Dear friends,
On November 8, 2008, my school had a huge 10-year anniversary celebration. Many special guests were invited including councilmen, representatives from the Bureau of Education, other principals, previous teachers that taught at Hua Shan, and many others. My school prepared a special ceremony for this special event and Chia-Ling and I were the MCs (Masters of Ceremony).

Awards were given to teachers who had taught for ten years and to some special guests. Each grade did a performance that lasted about 5-10 minutes. The students and teachers worked really hard on the performances, practicing nearly two months before the actual ceremony. I made a video with clips from most of the performances. Hopefully this will give you a glimpse of how outstanding the kids are at Hua Shan. Here is what each grade did:
(In order of appearance)
Grade 2: Pom-pom dance
Grade 3: Hand-clapping dance
Grade 4: Fan dance, martial arts fight, & lion dance
Grade 1: Spongebob Squarepants "I love to take a bath" dance
Grade 5: "We will, we will rock you" dance, drum performance, & flag spectacle
Grade 6: Body combat dance
Yep, Hua Shan Elementary School students are pretty amazing.

After the ceremony, my school held the final "tug-of-war" competition among the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Tug-of-war is one of the competitions for the World Game. As I mentioned before in previous posts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan is hosting the 2009 World Games. So, to honor and have some fun with one of the sports, Hua Shan did its own tug-of-war competition.

Once tug-of-war finished, our school held a 100 meter race. I'm not too sure if it was 100 meters, but it was pretty short distance. The first graders were so cute because one kid lost his shoe when he ran and another kid who was in the lead waited for the others to catch-up so he could run with them--so adorable! For almost all the grades, I was the referee who yelled, "On you mark, get set, go!" I didn't fire the gun, though. A fellow teacher did that because I had my hands full with the megaphone.

It was an incredibly fun day. The kids worked so hard on the performance and did so well. I also bonded with my fellow teachers and co-workers because we've been doing so many activities together, from the korfball competition to the relay race to the anniversary celebration! I'm so glad I'm at Hua Shan Elementary School because I get along so well with my teachers, fellow administrators, and students. Hua Shan is a very friendly, warm, and fun environment. I am so lucky to be at this school.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUA SHAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!

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