Always Learning, Always Growing!
On Friday, March 8, Fulbright ETA Amanda Cahn was one of two judges at a middle school spelling bee held at SMA Don Bosco Padang. At 10 am, eight contestants nervously awaited the judges’ arrival. SMA Don Bosco’s student organization presented the rules and regulations of the competition. In the first round, each contestant was.. Read More.
Americanos & America
Community members and students alike expressed a desire to improve their English language skills in a low-pressure environment. So, Fulbright ETA Caroline Kim decided to meet them where many Manadonese naturally congregate: coffee shops. Caroline particularly enjoyed meeting one of her classes, X Bahasa, over coffee. From teaching American slang to being taught bahasa Manado.. Read More.
English Village Comes to MAN Demak!
The English teachers of MAN Demak including Fulbright ETA Sabrina Verleysen were pleased to welcome four English trainers from the English Village in East Java for a full immersion eight-day English Camp at MAN Demak. Sixty students were divided up into four smaller groups, accompanied by one trainer from the English Village and one English.. Read More.
THBT Social Media Does More Harm Than Good
At the very beginning of the month Fulbright ETA Kiyoko “Kiki” Nakamura-Koyama asked the students to calculate “How many years of your life would you spend on Instagram before you died (80 years)?” Students answers ranged anywhere between 3.6 to 14.4 years. During the eleventh graders three-week long unit on social media, the students participated.. Read More.
Ke Amerika! *Amin*
This month, Fulbright ETA Darby Jones at SMA 2 Sangatta Utara has been focusing her energy on helping her students complete their applications for the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. The YES program is funded by the US State Department and run by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. It allows high.. Read More.
Lunch of Champions
After the WORDS competition, Fulbright ETA Andrew Shifren was an incredibly proud teacher and promised all the participants a lunch at a restaurant near the school. After weeks of planning, they all finally settled on a date and restaurant. Andrew talked to the owner of the Pondok Flores restaurant, Bu Nur, who was originally born.. Read More.
The More the Merrier
In the midst of mid-term exams, the English Club at SMA 11 Padang stayed after school for a very special meeting. Fulbright ETA Sophia Lopresti and her English Club were thrilled to welcome Fulbright ETA Alex Lopez-Perez from MAN 2 Bukkittinggi and Fulbright ETA Peter Bensen from MAN 1 Payakumbuh! They started with the Hokey.. Read More.
High School Drama
At SMAN 1 Demak, Saturday, March 16th was filled with high school drama of the best kind. Students from various 10th-grade classes entered the dance theater on Saturday morning to tell Javanese fairytales with a dramatic twist. Over the course of February and March, the students had covered the 10th-grade’s “Narrative Texts” unit, then decided.. Read More.
Believe in Yourself
On March 1, Fulbright ETA Riley Heist held the local WORDS competition at her school. During the past month and a half, Riley watched her students work extremely hard, creating passionate stories about the future of their country. Despite the busy hours, Riley really enjoyed working one-on-one with the fifteen students that joined the competition… Read More.
Building friendship and Exploring Bangka
With quite a bit of testing happening during the month of March, Fulbright ETA Neelam Vohra had a lot of time to spend with her students and teachers outside of school. One of the highlights for March was spending a few days each week with SMKN 3’s WORDs Competition winner, Willia. Neelam really enjoyed working.. Read More.
