As their final project of the school year, Julian's Virtual Classroom students grouped to create web sites correlating with the Illinois State Standards for their Core subjects or for Art. Here are the results. They had to use all their skills and in some cases learn a few new ones!
Space Exploration || Dice || How Humans Affect Earth || Architecture || Drug Free Lifestyle || Tech Innovations || The 44th President || How to Create a Play || Writing a Script || Literature ||Steroids in Sports || Dance || Decades of Music || World Hunger || Wars || WWI & WWII || Flowers

Nine school groups from eight EU countries met in Kazanlak, Bulgaria last week. From 2008 to 2010 we met in Slovenia, Poland, Cyprus, UK, Germany and finally in Bulgaria to learn and sing songs together, share our cultures and get to know each other. Circle of Friends is part of the culminating activities. Enjoy also snippets of the Intercultural Dialogue through Music performance when they were in Sardinia. Video and pictures from Bulgaria - JH4 group, Annual Rose Parade in Kazanlak, Bulgaria 7 June 2010. Enjoy also the evening fireworks!

Imani school's third year students went on a class trip to Tokyo, where they viewed the City from the famous Tokyo Tower. You can enjoy a panorama of the view [click browser window to increase image size]. After that students split into small groups and chose where to go. Back together again and on to Tokyo Disneyland! Many things come to an end for the 3rd year students, including the final town tournament July 2 & 3.

"Know before you go" program at Gimnazjum #4 has students study a little about the country, culture, etc., before taking the trips. This school year first year students have learned about and visited some sights in Poland. Second and third year students went to Berlin and Copenhagen so they had practiced German also.
Congratulations to Gimnazjum #4 choir - winners of the main prize at 8th Pomeranian Parade of School Choirs in the junior high schools group. Ending the school year is the formal prom for year 3 students. They begin with the traditional "Polonaise" before going indoors for other dancing and fun. Goodbye school, hello summer!

As summer draws to a close people enjoy baseball in Kobe, Japan.