Old Country

Can you tell me about something special to remind you of the First Program?

There are many things that remind me of First Program. I have old LDM issues, Native American Water Drum, etc. It’s really hard to single something out.

Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about your memories of the First Program?

I have very fond memories of my Kindergarten teacher. She retired 2006. I miss her tons!

Arrival

Where did you go when you first arrived and what was it like?

When we got there on our first day we went up to our classrooms and met our teacher. I already knew Ms. Edinger so it wasn’t that timid. Then we heard about our curriculum.

What did you think Big Dalton would be like? Was it what you expected? Why or why not?

It was pretty much what I expected, though I thought we’d see the high schoolers more than we do, which is good.

Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about your early days in Big Dalton? Especially things that might help me with my immigration to Big Dalton?

There’s nothing much to say except, at first it’s a bit overwhelming, but you get used to it.

New Country

What are the big differences between the First Program and Big Dalton?

The main difference is that everything is much bigger. The students and the facilities. We went back to visit your class at First Program and everything seemed mini.

What do you miss about Little Dalton?

The roofs. It’s a lot more confusing with Playstreet.

Is there anything else that you would like to tell me?

I miss First Program a lot but I’m enjoying my time at Big Dalton.

When I heard about having a buddy in
New Orleans I was scared, nervous, anxious and excited. I was scared because I didn’t know what to expect. I was nervous because I wanted a nice buddy, (preferably a girl). I was anxious because I wanted to know who my buddy was and what gender they would be. I was excited because I thought it would be really cool to have a buddy that lives about 1,200 miles away from me. I was excited because I wanted to hear more about

New Orleans and about a new person. I couldn’t wait to get my first letter! In the first letter it was funny because at the beginning everyone said something like it’s good to meet your friend. They didn’t know us so they asked a lot of questions. I’ve learned a lot about my buddy. I learned where he lives and his school. It’s interesting that we have so many similarities but we still have some differences. I’ve learned that my buddy has a good personality. We have some main differences. He’s a boy and I’m a girl, he has sloppy handwriting and I have very neat handwriting.

We write letters to communicate. We talk about ourselves and ask questions. We tell about where we live, our school, and more about our personal lives in general, like our pets or our like and dislikes. I think that it’s really fun to write letters and to receive letters from our buddies.

Each person gets one or 2 buddies because the New Orleans buddies have more people in their class then we do. We got videos from our buddies when our teacher Tracy got back from her trip to New Orleans. Only I didn’t get one of my buddy because he wasn’t present on the day that Tracy took the videos.

Our buddies’ school is called The Lusher School. Each year Tracy and her class make up a fundraiser to support The Lusher School because of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans because the levies broke of strong water current.

The Lusher School sent us a king’s cake. A king’s cake is what the people of New Orleans eat on Marti Gras. There is some sort of token in the cake and who ever gets the token in their slice would have to do a favor.

Anyway, they sent us a King’s Cake. Now we are going to send them something that relates to New York City. We are going to send them bagels and possibly some other things.

NOLA is what the natives to New Orleans call themselves. NOLA stands for New Orleans, Louisiana.