New Buffalo is Feeling Brave

Today, New Buffalo Elementary School students put on their annual Talent Show. Chamallow even made a guest appearance as the sidekick to one of the two entertaining hosts (pictures will be posted soon)! The show featured gymnasts, singers, musicians, and tech-tool talented kids. The common link between all the acts was music, in honor of Music in our Schools Month. Instead of performing this year, 5th grade got a little tech-y and created our own version of Sara Bareilles' Brave - a song we just can't seem to get enough of. We had a lot...

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Tezca en Barcelona (Spain)

En Montpellier tuvimos dos semanas de vacaciones. La semana pasada Tezca viajó a Barcelona,en España. Allí visitó la ciudad, disfrutó del buen tiempo y comió uno de los platos más típicos españoles: la paella Por la autopista, hacia Barcelona cruzando la frontera comiendo paella Bebiendo agua de la fuente de Canaletas para volver a Barcelona La langosta de Mariscal en el puerto delante de la estatua de Colón En la...

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Tezca llegó a Montpellier

Tezca llegó durante nuestras vacaciones y lo primero que hizo fue ir al mercado a conocer las especialidades francesas: los quesos. También decidió probar algunas de las especialidades más dulces: "bugnes"(que se comen en época de Carnaval) y "macarons". Creemos que añora un poco su país porque quiso comer en un restaurante de comida mexicana pero lamentablemente estaba cerrado. Lo intentaremos otro día. Después se informó sobre lo que podía hacer...

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Mascots Art

Hi Friends! We're having an Art competition about all our mascots this week here in Mexico. Here are the all the artworks. Which are your favorite? ¡Hola Amigos! Esta semana en México tenemos un concurso de dibujo sobre todas nuestras mascotas. Aquí están todas las obras participantes. ¿Cuáles son sus favoritas? ...

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Chamallow and Tagada in New Buffalo

Vive la France! Chamallow and Tagada are enjoying all kinds of Michigan winter activities! They have played hockey, built snowmen and snow forts, and gone ice skating. Ms. Wilson took them both to Bentwood Tavern, a local restaurant, to enjoy some sushi. They've helped out with homework and some new educational technology projects our class has begun. Check out the ever-growing number of candid pictures in the slideshow to see just how these two...

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We are in the Spotlight!

Our Mascots Around the World project is in the ePals Teacher Spotlight this month! Read about it by clicking here...  and Spread the wo...

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DoriLocos with Mr. Apple

In Mr. Apple's Welcome Party we prepared and shared a very popular snack in Mexico, DoriLocos (DoriCrazy). They're tasty and easy to prepare. You just need a bag of your favorite Doritos and some of the following ingredients, or all of them if you want to: Chopped cucumber. Grated carrot. Grated jicama. Pickled pig skin. Japanese peanuts. Hot peanuts. Salted peanuts. Spicy roasted chickpeas (garbanzo beans). Chamoy. Hot sauce. Lemon. Salt. It...

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