Global outreach
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Left: Math teacher Joe Elias shares some time with Gai, a resident of the Thai orphanage he visited with teachers and students from the
Taejon Christian International School. At 16, Gai was the oldest child in the orphanage. Elias was at TCIS as part of a teacher exchange
program. He visited the Korean school in March. Right: Elias and TCIS English teacher Christina Kim accompany a Thai orphan on an
oxen-drawn cart ride for a trip to a local theme park.
TEACHER EX CHANGES
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ath teacher Joe Elias spent two weeks in English teacher Patricia Lothrop spent part of
Asia last March, visiting Taejon Chris- her spring break in March at Chinese International
tian International School in Korea as School in Hong Kong as part of an ongoing teacher
part of a teacher exchange, and accompanying a exchange. “My 10-day stint … was a perfect blend
group of TCIS faculty members and students on a of work and fun,” Lothrop reported after her trip.
mission trip to an orphanage in Thailand. While at CIS, Lothrop taught, contributed to,
At TCIS, Elias joined in chapel services, or observed classes in English, Theory of Knowl-
observed classes and student government meet- edge, and Economics. She attended off-campus
ings, attended soccer practices, ate a number of lectures and two student drama performances, and
traditional Korean meals, and spent time in dor- joined students for two history department tours of
mitories for study hall and dorm meetings. “I was Hong Kong and the New Territories. She also spent
greeted with warmth and kindness by the entire some time at Hong Kong International School, for a
school,” he said. visit set up by former SG faculty member Bill Stork.
After spending the week at TCIS observing and “I had many informative conversations with
becoming a part of their community, Elias joined teachers, from whom I’ve learned a lot about cur-
15 students and five teachers to work at an orphan- riculum, the I.B. (International Baccalaureate),
age in Chaing Mai, Thailand. “After another long Hong Kong, and school culture,” she said.
journey in planes, buses, and pick-up trucks, we On a day off, Lothrop spent six hours walking
arrived at the airport to be greeted by a crowd of around Macau, “smiling at the Vegas-like mock
orphans, some shy, some outgoing, but all excited Potala, mock Forbidden City, mock Roman Forum,
for our visit,” he said. “Soon after our first day, we and the like, visiting the relics of the Portuguese
had little and big kids hanging all over us, playing colonial era,” and admiring three temples. “What a
and learning together.” great learning opportunity this was,” she added.
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