Edith Rogers had an entire school assembly to celebrate Chinese New Year on February 18. This was their 4th year to have such event.
The Confucius Institute was invited to attend and contribute to the celebration. Ms. Du Jinjin from CIE performed a Chinese folk dance at the assembly and the CIE also presented a drum performance. One of the CIE visiting teachers, Ms. Song Jia, gave a presentation about the history of Chinese Year, explaining some traditional Chinese New Year customs and also showed a video telling a story about Chinese New Year.
In addition, some performances were provided by students Meyonohk School including the little lion dance and a Tibetan Folk Dance.
Edith Rogers School started a Chinese language program about 4 years ago and now has about 100 students learning Chinese language and culture.