On Friday, January 19, P-H-M hosted 21 students and seven teachers from P-H-M’s partner school in Anshan, China.
Click to see the picture gallery below. The visit started at Discovery Middle School where students, staff and P-H-M administrators attended a kick-off breakfast. The student visitors spent the morning at Discovery before traveling via P-H-M school bus to visit classrooms at Schmucker and Grissom and Middle schools—giving them a complete flavor of academic life in Penn-Harris-Madison. Click to see pictures from the Discovery visit; click see pictures from the Grissom visit.
The Cultural Exchange program with Anshan is valuable to both teachers and students alike. While the Anshan students got to partake in American student experiences, the teachers compared notes with our teachers about middle school academics and curriculum.
Principal Lavon Dean-Null, who has been a part of the China Cultural Exchange Program for many years, served as our guests tour guide around Schmucker. The highlights of the Spartan school tour included visits to:
- Mr. Pinion’s math class
- Mr. Reininga’s Project Lead the Way class, where students got to try their hand on the 3-D printer and see the school’s Robotics Team practice field
The Anshan students also got to try their hand at opening a combination locker!
Click to watch the “Excellence Happens Here” video below of Discovery Principal Sheryll Harper explaining the value of the Cultural Exchange Program.
Click to see more Excellence Happens Here videos about Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation.
P-H-M has had this partnership with the school in Anshan, China sine 2009. Every other year P-H-M middle school students get the opportunity to visit the school in China and also host Chinese student visitors here. The next trip to China is planned for March 27 – April 4, 2019. Click to learn more.
