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Emersyn’s teacher, Ms Torgerson, has a passion for writing. She assigns writing assignments at the end of each study. This is Emersyn’s newspaper article for 1499.

News Flash!! Update On Discovery! Emersyn Lyon

Here we are on December 31, 1499 and it’s been a exciting last century! Portugal and Spain have been […]

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Friday morning, Eleri’s class began with pumpkin fun. All students were asked to bring in a small pumpkin. We had our green one. Parents were asked to come in to help and bring a treat, if possible. Since it was at 8am, I thought I should find something besides cupcakes. I decided jello jigglers […]

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This was Eleri first year at Fall Carnival as a student at Concordia. I took her the first year we arrived in Shanghai when she was two. This is Emersyn first year to not enjoy Carnival. It is for the Elementary children, preschool to 4th grade. It was a beautiful day for Fall Carnival […]

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Emersyn left for her first school interim trip on a wet, rainy day in October. I was hoping the sun would come to shine upon her and her classmates…but, they spent the adventure weekend in the rain. They all reported to having fun despite the rain. There are six – 5th grade classes of […]

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As part of theme studies, Emersyn wrote a news article about the expeditions to new lands.

News Flash!! Update On Discovery! by Emersyn Lyon

Here we are on December 31, 1499 and it’s been a exciting last century! Portugal and Spain have been sending out expeditions and reaching far beyond their […]

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For the first time, both girls are going to the same school – Concordia American International School. There were many family discussions about moving Eleri from Dulwich, a British school. Elle wanted to stay with her best friend, Lili. In the end, it made sense to move her this year to Concordia, as she […]

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As a 5th grader, Emersyn is part of the middle school. She is loving everything about Middle School at Concordia. The students have a choice of band, strings or choir for first period. Emersyn decided on band. She listed her three choices for an instrument at the end of the school year of 4th […]

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It is Eleri’s last day at Dulwich British International School. She has had three fun years at DUCKS, the name for the younger years campus. However, it is time to get the girls in the same school and the same schedules.

Good-bye to the little red school building.

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Today is Eleri’s performance day at school (Year 1 and 2 combined). While there are no special costumes, the kids need to where their “best dress” uniform. We have not used it much over the year, so I guess this is a way to have all the parents feel good about paying for it. […]

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For Emersyn’s birthday, I took in the family chocolate cake. I usually take in cupcakes, but cupcakes take longer and I am a little “baked-out” of making the chocolate cake. I made a cake for Elle’s party on May 15. I made three cakes for Emmy’s party on May 29 (an extra due to […]