A few more pictures from the 

End of Program Ceremony...

Misato and Misaki

Kristina starts the evening off

After dinner...

In Lyon Remington Hall

Ms. Hume congratulates Shannon

Ms. Allen congratulates Voon

Ms. Hume congratulates Nane

Ms Allen congratulates Mayu

Jenn and Kristina reviewed all the activities
the girls have done in these four weeks!

Zoe and Sarah said something special about each girl

One Last Birthday Celebration!

We celebrated one last birthday (a few days early). 

 Cindy will celebrate her birthday while she is flying home to China! 

Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday dear Cindy Xu...
Happy birthday to you!

Visit to Williams College
For our last Wednesday college visit we drove to Williamstown, Massachusetts to visit the top liberal arts college in the US. The girls enjoyed the tour around the old, ivy covered buildings with our friendly tour guide Ashley, a visit to the town's small Main Street for ice cream and dinner at the school's dining hall.

Fun times at the candy store!

            Blog Entry by Cindy, Ruka, Mayu, Moet and Sidi

                   Our best summer memories 

Ruka: I really enjoyed talking with everyone in the Alcove!  If I go to the Alcove, I could get many opportunities to hang out with my friends and get know each other. Also, I liked having conversation with proctors (Zoe and Sarah) and counselors (Charlotte, Ashley, Nora, Kelsie and Rira). There were a lot of laughs and happy faces.

Sidi: On this fancy night, all the fancy girls showed up at a fancy dinner in fancy dresses! Each fancy girl had gotten a fancy apple with her name on it on the plates!

Moet: Dance party!

We had a dance party in 2ecafe.

I was really excited and everyone was wearing a beautiful dress and make up. We enjoyed it very much. It was an amazing memory.

Cindy: My favorite part was the ceremony night! We had a great time together! I LOVE U guys

Mayu: My favorite memory is New York City.

We spent an amazing time together.And I was so glad that I could see the Statue of Liberty. Then we went to the wax museum. It was so exciting.

I was so happy to spend the day.

I want to visit another places with everyone.

Blog Entry by Emily, Misaki, Misato, Shannon and Ran Ran

Preparation, Dinner and Ceremony

Most girls wore traditional clothes for the ceremony. Japanese wore Yukata, Chinese wore Chinese dress--Qi Pao, Voon wore a Thai dress, and others wore dresses. A few people wore make up and earrings for the dinner and ceremony. 

After the preparation, we had dinner in the dining hall. The hall was all decorated nicely. There were green apples with our name tags on and there were some flowers in lemon jars which were very fashionable. We also had a celebration cake which was made especially for Emma. It was incredible. 

So beautiful!

After the dinner, we went to a bigger hall. There, we had our good-bye ceremony. First, the principal gave us a speech, then, Ms.Wendy gave each student their graduation certificate. 

Also, our proctors and houseparents delivered a speech. Finally, we made a web of memories with string. Each person shared their best memory in the summer program and cut a part of string to make a bracelet so that we can keep our sweet memories. Thanks to all the teachers and the girls who participated in the decoration and the dinner and the ceremony.

Dorm life

Blog Entry by Cindy W, Nane, Sherrie, Tilly and Voon

Here we are all 15 girls..

Chilling out in the alcove 

Just finished doing our nails!! So many feet...

Nane, Charlotte, Cindy and Sherrie hanging out in their room.

Making our own ice cream.
Moet, Sherrie, Cindy, Voon, Tilly and Misato

    We enjoy hanging out in the alcove where we can talk, play games, tell jokes and have so much fun with everyone!! We laugh and sing crazily in our dorm rooms every night. We hide behind the doors just to scare people that are walking pass or coming out of the room. We discuss about the off-campus activities and screamed when we have another field trip. 

    We had such a wonderful summer and it will always be our magnificent memory to remember forever:)

Cindy and Ran Ran

Study Hall at Starbucks

It's hard to believe, but it's the beginning of the end...For the last study hall, the girls got to take their books, journals and laptops to Starbucks to work.  Look at all these girls hard at work! 

Sherrie, Cindy and Nane

Voon, Tilly, Emily and Haruka

Sunday Fun at Grafton State Park!

We headed out for some sun and sand at the local state park. The girls enjoyed swimming in the lake, playing Frisbee and throwing around the football--and somehow Nora (one of our counsellors) ended up buried in the sand :)

Boston Trip

We had a wonderful time on our trip to Boston, Massachusetts, this Saturday. We started out with a Duck Boat Tour, sightseeing around the streets and harbor of Boston.  We next went to the Boston Aquarium and ended in Quincy Market.  Here are just a few pictures of all the excitment!

Posing with some traditionally dressed soldiers!

Misaki, Emily, Sherrie, Nane, Cindy and Sidi in front of a Duck Boat

Moe celebrated her fifteenth birthday by getting to drive the Duck Boat on the Boston Harbor! 

Emily also took a turn at the wheel of the Duck Boat

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Sidi and Ms. Hume with a Boston Lobster!

Outside the Aquarium

Spelling and Definition Bee, Week Two!

Here are two examples of how wonderfully the girls did in this week's spelling and definition bee! Misato and Emily were our final two contestants, and they were evenly matched.  Eventually we declared both winners, as we couldn't stump them with any of the words we have learned so far! Congratulations Misato and Emily (and to all members of the class as well)!

Reading together...friends forever!

Our last day of community service was rainy. Sadly, some girls' partners were not at camp that day, so they joined together to give the children lots of extra attention!  Our Emma girls read, colored and talked with their little partners. At the end, each group got a chance to stand at the front of the class and be recognized. We asked, "Who can read in English?" and they answered together, "We can!" Here are the videos of a few groups and partners:

B-I-N-G-O!

We were all quite entertained by an evening of Bingo with Zoe as the caller. 

History in Action

In keeping with this week's theme, Local History, the girls learned about the history that is all around us.  Troy and the Emma Willard School are great locations to explore and expereince some great historical primary sources.  This morning we visited the school Archives and had a lecture from Nancy Iannucci, the archivist here. She reviewed some key points the girls had learned during Week One (Women in American History) and showed them some great letters, books, dresses and diaries from the last two hundred years. The girls then got to put on gloves and explore the archives for themselves. 

Nancy Iannucci discusses some artifacts from the school's collection

A dress that Emma Willard wore!

Ranran and Cindy examine an issue of the
school newspaper from the 1960s

Mayu, Misaki, Tilly, Emily and Cindy pose with a portrait of Ms. Willard

Tilly

Emily

Mayu reads a letter from the 1860s

During our afternoon Photo Scavenger Hunt around the famous buildings and landmarks of Troy, we stopped at a local cemetery to search for the oldest grave.  The girls also did grave rubbings of different dates and decorations they found.