In April 2005, Miss Nancy Betkoski and Miss Maria Avery traveled to The People's Republic of China, Shandong Province to establish a sister school relationship with Yuacai Middle School in Qingdao, China. The trip organized through the State Department of Education and made possible through a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation.
As part of our committment to our sister-school partnership, Miss Avery's Social Studies classes participated in a exchange package that was sent to Principal Sun at Yucai Middle School in February 2006.
This school year Mrs. Gordon will be joining Miss Avery to learn about China in their 7th and 8th grade classrooms and to create aditional exchange packages to send to our sister school.
Plans are also being made for an East Asian Cultural Day sometime in January 2007 along with Chinese New Year activities. Stay tuned for details!