Thursday, September 11, 2014
Dutch Visit to Quabbin Regional High School
On September 6, 20 Quabbin students, two parents and two Quabbin staff members made their way into Logan Airport to welcome 21 students and 2 teachers from the JP Thissje School in Castricum, the Netherlands. Quabbin hosted these students from the 6th through the 10th. While in the district, the Dutch students presented on the Dutch influence in America. They also got to experience American life in a number of ways from Apple picking and horseback riding to mall visits and trips to Walmart to an Amazing Race and Pot Luck supper to attending classes and athletic events to hearing about state government from Rep Gobi and being met in the State House by Sen Brewer to touring Boston.
The students were partnered this spring and had the opportunity to Skype with each other in school and communicate all summer. This way they could bond quickly with the Dutch students and establish what we hope will be lasting relationships. The hugs and tears onWednesday, when we said goodbye at LongWharf are a good sign that the visit was successful. Quabbin students will travel to Castricum in April.
The students were partnered this spring and had the opportunity to Skype with each other in school and communicate all summer. This way they could bond quickly with the Dutch students and establish what we hope will be lasting relationships. The hugs and tears onWednesday, when we said goodbye at LongWharf are a good sign that the visit was successful. Quabbin students will travel to Castricum in April.
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