I should probably be writing about time management since the blog has been seriously suffering from a lack of it lately. So, what's been going on at Sister Cities? Well, we just bid farewell to 4 musicians from our Sister City Leeds, England who were in Louisville to take part in the University International Jazz Festival this past Wednesday, if you couldn't make it then you'll have to take my word for it that it was an excellent concert. The musicians played alongside the great musical talent we have here at the University as well as some guests from Russia - a truly International concert! The Frazier International History Museum also held a reception for the musicians and gave them a tour of all the great exhibits - by the way they are re-doing the 3rd floor exhibit so watch out for the grand opening later this year! The Kentucky Country Day School delegation arrived home safely from our Sister City Tamale, Ghana after having a great visit - they were even able to set up a Skype chat with the students back at Louisville during the trip. They are currently writing a article for us about their trip so come back and check that out soon.
Lastly 2 upcoming events - If you watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and wondered how they pulled off all the special effects wonder no longer - just come to the free showing of a behind the scenes documentary this Wednesday:
March 4, 6pm
The University of Louisville
Elaine Chao Auditorium
For more information check out our Facebook page - just click on the event link on the right.
If you are a member, are considering becoming a member or just want more information about us then come to our annual membership meeting next Sunday:
March 8, 4pm
German American Club
1842 Lincoln Ave (just off Poplar Level Road at I-264)
We hope to see you at one of these events!
On the first day of the year we were off to head back to our favorite country in the world, Ghana. Both of us had previously been in Ghana in June of 2008 for two weeks, and fell so in love with the country and its people that we just had to return. We wanted a reason to go back, and to work with Dahin Sheli Primary School. We decided to focus our Senior Graduation Project on education differences between Ghana and America. We would spend three weeks as teaching assistants at Dhain Sheli Primary School in Tamale, Ghana. When we arrived in Tamale, we were greeted by our old friends and welcomed right back into our second home. We were immediately embraced by everyone at Sister Cities Tamale and so excited to finally be back. The purpose of our trip was to work as teaching assistants at Dahin Sheli Primary School. We would teach and observe classes to figure out the differences between the American and Ghanaian education system. We wanted to do this because during our June trip we had fallen in love with the school and its children. Our goal for our trip was also to develop a connection between Dahin Sheli’s teachers and students and our own. We brought with us over one hundred letters from students at our school and were able to collect even more from their students to bring home. Over the course of this school year we have established a pen pal relationship between the lower and middle school students at both schools. We also collected several e-mail addresses 
from teachers there to bring to our teachers so they could communicate via e-mail about different teaching strategies and techniques. Not only did we get a lot out of our trip, but we were also able to extend its effects to both schools through the lasting exchanges created through email. Our hope is that in the future teachers and students from our sister schools will be able to come here and continue the exchange of knowledge. 
is a friendly city and welcoming to immigrants; this past weekend I found myself on the other side of that -being welcomed and completely accepted by both local and visiting internationals, I only hope my home feels as warm and welcoming to guests. The students seemed to have a good time too, tucking into the food and enjoying each others company; it was a lesson that teenagers are the same the world over - giggly, excitable, loud and very hungry.
Posts
