See you after Chinese New Year!

Thank you to all of my students and co-teachers, Mikania Lin and Joyce Liao, for welcoming me to Dung Xin Elementary School this semester. I will return after the Lunar New Year Holiday!
- Alex

Write to Santa!

Christmas is coming and it's time to write to Santa Claus! If you write or email Santa, he will answer you.

Here is the mailing address:

Santa Claus
North Pole
Canada HOH OHO

Be sure to include your return mailing address so Santa can write a reply to you.

If you want to send an EMAIL to Santa,
visit the Canada Post website.

Country Roads, Take Me Home

Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.

Country Roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.

All my memories, gather 'round her,
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.

Country Roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.

I hear her voice, in the morning hours she calls me,
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
And driving down the road,
I get a feeling that I should have been home
yesterday... yesterday.

Country Roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.

Country roads, take me home,
To the place I belong,
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
Take me home, country roads.
Take me home, country roads.



Grade 6 students (Class 603) sing John Denver's "Country Roads, Take Me Home".

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
and snow-white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
and keep it company

I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace throughout the land

That's the song I hear
That the world sings today

A song of peace that echoes on
And never goes away
Put your hand in my hand
Let's begin today
Put your hand in my hand
Help me find a way

Grade 5 students (Class 504) sing along to the 1971 Billy Davis/Coca Cola hit "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing".





Here is a link to the New Seekers' Coca Cola version of
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.

And here is one Pokemon fan's tribute to the song of perfect harmony...

2008 Keelung Storytelling Contest Finalists

Congratulations to grade 6 students Angel Shu and Elaine Fang, 2008 storytelling contest finalists!

2008 Keelung English Contest Finalist Doris Wu

Congratulations to grade 6 student Doris Wu. Doris was a finalist in the Keelung city-wide English speech competition with her reading of "Homework, I Love You!"

2008 Speech and Storytelling Contests

Congratulations to our winners of the Keelung English storytelling and speech contests.

Angel Shu and Elaine Fang placed 2nd in the city-wide contest with their presentation of "Stephanie's Ponytail".

Doris Wu also won 2nd place in the speech contest with her reading of "Homework, I Love You!"

Halloween Apple Bobbing

2008 Halloween Party

2008 Halloween Party