Monday, September 8, 2014

San Mateo Adult School Staff and Students Help Young Chinese Students Learn About School and Volunteering

Five San Mateo Adult School Job Search Class students, Mr. T, Teacher Jay, Jay's son Greg, and community volunteers helped a group of young students from China learn about volunteering.

Greg and young students from China
San Mateo Adult School Alum Lou with Teacher Jay
The young students came from Shenyang, China to California to learn more about schools.  They want to go to school in the United States in the future.  They are between 10 and 13 years old.  They came with their principal and teacher.

They visited schools, including Mercy High School, Serra High School, Stanford University, UCLA, and San Mateo Adult School.  They also visited the Waste Management Recyling Center, Costco, and Disneyland.

The Job Search Class students, Mr. T, Teacher Jay, and Greg gave the students a tour of our school.

They talked to the students about the importance of being a volunteer.  They explained that volunteering can help you learn about a new culture, meet people, make friends, find a job, and learn and improve your English.


Greg cooks food on the bar-be-que
Teacher Jay serves food.
Everyone enjoyed a BBQ, ice cream, and Frisbee games.







Happy young student.

At the end of the day, each student said how and where they would be a volunteer in the future.
They said they would encourage others to be volunteers also.

 




 
 
 








1 comment:

Helen said...

Great people, great day! I was deeply encouraged. Thanks for the teachers and the school, and everyone shown up in this activity.