Important Notice About Mandatory meeting

Dear Parents,

This is a reminder about the mandatory meeting next tuesday (1-19-10) the meeting will be held in the Hosford Middle School library at 6.pm.

Please remember to bring your child's (and yours if you are a chaperone):

-Passport

-2 passport photos

-Completed visa applications

*First time applicants who were previously Chinese citizens must submit the copy of the data page (first page) of their China passport in addition to their US passport.

*Children adopted from China who are first time applicants must also submit the following:

-Copy of adoption papers

-Copy of the data page from the original passport

Gifts and Purchasing Ministry

We are still looking for gift ideas for the families in China.

Legal Affairs Ministry

Letters will be coming home today regarding the CRR Mandatory Meeting Tuesday January 19 at 6pm telling what you need to bring

Fundraising

We will begin selling fortune cookies again soon, we will notify you when we start selling cookies.

CRR 2010 Mission Statement

Although we’ve been learning Chinese in school, (since kindergarten) going to China will allow we to interact with the local Chinese, and stay with a host family. In China, we will be surrounded by the Chinese language, forcing us to use what we’ve previously learned in the classroom. CRR, (China Research Residency) is a class where we learn about China, what people are like there, and why people there are like that. In China we will be conducting research, stay with a host family, and learn the lifestyle and culture of the local families. We will also learn to be more independent because most of us won’t have our parents with us , although we’ll have the support of our classmates and chaperones. We will learn many things in China, everything from interacting with the locals, to problem solving. Getting to go to china is a chance of a life time, and may change our prospective on many things and many ways.

Chaperones

Congratulations to Gary Uttke and Suzanne Postula who will be our parent chaperons for our trip to China. Amy Fifth will also be accompanying us as our teacher chaperon. Also Scott Farestrand is going to be the back-up parent chaperon!