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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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Another installation of the annual pilgrimage to Hong Kong for executive spring break. This year, Jim was accompanied by Dan Bishop (3rd year), Dan Brennan (newbie), and Paul Tayler (newbie). Brennan has been on other trips with the Shanghai group – Yangshuo. Tayler, our token Welsh guy, is new to Shanghai, but has jumped […]
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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 […]
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Emersyn’s band concert was “An Evening of Music”. The concert include the Jazz Band, 6th Grade Band, Wind Ensemble, 7th & 8th Grade Band and the High School band. A LONG evening of music. The concert lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. Eleri was a trooper for a late night of entertainment on a […] |