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~ kick-off entry ~
McAuley HS of Portland, Maine
starting a great academic exchange program!
Last March,2005, yes during that wildly snowy and cold month, we had 4 Chilean students and a teacher from Colegio Juanita de los Andes of Santiago, stay with our families and at our school for the month. It was an amazing time and now they are returning the favor to us! Six students and one teacher from McAuley HS are going to spend the month of August 2005 in Santiago ... going to classes, becoming acquainted with the people and their country, and expanding the world just a little bit more. We hope and pray that this is just the beginning of many such "intercambios".
This blog has been initiated in order to keep the McAuley community and supporters aware of, and encouraged by, the experiences of this small band of explorers. Please check back often to see our latest exploits and follow the link to our photo page! (see link below) Our red and blue here is a tribute to BOTH countries' flags: USA (EEUU) and Chile !
Just over two weeks before we take off for our month in Santiago, Chile!
We've been meeting a couple times a week for "conversation" practice, but really I think it's for mutual support and encouragement! Excitement is running rampant, but there's definitely some nervousness mixed in. There's still alot to get accomplished before we go. The group from Cheverus HS will be back after next week, and we'll get together in order to get some fresh insight about what to do to prepare... and what to expect when we arrive! We're also preparing a number of PowerPoints that will share our Maine heritage and highlights with the students at CJA.
This blog has been initiated in order to keep the McAuley community and supporters aware of, and encouraged by, the experiences of this small band of explorers. Please check back often to see our latest exploits and follow the link to our photo page! (see link below) Our red and blue here is a tribute to BOTH countries' flags: USA (EEUU) and Chile !
Just over two weeks before we take off for our month in Santiago, Chile!
We've been meeting a couple times a week for "conversation" practice, but really I think it's for mutual support and encouragement! Excitement is running rampant, but there's definitely some nervousness mixed in. There's still alot to get accomplished before we go. The group from Cheverus HS will be back after next week, and we'll get together in order to get some fresh insight about what to do to prepare... and what to expect when we arrive! We're also preparing a number of PowerPoints that will share our Maine heritage and highlights with the students at CJA.
Our group:
Marissa, our steady and solid anchor, the most knowledgable del español
Corinne, our "overseer", teaser and lookout, keeps us laughing!
Leonora, our lioness! (actually born just outside Santiago, adopted at 6 months - wow)
Leigh, our hispanohablante - keep an eye on this one! (literally!) 
Natalie, our energetic Quixote, bravely venturing into el mundo español, ready to conquer the windmills, having studied only French before nowDaphne, a later addition, but psyched to go! keeping us grounded in reality
and Sra.Dubi .. our intreped leader! ...
"are you taking all those girls alone?!"
"OF COURSE! They're the best of the BEST... LAS MEJORES!!"
Our intent is to take turns posting entries on this blog so all at home or those interested can follow our ADVENTURE! We will have internet and e-mail access in Chile. We will also post photos on this blog AND on Webshots.com:
http://community.webshots.com/user/mcauleyhs check: NEWEST
~Dubita
posted by McAuley - International at 10:33 PM
1 Comments:
I keep you grounded in reality? I know that you weren't thinking when you wrote that a couple months ago, Dubes..We have about one week left here in Chile and I know that maybe when you say 'reality' maybe you mean somethin else? haha idk. I LOVE YOU GUYS! I almost don't wanna go home....
-Daphne, the crazy one :)
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