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It has been Book Week at school for the Elementary children. On Friday, the week finishes with a parade dressed as a favorite character from a book. Eleri and I went through a few costumes before she decided on “Pinkalicious.” I was hoping she would wear her dolphin costume for “Commotion in the Ocean”, […]
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Aunt Terri and Uncle Andy send the girls Halloween books every year. We have a nice selection of these books in our library. Eleri picked out two books for her “Papa & Popcorn” day at school. Jim read “Frankie Stein” and “Ms. Broomstick’s School for Witches”. Average Rating: 4.6 […]
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For the 5th grade Science Fair, Emersyn did an experiment to see which water bottle kept liquids coldest at room temperature. She used a thermal insulated bottle, a glass bottle and a plastic bottle. She did three different tests by add ice and testing the temperatures at various times. With no surprises, the insulated […]
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The PSO sponsored Concordia International School’s 2nd International Festival in the Middle School Gym. The Concordia Community has families representing over 34 countries. This year, 19 countries provided samples of regional foods, educational information and activities related to their cultures. The girls left for school all red, white and blue. […]
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The first school trip of the year was to the Children’s Palace. The Children’s Palace is housed in a grand building that was once known as the “Marble House”. Built between 1918-1931, it has marble lined hallways, wide curving staircases and a large front hall complete with ornate fireplaces, grand chandeliers and […]
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Bindi sent a text to me today telling me Emersyn had one of her school paintings in the Shanghai Daily – “Did I know?” – “No.” It was in the supplement section on education. Jim was able to pull the photo of her painting from the paper’s web site. Emersyn painting in the […]
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At Concordia, all middle and high school students required studies include an interim trip. Emersyn’s 6th grade interim trip is to Xian. Xian (西安) in the name Xi’an literally mean “Western Peace”. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3, 100 years of history, the city was known as […]
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At Back-to-School Night for the parents, we met Emersyn’s teachers for the year. We already know all about Ms Poppell. We enjoyed meeting her other teachers. Emersyn LOVES her teachers this year and LOVES everything about school. When we went to the art room, we were able to see the self portrait she […]
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Back to School this year is an easy transition for the girls. Eleri is a 2nd grader beginning her second year at Concordia – no longer the new student. She has Ms Johnson as a teacher. Ms Johnson is a co-teacher with Ms Shepard in the 1-2 community. Eleri did theme studies […]
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For the first time in five years, we are attending the last day of school. Emersyn was excited to attend the last day of school. The 5th grade class had breakfast together at a restaurant near school in Jinqiao. As one of the class Moms for the five 5th grade classes, I went along […] |