The simplified Chinese word for friend.

Mr. Sun views his email coorespondence leading up to the visit, vocabulary words as a word wall that students were learning school wide and various news articles about China.

Our band, ASB officers, our translator all welcome Mr. Sun in a short but uplifting ceremony and presentation of a gift exchange. Our students learned to say hello in mandarin Chinese. In preparation for the visit I would share tidbits about the Chinese culture each week as well as words to practice or number words in Chinese. Students read articles at breakfast about athletes in China, panda bears, current news articles, and history articles about China. Our...

Mr. Sun is welcomed by Superintendent Heidi Sipe in our staff and student assembly in the morning.

In order to prepare for this exchange and to connect globally with a sensitivity to appreciate the culture I took a class for a semester in speaking Mandarin Chinese. Mr. Sun came with me to the class and spent his time shadowing today with my principal and teacher at this community school that teaches approximately 70 students and an additional 5 adults. The chinese students who attend are maintaining their language and cultural heritage in our area that does ...