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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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One of those Saturdays – tennis in the morning for Emersyn, Eleri had an afternoon class birthday party in Jinqiao, Concordia Idol – it all needs to be scheduled with the one car and driver! I took birthday duty to hang in Jinqiao all day (lucky me) as there wasn’t enough time to come […]
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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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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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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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Emersyn signed up for the Marine Ecology Research Program trip to Phuket, Thailand. Two high school teachers, Mr. Klammer and Mr. Umphenour, take a group of ten students to Thailand to do research on a reef. This is the fifth and final trip to this reef. The data is collected and sent to an […]
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Emersyn joined the middle school volleyball team. The school combines 5th & 6th grade girls and boys. This year, the children were divided up into five teams. Practice for volleyball is Tuesday and Friday from 3:30-5:30. Tuesdays are game days. The Concordia teams play each other and other schools in the area. However, there […] |