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Auburn Elementary School Plans Taiwanese Student Visit

Auburn Elementary School is excited to announce that Taiwanese students will be visiting their school for two weeks in January/February.

In 2008-09, Auburn was the only elementary school in the Great Lakes Bay Region to have Mandarin Chinese language in the fourth and fifth grades. From this opportunity, a sister-school relationship was developed with Hui-Wen Elementary in Taichung, Taiwan. Auburn students began a letter-exchange program with students at Hui-Wen Elementary School and both principals began communicating frequently.
During this school year, a class of Auburn fifth-grade students has begun a writing project with a Hui-Wen class. The communication, using an an online communication program called MOODLE, is part of their Media and English Language Arts classes.

Eighteen Taiwanese children will attend classes at Auburn Elementary and stay in homes of Auburn's students and staff. They will be accompanied by their school principal, an English teacher and a Science teacher. During their visit, they will be invited to be a real part of our lives by participating in school, sports and cultural events in the Great Lakes Bay Region. A committee of Auburn Elementary parents and staff has planned events, which include sledding, the Frankenmuth Snow Fest and an introduction to the Native American Culture, as well as visits to the Mid-Michigan Children's Museum, the Delta College Planetarium and the Midland Center for the Arts.

This project has great potential for global awareness and understanding for our community. The goal is to involve all 520 Auburn Elementary students through classroom visits, participation in after-school events or through field trips. The Taiwanese teachers will also weave language and culture into science lessons presented to our students.

The travel costs to/from Taiwan are covered by the Taiwanese families. Community/corporate funding will cover event costs while the guests are here in the Great Lakes Bay Region.

For more information about the Auburn Elementary-Hui Wen Elementary exchange, please contact Auburn Elementary School Principal, Mary Goedert, at (989) 662-4921 or goedertm(at)bcschools(dot)net. 

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The Schwan's Truck Load Event is happening November 20th -- read about it here, andif you wish to reserve your products, use this order form. 

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The United Way-sponsored "Day of Caring" project at Auburn Elementary was held Saturday, September 12.  The project team coordinated local and school volunteers who helped our school by constructing new benches, adding new landscaping/flowers, painting existing benches, cleaning windows and more. 
Article | Photos | Photos in our own Picture Album

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From previous school years: 

The "Kids Caring For People and Pets" group project to provide birdhouses for The Tony & Trish House was featured in the Bay City Times (and again, in a slightly different story with a different picture).

Auburn Elementary School Presents: “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?”
This event was covered by The Bay City Times (article). Way to go, Fifth Graders! More pictures are available in our Auburn Picture Album (in the menu to the left).

Bay County Animal Control recently featured this text on their home page:
"WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE AUBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THEIR WONDERFUL DONATIONS OF FOOD, TREATS, TOYS, BLEACH, ETC. THEY ARE DOING A PROGRAM CALLED; "KIDS CARING FOR PEOPLE AND PETS." AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE SHELTER WITH DIFFERENT ITEMS OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR. THEY ALL DESERVE A BIG THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SO IF YOU KNOW AN AUBURN ELEMENTARY STUDENT PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND AND THANK THEM!!!"

2007/2008: Besides our own photos from the event, we are also featured on the National Punctuation Day web site (with pictures and a video)!