Students to prep state education leaders for trip to China
03.23.10
TVHS students will prepare on Wednesday a group of state education leaders for a trip to mainland China.
TVHS sophomores and juniors will meet with the educators tomorrow, showcasing a computer application they designed to help the educators with their April 6through 16th trip.
Schoharie School Superintendent Brian Sherman last month briefed the students in Diana Lim's Mandarin Chinese class on the trip and what the students' role would be in the mission.
"We need you to help us. We don't want to embarrass ourselves or our country," Sherman told the students during a meeting last month.
Among those joining Sherman on the trip will be Capital Region BOCES Assistant Superintendent Kathryn Gerbino, Duanesburg School Superintendent Christine Crowley and retired State Education Department official David Payton, and assorted SED officials.
The new application will help the educators with everything from the proper etiquette for greetings to language issues that could be part of a guidebook the sophomores will prepare.
Meanwhile, TVHS juniors will create a report that compares and contrasts the educational system of the two countries, TVHS Mandarin Chinese Teacher Diana Lim said.
TVHS is a two-year-old state-of-the-art public
school in East Greenbush that serves students from 39 public schools
in seven Capital Region counties – Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady,
Columbia, Greene, Schoharie and Saratoga counties. The school
combines the latest technology with project-based learning – a
partnership that is designed to develop students with the skills
employers are requiring in today's ever-changing workforce. It is
funded through a partnership between Capital Region BOCES and
Questar III.
