October 2013 ~ Mascots around the World

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Meet Mr. Apple!

5:11 PM Brooklyn, Mr. Apple, photos 5 comments

Hi everyone,

We are 6th grade students from IS 281 - Joseph B. Cavallaro School in Brooklyn, NY. We are in Mr. Hutton's 6A STEM class. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Our STEM class is in a computer lab, it's a lot of fun. Right now, we are learning how to be good digital citizens by being respectful and responsible when we are online.

We live in the Bensonhurst and Coney Island sections of Brooklyn. Some of our favorite places to go in our neighborhoods are 86th St, which is a great place to shop, eat and walk around. They have a lot of different stores. We also like going to Luna Park (amusement park), Nathan's (hot dogs), Cyclones Stadium (baseball) and the beach in Coney Island. It's so much fun in the summer!

Our mascot is a teddy bear that was donated by our classmate, Brianna. She also made the shirt, shorts, tie and his luggage, she is pretty talented. We were able to come up with some ideas for his name and our class voted to name him Mr. Apple! Check out some pictures of us and Mr. Apple in class and around our school. We can't wait to receive your mascots and show them around Cavallaro and Brooklyn. We also can't wait to see Mr. Apple and his adventures around the world. Thank you for hosting him in your cities!

Your friends,

Class 6A

NAMENEKO VEGI & SUSHITENMARU arrive in Mexico!

3:27 AM Mexico, photos, SandN, videos 2 comments

NAMENEKO VEGI & SUSHITENMARU have arrived in Mexico City. They arrived last weekend, on Monday we said "Hello" with a special performance about "La Llorona" legend (The Weeping Woman).

On Tuesday we officialy welcomed them sharing some japanese candy (Pocky, Hello Panda and Koala's March).

We loved Nameneko Vegi and Sushitenmaru. Children are very excited because two mascots means double the fun!

They were very curious about every mascot detail and with kanji and hiragana! :3

This weekend we are celebrating Day of the Dead in Mexico, so you'll see photos and videos soon with a lot of skeletons all around.

Chamallow studied Kanji.

5:55 PM Chamallow, Japan 2 comments

Chamallow went to an elementary school today!
She studied Kanji (a Japanese character) together.

Chamallow has arrived in Japan!

2:07 AM Chamallow, Japan, photos 1 comment

We loved Chamallow the minute we saw it. So beautiful!

We show her our favorite hand game “etiquette” (we will give you an instruction on how to play some time) and take some photos together in the class. After the class, Teacher Yuki invited Chamallow to dinner. The photo shows her first time to have eaten “Miso-soup”, the most common soup in Japan. Miso-Soup consists of a stock called "dashi" into which softened miso paste is mixed.

Thank you!

Yukie

Mexican Traditional Toys / Juguetes Tradicionales Mexicanos

12:41 AM Mexico, Spanish, Toys, videos No comments

Hi!
As you know, Tezca is carrying some mexican toys as a gift to his hosts. Your friends in Mexico City prepared a brief video explaining how to use some of them.

¡Hola!
Como saben, Tezca lleva juguetes mexicanos para regalar a sus anfitriones. Tus amigos en México prepararon un breve video explicándo cómo usar algunos de ellos.

Tezca Arrives in Michigan!

2:54 PM Halloween, Mexico, New Buffalo, Tezca 5 comments

Tezca has arrived in New Buffalo! We could hardly contain ourselves when the package arrived just before the end of our school day. We were taking a Social Studies test on the USA's 50 states when the box was delivered. Of course, we immediately stopped what we were doing and focused all of our attention on welcoming our new friend. You should have heard all the "oooooohs" and "aaaaaahhhs" as each new thing was removed from the box!

We loved, Loved, LOVED the gifts. Thank you very much! Each student selected a favorite to keep forever.

This weekend, we celebrate Halloween, and Tezca is lucky enough to join in the fun. This holiday traditionally happens on October 31st every year, but here in New Buffalo students go trick-or-treating on the Sunday before the official holiday. Trick-or-treating is when children go to houses in their neighborhood, ring the doorbells, and say, "Trick or Treat!" If the people in the house don't give the children candy, then the kids may play a trick on them (but no one ever does - it's all about the candy, really). Other nearby towns celebrate Halloween on the actual day; as a matter of fact, we'll have our school Halloween parade and party on the 31st and Tezca will be a part of that, too.

Tezca's Going Away Party / Fiesta de Despedida de Tezca

8:23 PM Mexico, photos, Spanish, Tezca, videos 2 comments

Before he left the building, children said Goodbye to Tezca and prepared his baggage with suitcase-shaped cards and with some gifts to his hosts in New Buffalo, Brooklyn, Montpellier and Kanagawa.

Antes de partir, los niños le dijeron Adios a Tezca y prepararon su equipaje con tarjetas en forma de maletas y con algunos regalos para sus anfitriones en New Buffalo, Brooklyn, Montpellier y Kanagawa.

Tezca in Mexico City / Tezca en Ciudad de México

8:00 PM Mexico, photos, Spanish, Tezca No comments

Tezca in Mexico City

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

3:54 PM New Buffalo, weather 1 comment

It's snowing in Michigan right now - and it's only October!

Tezca's journey has begun!

3:34 AM Mexico, photos, Tezca 18 comments

Hi,

Tezca is in his way right now! He's heading to New Buffalo Elementary.

He's carrying some traditional Mexican toys to his hosts in all four cities.

Meet Tezca!

3:17 AM Mexico, photos, Tezca 2 comments

Hi!

My name is Tezcatlipoca, my Friends call me “TEZCA”. I’m an Aztec God.

I’m also known as “Smoking Mirror” because I have an obsidian glass (black, volcanic stone whose shiny surface could be used as a mirror) instead my right foot, which I lost when my brother Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent) and I created heaven and Earth.

My favorite colors are black and red. I’m a little quiet and shy, but I’m also mischievous.

I’m very glad to meet you!

Tezca

Meet Sushitenmaru & Namenekovegi!

2:58 AM Japan, photos, SandN No comments

Hello from Japan!

These are our mascots.

The white one is "SUSHITENMARU", the brown one is "NAMENEKOVEGI".

My students designed them.

SUSHITENMARU is a boy who likes Sushi (a famous Japanese food), and
NAMENEKOVEGI is a dog who carries a cat holding Sushi on his back.

Yukie Wada

Meet Buck, the bison!

2:55 PM Bucky, New Buffalo, photos 3 comments

Two pages from Buck's journal

Buck "Bucky" Bison

He's heading to Brooklyn tomorrow! We are so excited to be FINALLY starting the journey; we're especially looking forward to hosting Tezca, our first international mascot. While you wait to meet our friend, Bucky, here's a sneak peek at him and his travel journal...

Learn about American Bison here!