Catherine McAuley High School of Portland, Maine, along with Cheverus H.S., continue an Academic Exchange program with Colegios Padre Hurtado and Juanita de los Andes [CPH-CJA] of Santiago de Chile. Each year students and teachers go to Chile for a month and Chilean students and teachers come to Maine for a month. The program is growing and changing lives.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

* LLEGADOS *

* LLEGADOS - sanos y salvos *

This Blog is now bilingual / Este Blog ya es bilingüe

The flight came in on time on Friday, March 17th, which is Saint Patrick's Day for us in Maine .. especially for those of us of Irish decent ... and Catherine McAuley, because she was Irish. The initial greetings and warm excitement was great. Everyone found each other quickly - the families and the exchange students - and flowers were given in greeting. We went to pick up the luggage and after a quick "see you later", we were all off our separate ways. We'll be getting together on Sunday about 4pm to go bowling and get to know each other better!

Miss Pilar and Miss Carmen looked amazingly well after such a long trip being in charge of so many students. Mrs. Finnerty took Mrs. Dubreuil and Miss Carmen out to FlatBreads for a "snack" of pizza and to sit by the warm wood-stoked brick oven. We chatted away for longer than expected, but had a great time! Amazing how many topics can come up in a couple hours - from teaching, to trips, to families, to politics!

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El vuelo llegó a tiempo viernes el 17 de marzo, que es el día de Santo Patricio a nosotros de Maine - especialmente a nosotros con herencia irlandesa ... y Catherine McAuley, porque era irlandesa. Los "bienvenidos" primeros y el entusiasmo cálido fueron fantásticos. Todos se encontraron en seguida - las familias y los estudiantes del intercambio - y se dieron las flores. Fuimos todos a recoger el equipaje y después de unos despedidos rápidos, todos nos fuimos. Vamos a hacer una reunión el domingo para hacer el bowling y para conocernos mejor.

Miss Pilar y Miss Carmen se lucieron bellísimas después del viaje tan largo y con el cargo de los estudiantes. Sra. Finnerty invitó a Sra. Dubreuil y Miss Carmen a salir a FlatBreads para una merienda de pizza y para sentarnos al frente del orno de fuego de ladrillos. Platicamos mas tiempo que pensábamos pero pasamos lindo. No se puede creer de cuantos temas se puede hablar en unos dos horas - de enseñar, a viajar, a las familias, hasta la política.

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