Chinese Exchange Program: SHS

ChEx@SHS

ChEx: Some Basic Information

Introductions

Brief History of the Program

Our roles as hosts and ambassadors

Our roles as guests and ambassadors

Questions

Extremely Brief History

Initiative of Claire Jackson’s, carried on by Barbara Dunham, & Tim Farmer

First Trip 2008

Currently self-funded

Blogs and photos on SPS website under Curriculum & Assessment

Two Phases of Exchange

Being a host/ambassadorBeing a guest/ambassador

Being a Host/Ambassador

Where is Sharon, MA , USA?

Three Primary Venues

School

At Home

Out and about

School: Life at SHS

Chinese students enroll in classes

Chinese students spend time together each day as a group @ SHS

Chinese students travel to and from school with your student. Bus transport provided.

Lockers provided

School lunch ticket provided

Please pack them Eagle Block Snack(s)!

Welcome Program at SHS

At SHS in the evening

soon after they arrive

Your students should attend!

The Really Big Show

Life at Home

own room

support with unfamiliar ways

showers

laundry

meals

your choice

any American activity can be an adventure

hanging out at home is an activity

parents in past organized!

students are covered by insurance

no sports rider

Out and About

Special Trip to NYC

For Chinese Exchange students, their teacher and SHS chaperone only

some three day weekend

you transport kids to SHS or Sharon train station or the like

you pick them up afterward

SHS Guests/Ambassadors in China

Where is Xi’an?

School Life in Xi’an

students attend classes

minimum of 90 minutes of Chinese language/day; important

students also receive a culture class/day

students receive a lunch ticket

travel to and from school; varied

SHS work and ChEx Trip

approximately 3 hours/day for SHS work

students need to be in good standing academically, motivated & relatively independent

some students brought

laptops/netbooks and/or

photocopied textbooks, packets, etc

could access teacher webpages, BUT...

Home Life

Placed in fine, modern homes

Own rooms, even if host sibling’s room

Chinese host sibling

Not all had wifi or internet; students could Skype at school

12 hour time difference!

Out and About/Travel

Beijing

3 days

Overnight train ride to Xi’an!

Xi’an and Environs

5-ish weeks

Shanghai & Suzhou

4 days

Beijing

Xi’an

Shanghai/Suzhou

Warnings, Disclaimers and The Processes

Your Questions...