Mid Prairie Middle School Chinese Featured in the Gazette

Here is a link to the article online.
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/life/people-places/mid-prairie-school-district-teaches-exploratory-chinese-at-the-elementary-level-20151027

Visit by the Cedar Rapids Gazette

We were very fortunate today to have received a visit from the Gazette.  Two reporters came to Mid Prairie Middle School and interviewed me about the Chinese language programs in our district.  Afterwards they interviewed students about their classes and took pictures!   Expect to see it in the paper soon!!

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Mrs. Fisher's 2nd grade class at Wellman Elementary reads "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" from the Smart Board. 

Great job, students! Keep up the good work!

Confucius Institute Moon Festival

The University of Iowa Confucius Institute visited Kalona Elementary School's fifth grade, and the classrooms of Mrs. Bessman and Mrs. Wood, to deliver a special presentation on the Moon Festival.

The Moon Festival is the second-most important holiday in Chinese culture, after Chinese New Year.

Our visitors, Erin Mullin, Xi Ma, and three teachers from China studying at the UI, told the KES students a story called "The Monkey Scoops the Moon."