POTLUCK

Saturday, 27th we had a potluck, most of the fellows wore their traditional clothes, very interesting!!!

Each country or continent was supposed to bring some meal, a typical dish...

Guess what we had from Brazil and Ecuador???

FEIJOADA... A delicious one!

Most of the frienship families were there and some prepared delicious American dishes.

I hope everybody enjoyed the party...

SWEET HOME ALABAMA...

Of course our trip to NY was very good, and I think it is a dream that most of the people in the world have: GO TO NY, however I'm very happy to come back "home" - SWEET HOME ALABAMA, 2 months to go definitely to our countries!!! Let's enjoy all the moments and do all our best!

Talking about NY - Chapter V

Our trip is almost in the end, Hendri went to Boston, (Harward University) and the others were divided in specific interests...
I went to the YANKEE STANDIUM, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and IPANEMA BRAZILIAN RESTAURANT... It was amazing!!!

We met our brazilian friends (Maura ana Valeria) from Clemson University... and the party was done!!!

Here we are, Valeria, Medarka, Alex, Florentino, Adriana and Maura!!!
I almost cried, too much emotion... PALPITATION Brazilian Food... with good friends!!!

After this... TIMES SQUARE!

Talking about NY - Chapter IV

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Brooklin Bridge, Empire State Building, Times Square... It was a long Tuesday, 16th

A long and beutiful day, enjoying the most important touristic places downtown NY...

Talking about NY - Chapter III

Monday, 15th - Statue of Liberty!!! BEAUTIFUL PLACE, it is in a island and we went there by boat... It's very interesting when you can see the Statue very, very near you... Second, we went to Chinatown (this is the point that we began to buy many,many, many things) and Little Italy, and after we went to the WTC (World Trade Center), that they are re-building the place!!!

We went to 9/11 memorial...
and more shopping at century 21!!!

Talking about NY - Chapter II

HSV - Airport (before the flight cancelled)

Well, we arrived in NY Sunday at 12h pm and it was raining, but there was not storm...

So, we decided to walk n the hostel to see what we could do...

Hendri had some ideas... so...

We began in the Museum of the city of New York, Central Park and after we decided to go by subway (metro) to other places...

We bought a week unlimited card (U$ 27) and our trip by subway was nice, a map in a hand and some places to visit...

Talking about NY - Chapter I

Our trip to NY began in a very different way, and probably it was not the most comfortable one!!!

We were supposed to travel at 3h40' pm Saturday, 13 th, but all flights were cancelled during the afternoon and evening (a terrible storm in NY)... So, What could we do???

SLEEP IN THE AIRPORT!!!

Florentino, Hendri, Maureen, Chan, Novi and me in Atlanta's Airport waiting for the next flight (Sunday, 7h40' am)...

Fortunatelly, Sunday we could go and enjoy our trip...

BLOG IN SPRING BREAK...

Hi people... Today is March/ 13th, and my blog is beginning its Spring Break!!!

We are going to New York!!! We'll be back in 5 days...

See you all!

Ashley Snell and ILEPians from UAH

Ashley Snell, "our big boss" from IREX is in Huntsville/Alabama, visiting and "inspecting" everything!

She is very nice, kind, and she is listening us and answering lots of questions that we have.

Monday she went in our internships, she had the opportunity to see some fellows teaching or presenting about their countries. During the afternoon she also attended to the "Grammar" class at UAH.

This morning she stayed with us in our Education Seminar, we had lunch together and she accepted our invitation to a "MEETING PARTY".

It was very funny, we could talk a lot, and we (of course) ate too much!!!

She'll be here until thursday...

I hope she had good impressions of us and mainly good impressions about our dear OIPS, that represents the University of Alabama in Huntsville!!! We have been here for two months...

Education Seminar

We had a good Education Seminar with JANE JONES, she is a Science Teacher at New Century Technology High School.

The main topic was: "STANDARDS AND BENCHMARKS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT".

She asked us some questions, and we could compare US Education, and our 11 countries education. We have lots of different things... that's why we are here, not only to learn but also to share and teach too!!!

US Education:
* K-12
* All children are eligible for a free (public school) education
* All students take standardized tests
* No tests required to go to middle or high school
* Must stay in school until age 16.

Curriculum development:
* NATIONAL
* STATE
* DISTRICT
(The teacher must now all these standards), because they will be required to the Graduation Exam.

UAH and CLEMSON in ATLANTA

We had great moments in Atlanta - March, 5th and 6th. It was very good to meet our friends from Clemson. We talked a lot, we visited some historical places... I think this trip was wonderful for all of us!!!

Atlanta is a big and beautiful city and it has lots of facilities...

ILEP fellows from UAH and CLEMSON

Birminghan - Montgomery

Riverchase Middle School
700 students...

A lot of students from different countries...

But the hispanics are the majority!!!

Very interesting and it was very nice to see the ESL class!

Our second meeting was at Alabama Department of Education, and now we are Honorary citizens...



We learnt a lot of things about The Alabama State Department of Education, and we knew their EDUCATIONAL RULER:

MAKING & MEASURING PROGRESS GRADE BY GRADE...

Classical Mistery Tour...

We had an wonderful time Saturday night (Feb, 27th)...
Classical Mystery Tour are four guys that "are" The Beatles!!!
They played 24 songs, and they were very nice!!! Huntsville Symphony Orchestra played with them... It was really great!
We enjoyed a lot...



Imagine - The Beatles