A delegation of students from Parkview School’s Confucius Classroom made a trip to their Shandong partner school in Jinan, Shandong Province. Parkview sent 30 students, 3 teachers and principal, as well as 7 parents to China.
Their partner school is Jinan Foreign Language School which served as a most gracious host for the delegation from Canada. The Jinan school organized a variety of the activities for the students to enable them to get to know each other and exchange ideas and aspects of life in China and Canada. Students from both schools exchanged ideas in both Chinese and English showing the value of their years of language learning.
Returning through Beijing, the Parkview students experienced a number of exciting historical and cultural site, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. The delegation also had the opportunity to taste the most famous dish in Beijing – Beijing Duck.