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Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The participants role-play as representing a country in a simulated session of an (committee) of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or […]
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This week the ES Students have Book Week. Book Week ends with a book character parade on Friday. Eleri decided last month she was going to be the little sister from the book, “Big Sister, Little Sister”. It is a very easy costume and once Eleri makes a decision, she is done. Friday morning, […]
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Valentine’s Day started off with homemade cards – my favorite. Emersyn made her cards with red paper and white-out. One for Mom. One for Dad. One for Eleri. Eleri made the same kind of card for Mom, Dad […]
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The house was decorated for Chinese New Year! Tradition is to decorate the outside, so we did. We have our Chinese knot and firecrackers. Inside we had a few more various items to hang up. The girls love decorating. I took this photo of Eleri at […]
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A light snow began on Thursday, but not cold enough as the day was both rain and snow. On Friday later afternoon, it snowed! Mr. Nie had said if it snows on Chinese New Year, it is very lucky – so it must be a lucky year. Eleri and Roxi went out on […]
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The girls were all dressed up for the Chinese New Year celebration at school. Emersyn wore a traditional Yunnan skirt. We purchased this skirt on our trip to Lijiang in 2009. Eleri had one, but she has long since outgrown it. Eleri is wearing her Chinese New Year costume from a […]
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This year for the first time, the 3rd and 4th graders did a group project for Economics. The children were assigned to groups to create a business group. Each group had to design a project to make and sell. The group presented their project to the “bankers” to receive a loan. After securing the […] |