Subject: SFS 4X -- Message from Our Teachers
From: "Margaret Dotzel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Estee Portnoy" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Pam Selden" <[email-masked]>, "Merry Adelfio" <[email-masked]>, "Margaret Dotzel" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:52:45 -0500

Dear 4X Parents,

Merry and Pam asked us to pass along the following:

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We wanted to share with you how great the 4x students were during our  
trip to the White House yesterday.
All our students were at LS on time , dressed up and excited. Although  
we had to wait and it was cold, our students were calm, patient and  
focused.  Then at 9:00 am the sun  burst through the clouds and the  
ceremony began.  Several students got to shake Premier Hu’s hand and  
the President gave 4x a warm personal welcome.
A huge thank you is in order to our wonderful Chinese language  
teacher, Edith Zhang, who helped our students deliver a special  
greeting in Chinese.  The 4x class did their parents, their teachers ,  
Sidwell, and their country proud!  Thanks again parents for helping us  
pull off this event.
Pam and Merry

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In addition, we are attaching links to two videos that show the China  
State Visit Arrival Ceremony.  They are each about 30 minutes long --  
on the whitehouse.gov  video, our class shows up about 8 1/2 minutes  
in.  On the c-span video they are closer to 9 1/2 minutes in....the  
angle is slightly different in the two videos.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Peggy and Estee

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/01/19/china-state-visit-arrival-ceremony

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/HuJi