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Welcome Raey Guang Friends!

This morning, we officially welcomed our friends from Raey Guang Elementary School!  They arrived on Wednesday morning and we have spent the past 36 hours learning about one another’s educational, cultural and social traditions.  As a school, we celebrated our international friendship with songs, gifts and more together. Mr. Bowen, one of our fourth grade [...]

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Raey Guang Students Are Getting Closer!

Our Raey Guang pen pals are now in New York City!   They are busy touring many sites in the Big Apple from now through Tuesday.    Posted below are some photos they sent our way via email.  We can’t wait for their arrival on Wednesday…and we are hoping the sun shines while they are [...]

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Sister School to Visit May 4-6!

The government of Taiwan has approved for our sister school, Raey Guang Elementary to visit us for a second year in a row.  In early February, I sent out a survey to families to identify interested Georgetown penpals and host families.  Since then, I have been busy communicating with the staff in Raey Guang to [...]

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Message from Raey Guang

Our pen pals are communicating with one another in preparation for their visit in June.  See some of the communication on our BLOGPALS link.

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Exciting News!

Our penpals are coming to visit!   We found out at the beginning of this month that a group of students, teachers and parents will be making the journey from Taiwan to Michigan to meet us.   Currently, they are scheduled to arrive in Michigan on May 29 and visit our school on June 3rd and 4th. [...]

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Penpal Families Needed!

Our sister school, Raey Guang, has over 40 families that are interested in finding family penpals from our school. Your role would be simple: Get to know our sister family via email! You do not need to speak Mandarin to be a family penpal. If you are interested, please complete the survey below. Our Family [...]

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