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Exploring the Chinese Exchange Program at Sharon High School

The Chinese Exchange Program at Sharon High School (SHS) offers a rewarding experience for students to engage with different cultures. Established in 2008, it allows Chinese students to attend classes while American students become hosts and ambassadors. Participants experience school life, local activities, and cultural exchange, which includes school classes and home stays with American families. This self-funded program includes a special trip to New York City. Join us for an enriching journey of discovery and learning that bridges cultural divides.

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Exploring the Chinese Exchange Program at Sharon High School

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  1. Chinese Exchange Program: SHS • ChEx@SHS

  2. ChEx: Some Basic Information • Introductions • Brief History of the Program • Our roles as hosts and ambassadors • Our roles as guests and ambassadors • Questions

  3. Extremely Brief History • Initiative of Claire Jackson’s, carried on by Barbara Dunham, & Tim Farmer • First Trip 2008 • Currently self-funded • Blogs and photos on SPS website under Curriculum & Assessment

  4. Two Phases of Exchange • Being a host/ambassador • Being a guest/ambassador

  5. Being a Host/Ambassador

  6. Where is Sharon, MA , USA?

  7. Three Primary Venues • School • At Home • Out and about

  8. School: Life at SHS • Chinese students enroll in classes • Chinese students spend time together each day as a group @ SHS • Chinese students travel to and from school with your student. Bus transport provided. • Lockers provided • School lunch ticket provided • Please pack them Eagle Block Snack(s)!

  9. Welcome Program at SHS • At SHS in the evening • soon after they arrive • Your students should attend! • The Really Big Show

  10. Life at Home • own room • support with unfamiliar ways • showers • laundry • meals

  11. Out and About • your choice • any American activity can be an adventure • hanging out at home is an activity • parents in past organized! • students are covered by insurance • no sports rider

  12. Special Trip to NYC • For Chinese Exchange students, their teacher and SHS chaperone only • some three day weekend • you transport kids to SHS or Sharon train station or the like • you pick them up afterward

  13. SHS Guests/Ambassadors in China

  14. Where is Xi’an?

  15. School Life in Xi’an • students attend classes • minimum of 90 minutes of Chinese language/day; important • students also receive a culture class/day • students receive a lunch ticket • travel to and from school; varied

  16. SHS work and ChEx Trip • approximately 3 hours/day for SHS work • students need to be in good standing academically, motivated & relatively independent • some students brought • laptops/netbooks and/or • photocopied textbooks, packets, etc • could access teacher webpages, BUT...

  17. Home Life • Placed in fine, modern homes • Own rooms, even if host sibling’s room • Chinese host sibling • Not all had wifi or internet; students could Skype at school • 12 hour time difference!

  18. Out and About/Travel • Beijing • 3 days • Overnight train ride to Xi’an! • Xi’an and Environs • 5-ish weeks • Shanghai & Suzhou • 4 days

  19. Beijing

  20. Xi’an

  21. Shanghai/Suzhou

  22. Warnings, Disclaimers and The Processes

  23. Your Questions...

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