Foote Blog
Broadening our vision, deepening our thinking:
Before departing Changsha, we went to visit another new school, Cogdel Cranleigh School. We spent the morning touring their state-of-the-art facilities and engaging in fun activities, namely trying out some of the choreography for their upcoming production of The Wiz.
We visited a new Yali-affiliated school, Yalu, for the first time in Foote's history! We spent the afternoon participating in various activities like indigo tie dye, traditional knot-making, and baking.
Students enjoyed an afternoon participating in various activities, including mask decoration, flower arrangement, Kung Fu, and culminated with making dumplings for dinner.
Today our 9th graders met on Yali High School's extensive campus and were able to reconnect and discuss their first night apart, spent with their host families
We said goodbye to our intrepid Chengdu guide, Carol, and took a quick flight to Changsha, capitol of Hunan province, where we were welcomed with open arms by friends new and old from our sister school, Yali!
Our afternoon was exciting and bittersweet, as we learned about the lion dance performed during Lunar New Year celebrations, and saw it up close!