Day 11 - Nova Iguacu

On Wednesday we spent the day at the CIEP Carlos Drummond de Andrade Bilingual High School. As a small gift from the school, I was given a student uniform polo shirt. Being a bilingual school, sponsored by the U.S. Consulate here in Rio, both countries are represented....U.S. and Brazil. After that we met with a fellow American at the school who is working with the State Department to establish curriculum and programming at the school. This school is very new...only two years old and is one of a kind in Brazil. The students and teachers are very engaged and excited about bilingual education. The school has been incredibly welcoming and inquisitive about American education. We have had a lot of fun talking with students and teaching lessons. 

 

My school uniform

The English Department

English class who enjoyed some USA bracelets that I brought.

Students learning about NH and Pinkerton!

For my students back home.... Remember the bookmarks you made before I left? I had given them to all the classes that I have taught this week. One of the classes was so thankful for the bookmarks that they wrote thank you letters back to you. I have the letters and will show you when we start school again in August. Some letters are addressed generally and some personally. The bookmarks were a big hit! Here is a pic of one of the English teachers with some of her students' thank you letters.

Later that night, we met with Eduardo (our awesome host teacher) and some of his family for dinner at a local restaurant. One of the program directors from the Teachers for Global Classrooms who was in town joined us as well.