Dr. C uses interactive experiments with her class.
With an enrollment of approximately 280 students and 50 teachers, the Oasis school in the Far East is currently celebrating her 20th anniversary. The school's director is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, who has over 24 years of educational experience. The school is located in a beautiful city in the Far East and many of the staff members utilizes bikes as their primary mode of transportation. Biking allows for easy enjoyment of street food, noodle shops, dumpling or fruit stands and other ways of enjoying the excellent Yunnan cuisine.
Not only is Dr. &*#%@&* a brilliant and highly trained scientist in her own right, she also happens to love the children at this school. And they, in turn, love her. She exudes an aura of enthusiasm as she shares her love of learning with the students.
Dr. C#### is truly an admirably genuine academic, mother, wife, and woman of faith.
The head of this new department—BL—has shown a great deal of initiative in her ideas, going beyond the norm as she pursues excellence. She discovered the fact that the library was lacking a significant collection of books—which, because of her help, have now been ordered and are on display on my "new books" shelf.
In a recent staff meeting, BL asked for help planning a new program to incorporate music into the English Language Learners (ELL) program, theorizing that if music is beneficial for language acquisition as a whole, it will also enhance the learning experience of our ELL students.
BL is also involved in the school music department and recently received an invitation for our orchestra to travel to, and perform in, the Czech Republic.
If you happen to wander the halls at any given hour of the day, there's a good chance that you will hear a smiling voice or a cheery laugh from our new elementary principal as he greets a student, jokes with a staff member, or returns a child's hug. Mr. FW possesses a unique blend of educated professionalism and kind approachability. He has stepped into a largely challenging role with an aura of ease, providing both structure and flexibility for us all.
What is particularly intriguing about FW's role here at our school is the fact that he came after retirement. FW says that he "did not see the word retirement in the Book" so he gets the privilege of working with another committed, professional group of teachers and staff as well as quality international students. From Oregon to Taiwan to Alaska, and now in the Far East, FW has served as a principal of elementary, middle, and high school, and served 8 years as an elementary teacher. Following FW's 25 year career in education, the staff at our school now benefits from the experience and commitment of both FW and his lovely wife.
AGJ was raised in Zambia, Africa, with both Canada and the U.S as passport countries. When the family had to leave the country, they settled in Tennessee. She spent undergrad years in Washington state, and completed graduate studies in Tennessee, before beginning to travel/work in various parts of the world: France, Zambia, and the Caribbean, among others. She joined Oasis, as a Librarian in Central Asia, in 2011. Since 2013 she has been in the Far East, where she is the Librarian. She also enjoys coaching Cross Country and Track, and being involved with dance and music.
Enjoyed your article on the school in the Far East in CORE, NICS's online magazine, especially the paragraph about B going with the school orchestra to Czech.
One of our former members here in Norman, OK, who has been teaching English at a university in the Far East for the past two years, is moving there this summer. She has a new job there to teach violin in a music academy.
I've alerted her about the school and about her upcoming move. Her brother spent two years in Central Asia with an American agency and her mother meets each Sunday evening with our missions prayer group.