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Daoxiang
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In May 2008, Tamarack students had a “Change for China” to collect money to donate to the Sichuan earthquake relief fund in China. In June, our DCPS delegation took the donation and gave it to our sister district, Binhu School District, to help with the students relocated from the Sichuan to Binhu, Wuxi.
Tamarack administrators and teachers including Mrs. Coomes--principal; Mrs.
Bush--assistant principal; Mrs. Hunter--5th grade teacher; and Mrs. Lin--LD
resource teacher; visited Daoxiang on May 28, 2006 as part of our DCPS
delegation. This is a photo taken of our delegation with Daoxiang
administrators, teachers, and students involved in our pen pal program.
Mrs. Hunter, 5th grade teacher, joined
Daoxiang students in their morning exercise, when our delegation visited
China.
Two 5th graders are proud of their Olympics postcard designs. Some of our Tamarack students participated in postcard designs as good wishes for 2008 Beijing Olympics. Their cards will be on display with millions of other students' work from all over the world in Beijing in July, 2008.
The seven member China
delegation of administrators and teachers visited Tamarack School on Oct.
16, 2007.
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Daoxiang Experimental Elementary School in Wuxi, China started a pen pal program with Mrs. Baird's 2nd grade class at Tamarack in 2004. The first official delegation from Binhu School District visited Tamarack in August, 2006. Pictured from (left to right) Winny Lin--Tamarack teacher, Ms. Zhang--Daoxiang teacher, Ms. Yuan--assistant superintendent in China, Mrs. Coomes-Tamarack Principal, Ms. Pan-Daoxiang principal, and Ms. Hua--personnel director of Binhu Education Bureau, Mrs. Bush-Tamarack Asst. Principal, Vickie Riley-Daviess Co. Director of Elementary Education.
Daoxiang students are doing eye exercises. Students in China across the
nation practice eye exercises for 5 minutes in the morning, and 5 minutes in
the afternoon to reduce stress.
Here is a close look of one of our 5th
grader's work.
Ms. Wu, the assistant superintendent of the Binhu School District, jumped right in to participate with Mr. Eans during a PE class emphasizing exercise and the healthy heart.
Mrs. Coomes, principal, was interacting with
Daoxiang students during their mid-morning outside activity time.
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Chinese
students raise their hands this way, and will speak only when their teachers
acknowledge them.
The Vice Chair, Assistant
Principal, and a Staff Developer of Daoxiang Experimental Elementary School
delivered pen pal letters to Mrs. Hunter's 5th grade class.
The pen pal friendship between Mrs. Baird's second grade class and the students at Daoxiang Experimental Elementary School led to a visit to Owensboro and Tamarack Elementary School last August by a group of Chinese teachers and administrators. Pictured here along with their Owensboro hosts are, from left to right, Mrs. Lin, teacher at Tamarack; Ms. Zhang Weina, a teacher at the Daoxiang Experimental Elementary School; Ms. Yuan Mingxia, Vice Chair of the Binhu Education Bureau; Mrs. Coomes, principal at Tamarack; Ms. Pan Wangjie, Principal of the Chinese school; Ms. Hua Tingting, Director of Human Resources at Chinese school; Mrs. Bush, assistant principal at Tamarack; and Vicki Riley, Director of Elementary Education at Daviess County Board of Education.
In May of 2007, Superintendent Tom Shelton will lead a delegation of administrators and teachers from DCPS to China to return the visit and continue the development of a close working relationship between the two school systems. 3/07
Tamarack Elementary School has decided on four representatives to join the rest of Daviess County Public Schools delegation to visit Binhu School District in Wuxi, China this summer. (from left to right): Mrs. Vickie Hunter, 5th grade teacher; Mrs. Su-hwa Winny Lin, teacher; Mrs. Robin Bush, assistant principal; Mrs. Allison Coomes, principal. Mrs. Lin also serves as the coordinator and interpreter for DCPS delegation. 1/07