said yes and skipped out to the deck. This is what happens when you send Eleri out to water the plants…fun and giggles!

She made a Slip-n-slide with the water on the […]

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Concordia Run and Splash day was a beautiful day in Shanghai. This is the first Splash Day for the ES Children. In the past, it has been a fun Field Day. Eleri left for school with a big smile in her run gear. She needed a red shirt to match her teammates.

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Eleri’s class had an Animal Zoo Museum to showcase their work on animals. The children picked an animal from the field trip to the zoo to do more research. See Shanghai Zoo Trip. Eleri decided the zebra would be a good animal choice since we saw them in South Africa. She was telling us […]

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Eleri loves to make. She made this Easter card for us.

I found this for the Easter bunny after I was cleaning up the Easter fun.

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Fall Carnival was moved to Spring Carnival for the first time this year. As a room Mom, Spring Carnival is easier to organize the volunteers needed for the day. This is an event for the ES children organized by the PSO (Parent Support Organization). Each room has the responsible for running a booth at […]

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Eleri’s Spring school trip is to the Shanghai zoo. It has been a long, wet winter and Spring hasn’t sprung! The forecast for the week was rain every day but Wednesday, the day of the field trip. The week’s forecast was correct. It rain every day, but Wednesday. We had a beautiful day to […]

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Eleri’s school project – to build a Leprechaun trap. This is Eleri’s favorite kind of project as it had the word BUILD in it. Eleri’s favorite building partner is Jim, of course. They talked about the design and how Eleri wanted to build her trap. The trap was due at school on March 15, […]

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Every month the Elementary students have chapel. Each chapel is led by a class. Today, chapel was led by Ms Johnson’s Grade 2 class (Eleri’s) and Ms Shepard’s Grade 1 class. Eleri has been practicing all week. The skit was about the 12 disciples.

The first song the children sang was “There were […]