Chinese and Russian Teachers Visit Hawley Environmental School

On February 8th two teachers from China and one teacher from Russia came to our school for the day. They were part of the Three White Cranes, Two Flyways, One World grant. This summer, Mrs. Fare our science teacher went to China to teach students and other educators about environmental lessons.
The three visiting teachers, Hu Yabin, Zhang Juan and Marina, came to talk to our fourth and fifth graders about what they do to help cranes in thier country. They also spoke to our second and third graders about life in their countries. Our students had lots of interesting questions for them!

Here are a few thoughts about their visit from some of our students: "I thought thier visit was special because they showed us pictures of what they do in China and Russia." -Zoey Kuenning
"The kids from China create amazing paper-cut art work. I wish I could paper cut like that!"-Alfreemon Flowers "We made neat crane cloth print banners with the visiting teachers. They got to take two banners back with them and we got to hang three banners in our school." -Malcolm Gregory "They game Zhang Juan taught us was very unique and tricky because you cannot use your hands!" -R'Teja Lopez "It was neat to see Chinese and Russian money." -Victoria Poindexter "I liked watching Marina sing and dance." -Dane O'Donnell "I think thier visit was a great learning experience because we learned more about cranes and it was a fun day." -Cameron Cotton

The staff at Hawley school also had the opportunity to meet them during a pizza luncheon held for them in the teacher's lounge. They got to sample lots of desserts! Yum!

Hawley Environmental School is very honored to be a part of this outstanding grant project and host part of their visit to Wisconsin. We thank them for their visit! It was a memorable day that sparked cultural connections and awareness for our students that could last a lifetime.