Sister Schools of San Diego
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| Past Projects Postcard Project (2002) View International Education Week sponsered by the US Department of Education This is an annual project! The theme for the 2002/2003 sister libraries
project is peace, tolerance, diversity, understanding, and universal brotherhood.
Each school creates a book to include poetry, prose, art or music. These books
reflect the unique perspectives of the young authors and are colored with
personal touches of their cultures. Classes then exchange the books, copies
of which will be shared and housed in public libraries. Books may be in any
language, accompanied by an English translation. Please click on this link for details on how to participate. Students in San
Diego,
and their partner schools abroad sent messages of friendship, hope, and
peace
in celebration of US Department of Education's International Education
Week. Please take the time to view some of the creative and personal
greeting sent by our students. view postcards !!! International Book Project 2001 Sister Libraries (1999-2000) Students in San Diego and their partner schools abroad created books about their cities, with the goal of exchanging and housing them in their respective public libraries. These books reflect the unique perspectives of the young authors and are colored with personal touches of their cultures. Written in several languages (Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, French, Pilipino, and English), these fourteen books offer an exciting reading experience to students in many of our sister cities. Marsha Gould, Chairperson of the National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science (NCLIS) traveled to San Diego to honor the participating
schools and libraries. Because the partnership with Tijuana includes many libraries
and schools, a special presentation was held in Mexico. Copies of the collection
were sent to libraries in every participating country and will
also be housed at the NCLIS. Children's Walk For Peace
This successful event took place October 14, 2000 in Balboa Park.
Its main goals were to educate the public about the United Nations Pledge
for Peace, and to promote and raise funds for the Sister Schools program.
We registered over 650 registered participants and hundreds of people signed
the UN Pledge for Peace. We especially thank the many volunteers from high
schools, universities, universities, and comunity organizations for their
time and support. Without them the Children's Walk could not have been the
success that it was! Teddy Bear Transfer
This is a social studies project between Colegio Rio Branco-Campinas, Brazil, and King Elementary School in San Diego. It began when students in San Diego dressed a teddy bear in local garb and sent it to Brazil with postcards of local attractions, information about the school, students, and their activities. Rio Branco-Campinas students reciprocated in kind. Students from King and Rio Branco-Campinas continue to communicate with each other via e-mail. As a result of this project, King Elementary was honored with a
visit by the principal of Colegio Rio Branco-Campinas. Ms. America Bueno
de Figueiredo visited the classes and reaffirmed her commitment to facilitating an ongoing
relationship between the two schools. International Science Project San Diego High School science students teamed with students from Second Community High School in Warsaw, Poland to complete a multi-disciplinary science project. An Internet videoconference was held to open the project and to discuss and determine the specific topics. After completion and local presentations, a videoconference was held for students to share and discuss the results. This Internet collaborative program was unprecedented for both school districts in terms of the student participation and its unequivocal educational success. Student Exchange Projects Sister Schools has acted as a liaison and coordinator in student and teacher exchanges for Tijuana and Yokohama. During the summer of 2002, students from Suzhou, China visited San Diego. They stayed with host families, and visited many of San Diego's tourist attractions. The children enjoyed meeting each other and learning about each other's lives and cultures.
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