Welcome to the October edition of Monthly Highlights for the 2018-19 cohort of Fulbright ETAs in Indonesia! In the stories submitted this month, you’ll read about ETAs engaging with their schools and host communities in various ways. Throughout the month, ETAs stayed busy by helping prepare students for competitions, connecting on a more personal level with students and teachers alike, and making the effort to give back with a #Pray4Palu initiative. Alongside these stories, the bulk of this month’s highlights are about Halloween celebrations. Celebrating holidays is a great way for ETAs to share aspects of their culture. Inside and outside of the classroom, ETAs held parties, carved pumpkins (and watermelon) to make jack-o-lanterns, and encouraged students to design their own spooky costumes. Click through the stories to read more!
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Weekly Feeding of Culture
Every Friday, as the air begins to cool the hot island of Bangka, ETA Kiyoko “Kiki” Nakamura-Koyama grabs her Bahasa Indonesia book and makes her way to her weekly two hour lessons. The family teaches her a new language, culture, and gentle familial love. They feed her new words and the best, and most incredible.. Read More.
Friends Turn into Family
ETA Sabrina Verleysen, from MAN Demak, had the opportunity to get to know her co-teacher Pak Jam a little better one Sunday in October. Pak Jam had invited Sabrina to join him and his family for a meal on Sunday morning and to motivate the children in his family and neighborhood to study English. On.. Read More.
Sacred Palms
Every Monday, while preparing to head home for the day, ETA Ryan Ulrich noticed a group of students practicing martial arts on the quad outside of the school. The group always caught Ryan’s eye, because they were practicing techniques he had never seen before. After a month of observation, Ryan decided to approach this group.. Read More.
