2013 China Exchange

Next month 8 students and 5 teachers will be visiting us from Shijiazhuang, Hebie, Province, PRC.  I would like to invite people to participate in some of the events. Here is their 5 day schedule. They will be flying in from the first leg of their journey in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and then visit us in the Philadelphia area, and then visit San Francisco, California after which they will fly back home. If you would like to go with us or meet up with us in New York City please contact me on this BLOG.

In the spring of 2011, Pat Parris was commissioned to lead the annual PA Leadership China immersion trip. This four week immersion by 9-12th graders has been going on now for five years. For the past five years, we have purchased the services of Konal Cultural Exchange in Shijiazhuang, Hebie Province, China. Our students would arrive at school every day and complete Mandarin immersion lessons in the morning. In the afternoons, students would complete their cyber lessons back in Pennsylvania. On the weekends, students would tour cultural attractions in Hebie Provence.
There is a problem with this trip. It is not sustainable. Too few students can come up with the $3000 fee. On the trip this year I was able to partner with The Hebie International School in China. We will be receiving students from their school this October and sending students to China in April. This web site is dedicated to this new-found relationship which could potentially cut the expense to $2000. We have signed a cooperation agreement with Hebei International School in Shijiazhuang, China. We are recruiting students with the help of a teacher at their school. The exchange activities will be comprised of shadowing students in their classes as well as educational and cultural excursions.

Tentative Exchange Itinerary:  For those traveling from China

Day	Activity
Day 1 Sun, Feb. 17th	Arrival at JFK in New York, 1 PM Flight #CA981 Meet with host families at 4 PM at the AIC back parking area
Day 2 Mon, Feb. 18th	7Am – 7 New York City Day Trip / Chinese Exchange Experience! Time Description Cost 7AM Depart from 1585 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA, 19380 parking area in the back $75 9:30 AM Today Show at Rockefeller Center Free 10:00 AM Observation Deck $19 11:00 AM Ice Skating $14.50 1:00 PM Food Court South Street Seaport, 89 South St. NY, NY, 10038 $10 2:00 PM Times Square, Fifth Avenue, Free 3:00 PM China Town, NYU, Wall Street Free 4:00 PM Former Site of the World Trade Center Free 5:00 PM View Statue of Liberty from Battery Park Free 7:00 PM Eat a packed meal on the bus Free Total $118.50 . Students are permitted to sit while we ice skate at no charge. Students are permitted to pack two meals instead of pay for one. Students are required to go with us to the observation deck. The deadline for the NYC bus trip is Friday, February 15th. You will be traveling by tour bus with our Chinese guests who will be visiting our school during this time. We are also planning a ping pong tournament at the AIC and CPFA tour on Wednesday February 20th. If you have some ping pong skills you can challenge our guests. If you just want to come hang out to practice your mandarin or just hang out, then please RSVP in this Survey Monkey Here is the permission form for the New York trip.  http://locker.palcs.org/~pparris/Global%20Citizens/china/2013%20NYC%20Trip.pdf Permission forms
Day 3 Tues, Feb. 19th	Arrive 8:30 AM – 4 PM at AICAudit Classes at West Chester University West Chester Tour   9-10:30 AM 3 E Institute           10:30 Lunch                    11:30 PM Dr. Desousa class    12:30 to 1:45 Dr. Hoffman  meet    2:00 PM Rei LI (online class)  3:00 PM Dr. Cai Jie   class      4:15-5:30
Day 4 Wed, Feb. 20th	Briefing at School at 8 AM -8:30 Morning announcements and opening ceremony announcing our guests Shadow students for the rest of the day Participate in an English Math or Science Class English Language lessons in the computer lab Briefing at School at 3:30 – 4 PM Ping Pong Tournament
Day 5 Thurs,  Feb. 21st.	Arrive 8:30 AM – 4 PM at AICVisit Historic Philadelphia and China Town Independence Mall Franklin Court Liberty Bell Betsy Ross House Elfreth’s Alley China Town Lunch Visit Wharton and The University of Penn. Pack with host family.
Day 6 Fri,  Feb. 22nd.	Arrive 10:00 AMTravel Day Flight #CA982 leaves from JFK at 3:50  We will leave from the AIC at 10:30 AM. I will be there for drop off by 9:30AM

Schedule for those Traveling to China

DATE	Tentative schedule	LOCATION
Day 1	Arrival at Beijing Capital Airport Visiting the Great Wall The Olympic stadium (the nest 、water cube appearance) 、then live in Hotel in Beijing	West Chester/JFK Bejing
Day 2	Visiting Chinese theatre (appearance) 、Tiananmen Square、 The Imperial Palace、 Hutong、toward evening return to shijiazhuang	Bejing
Day 3	Rest in the household in the whole morning.1、Opening ceremony of exchange programme between schools 14：40—15：102、Visiting the school 15:10—15：403、Chinese learning (about greeting and clothes)15：40—17：00 3、Taking the measurements to make clothes 17:00——17:50	Shijiazhuang
Day 4	1、Taiji Quan practice 7：30—8：002、Introducing places of interests in China 8:00—10:003、learning paper-cut 10:10——12:004、Enjoying and learning Beijing opera 14：40——16:20 5、Learning Chinese songs 16:30——17：50	Shijiazhuang
Day 5	Students take part in activities with household. Teachers go to Botanical Garden	Shijiazhuang
Day 6	Student take part in activities with household the entire day.	Shijiazhuang
Day 7	1、Taiji Quan practice 7：30—8：002、Visiting water park (YanYu floor, zhaozhou Bridges, hebei name wall,Feihong JiuQuQiao etc)8:00—10:003、Introducing Chinese culture and traditional festional1 10:20—12:004、Learning handcraft 14：40—16：00 5、Introducing Chinese Calligraphy and traditional painting 16：10—17：55	Shijiazhuang
Day 8	1、Watch about Chinese acrobatics introduction 7：30—8：00 (taking the lunch)2、Visiting to Hebei Acrobatics 9：00—10：303、visiting Hebei Museum 11：00—12：004、lunchtime12:00—13：005、Visiting Stone Buddhist Pagoda and Bailin Temple14：00—16：40 6、going back school 16；40—17：50	Shijiazhuang
Day 9	Taiji Quan practice, Learn a handicraft	Shijiazhuang
Day 10	Introduce food culture	Shijiazhuang
Day 11	1、Learning Chinese shuttlecock 7：30—8：00 (taking the lunch)2、Learning Chinese (about shopping, doctor, post office, date)8:00—12:003、Visiting the University 13：00—14：404、Visiting Shijiazhuang Hanging Garden15:00—16:105、visiting foreign goods street 16：10—17:00 6、going back school 16；40—17：50	Shijiazhuang
Day 12	1、Learning Chinese shuttlecock 7:30–8002、learning Chinese painting 8:00—10：003、Chinese learning (about food) 10：20—12：004、learning to make Chinese food 14:40—17；10 5 Trying the clothes 17:10—-17:55	Shijiazhuang
Day 13	Climbing Cangyan Mountain (taking the lunch)	Shijiazhuang
Day14	Students take part in activities with their household the entire day. Students pack up their bags.	Shijiazhuang
Day 15	1、Learning Chinese shuttlecock2、go shopping 8：00—12：00(tea shop、xiantianxia mall)3、The school entertains the American teachers and students4、Get-together and Closing ceremony 5、Get-together and going to Beijing and return	JFK Airport