This year, October 24 is Diwali, a Festival of Lights or the triumph of good over evil in India and many parts of the Hindu, Sikh and Jain world. The main day of the 5 day celebration takes place on the new moon, so the darkest night is filled with light. Special foods and family [...]
Kathleen K. is spending her year in Julie Lokun's Illinois cluster. She is enrolled in the UCLA program to fulfill her educational requirements. As part of her program she presented to a group of 8 and 9 year olds at Westmoor Elementary School in Northbrook, about her home country South Africa. Kathleen sent in a [...]
Brazilian au pair Camilly R. is spending her year in Myra Weinberg's New Jersey cluster. As part of her UCLA course requirement she embraced the opportunity to present in her host kid's 1st grade classroom about her home country. Here is an account of her experience: "The presentation took place in the Bedwell Elementary School, [...]
Polish au pair Marta arrived in December to spend her year in Natasha Wrobel's Annapolis, MD cluster. When Marta arrived her host kid's class at the Severn School was learning about international travel, passports and heritage. So Marta, within her first week as an au pair, went into her host kid's class to present about [...]
Jessica T. in Patty Antreasian's Baltimore, MD cluster presented about Brazil to a group of 23 Kindergarten students. Jessica shared her experience from that day: "The kids interacted with me in the whole time, they discovered the meaning of which color in our flag and the meaning of the stars; also we talked about a [...]
German Au Pair Frauke H. has been spending her time in the program in Laura Rossi's Richmond, VA cluster. Recently she visited Old Hundred Elementary School, Midlothian where she did a Global Awareness presentation to a group of 20 Kindergartners. Frauke tells about her day: "I introduced myself to the class and told them that I [...]
Czech au pair Marie H. in Marianne Grandin's New Canaan cluster spent an afternoon in South School's fourth grade. Marie sent us a write up about her experience: "I started my presentation with questions. I asked students if they have ever been to Europe. I was surprised that almost half of the students have been [...]
Ashley S. is spending her year in Jennifer Stein's Houston area cluster. She did her Global Awareness presentation at the Post Oak Montessori school which her host child attends. She shares her experience: "I presented in front of about 23 students that were 9 or 10 years old. I started my presentation off by asking [...]
