Year of the Ox

It's Chinese New Year time again, which means many things here. The most important thing for me is that I get another week off and am heading to Laos via Bangkok. Today, at school, all of the kids dressed up in their Chinese clothing and we had an assembly. All of the students take Mandarin classes here, starting in Kindergarten. The Mandarin department put on a great show with dancing, singing traditional songs, inviting an award winning performing school group from China, and lai-see (red envelope) gift packets for all of the kids.

Here are three of my second grade American students in their outfits.

students performing onstage

traditional lion dancing

Here are three of my second grade students from New Zealand, Sweden, and the US.