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  • Natick students learning Mandarin, broadening world perspective 04/19/13
    Ali Rabideau and her classmates watched intently as their teacher drew a series of characters on an overhead projector, their eyes darting between the calligraphy pens in their hands and the projector display. At times the students asked teacher Wenjuan Sheng to slow down so they could accurately capture the intricate details of Mandarin characters and write the sentence "I practice calligraphy."
  • High School Welcomes New Foreign Exchange Teachers from Egypt and China 01/24/13
    “A lot of other school districts do not have this opportunity,” Mrs. Christine Siegfried, Southern Lehigh High School Superintendent, said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to learn about their cultures, their religions, their educations, and they get to learn about ours. It is beneficial for our students to learn from the exchange teachers about their countries.”
  • Online Live Chat with TCLP Alumni 11/15/12
    Are you interested in increasing the global competency of your students by hosting a guest Chinese or Egyptian teacher at your school?
  • Teacher from China visits Brighton School students 11/15/12
    Zhang Yong, a elementary school teacher from China, visited with fifth through eighth grade students at Brighton School Friday morning.
  • Skype Closes Distances For Middle School Arabic Language Students 11/14/12
    There may be almost 5,700 miles and a six-hour time difference between Center Valley and Cairo, Egypt, but middle school students enjoy many of the same interests despite those gaps, a group of Southern Lehigh students learned this month thanks to a face-to-face video meeting with their peers.

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Natick students learning Mandarin, broadening world perspective

Sheng Wenjuan at Natick High School in Massachusetts

Ali Rabideau and her classmates watched intently as their teacher drew a series of characters on an overhead projector, their eyes darting between the calligraphy pens in their hands and the projector...

High School Welcomes New Foreign Exchange Teachers from Egypt and China

“A lot of other school districts do not have this opportunity,” Mrs. Christine Siegfried, Southern Lehigh High School Superintendent, said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to learn about thei...


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