Entries from April 2011 ↓

I spent Monday visiting our new sister school, Weier Road Primary School in Jinan.  Jinan is a very large city filled with many friendly people.  In many ways this school is very similar to ours but also different in other ways.  It is a large school of 1,000 students in grades kindergarten to 6.  The [...]

Hello Toffolonians! I spent Sunday visiting the Great Wall and the Antiques Market.  We drove for about an hour through Beijing and arrived at one gate to the Great Wall.  The wall was very crowded and we were probably the only tourists that were not Chinese.  Since I did have a bit of a fall [...]

I made it through the first family stay last night in Jinan, in the Shangdong Province. Tonight I am being sent to another family stay. After the day in the school, I’m going to visit a lake (I think. It’s always hard to tell what’s going on until it happens.) A hotel with internet would [...]

On Friday we started our day by heading off to The Confucius Institute and Museum. At this museum I learned about China’s history and saw many pieces of Chinese artwork, musical instruments, kites and clothing. I liked dressing up in a red Kimono with a dragon on it. After that we met the people who [...]

I have safely arrived in China and I’ve been here a few days. I had trouble getting onto this blog from China but now I’ve worked out a system that I hope will work. Let me start by saying it was a long flight. Our plane flew from Chicago just east of the North Pole. [...]

HI, In only a day I’ll be starting my long trip to China.  First I fly to Chicago.  Then I change to a bigger plane which will take me to Beijing.  We will fly over the North Pole and over Russia into China.  Take a look at a globe or map and you will see [...]

Hi, I’d like to give you a little more information about my upcoming trip to China. I will be going to Beijing and to Connecticut’s sister school province of Shandong.  I will be traveling on this 13 day trip with about 20 other principals and teachers from around Connecticut.  The trip is sponsored by the [...]