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Content
Introduction
School Life
Life in host family
Interaction with the community
Outings
Conclusion
Suzanne Kwong
Zoe Ng
Karen Chan
Bessie Hung
Joey Chan
Suzanne Kwong
Introduction
In September 2002, about 150 students from our school went to San
Francisco for Education and Cultural Exchange. We introduced
Chinese culture to the Americans through performing Chinese
Orchestra and Dancing. We also learnt about the American culture
through school experience and home stay.
While we were in the Cupertino, Karen, Suzanne and I studied at
Miller Middle School, while Joey and Bessie studied in the Lynbrook
High School. In this part, I will talk about the Miller Middle School.
Usually we said Miller in stead of its full name. In their school, they
did not need to wear uniform to school.
School Campus
First, I will talk about the school campus. Their school campus is
larger than the school in Hong Kong. All the classrooms are on the
first floor and they don’t have the second floor. They have a very
very big ground for them to play sports. Now I will introduce the
places in their school to you one by one.
This is the Miller Mustang!! 
It represent their school!
 This is the appearance of Miller.
Here is the Office!! 
We have P.E. lessons in these few places.
Is the field big?
Here is the hall !!
We usually buy food here
when it is lunch time.
Sometimes they will have
P.E. lessons here too!
Lessons
They have seven lessons every day. Each lessons lasts 52minutes.
They have fewer subjects than us! They only need to study seven
subjects because they have the same lessons every day.
I have Spanish, History, Mathematics, Woodshop, Science, P.E.,
Language every day. Apart from these, they also have Japanese,
Cookery and Music. Some of the subjects like Japanese and
Woodshop are electives.
They need to go to a different classroom for every lesson, so they
will met different friends in different classes.
 History Class
Mathematics Class 
 Integrated Science Class
I think the Spanish, Woodshop and the P.E. lessons are the most interesting
lesson.
In Spanish class, the teacher was very nice. Although we didn't understand
what they were talking about, and we were just sitting there and listening, I
learned a little bit of Spanish when was having the lesson there. I learned
that “mé” means “I”and “gusta” means “like”.
We made a wooded piece of our name when we had Woodshop. Although
it’s ugly, it was fun while during the process. Our friends helped us a lot
because we couldn't use the dangerous machine.
They had P.E. lesson everyday. I think it is very good for our health. They have
to run around in a big circle for warm-up. It was very tiring after we run once.
The circle was extremely big, and it was at least 4 times bigger than our
school playground. Sometimes they had dance lessons. When we were
having lessons there, we danced “cha-cha”and had a lot of fun.
Teachers and Classmates
During the time that we stayed there, we knew many teachers and
classmates. Although I forgot most of the teachers’ names, I will
remember them because they were so nice to us. I think the
principal was very kind too. He gave each of us a “mustang” and a
T-shirt.
Integrated Science Teacher
Mathematics Teacher
P.E. Teacher
Language Teacher
Woodshop Teacher
Spanish Teacher
I also made many friends. My 
best friend was Michelle, who was
not my host. We followed her to
have lessons and she was kind to us.
She came here from Hong Kong
few years ago.
The guy beside her is Aki. He played
sport very well. It has great for Aki
and Michelle to dance Cha-Cha
together because they were the
best partner in the class.
Some other friends that I know include Jonathan, Milad,Jennifer, Diana,
Eunice , Scott and Marcel.
She is Jennifer.
She is Eunice who came
from Hong Kong too. She
was our classmate when we
were in the primary school.
 He is Marcel. He was the
host of Suzanne and Karen.
We are friends also.
He is Milad.
He is Scott. Is he cute?
My host family members are Tony, Hella, Chantal and Marcel
Stieber. Tony comes from Ireland and Hella comes from Germany.
They all speak German at home, which is a language that I do not
understand.
They know many instruments. Tony plays the piano; Chantal plays
the piano, the French horn, the flute and the violin; Marcel plays the
piano, the guitar and the bass. This is the place where Suzanne and I
lived.
The cat below is Bobcat. We usually call him catty or just bobcat. He
is very cute. Apart from the cat, they also have three chickens, and
the chickens have name too.
Here is “Lu Lu”. Chantal and her friend painted it all by themselves!
It’s really brilliant.
Suzanne and I followed Marcel to Miller Middle School during school
days. The students all treated us very well.
Every day after school, they brought us to different place, like the
pool, the library, the supermarket and the shopping mall.
They also brought us to the Coast Redwoods. Coast Redwoods is the
world's tallest tree and one of the world's oldest trees. It is several
hundred years old. Some of the trees are 200 to 240 feet tall, and have
diameters of 10 to 15 feet, and some trees were more than 360 feet.
Here is a photo of the Coast Redwoords.
On 22nd September, Marcel needed to perform. He
played the bass.
Suzanne and I enjoyed living with them because They
were really funny and they treated us very nicely. We
thanked them on 24th September, and we left. We send
mails to each other to keep in touch.
Here is a photo of our great fried rice and steamed eggs.
This is Marcel. He was playing the bass.
Performance
The 21st and 22nd of September were a special days for us
because we performed at the Moon Festival of Silicon Valley 2002.
The aim of this trip was to perform at the Moon Festival, so it was very
important. The Moon Festival of Silicon Valley was a cultural fair that
took place in the Cupertino Memorial Park. The event was based on
the traditional Chinese celebration of the full moon. There were
many programmes on Chinese culture. For example, we had the
Face Changing show by Chun Yip Cheung who was 11 years old,
Reverse Calligraphy by Mr. Luk Zhen Ting, and a fusion of Eastern &
Western music by 150 students from our school, dance performances
by students from our school, Kung Fu by local Wu-Shu school, lantern
parade, Fashion Show and many other performances.
We took part in the dance performance. Our dance was Israel Dance
and we practiced hard. On the first day, there were many people
coming to the fair. Before we performed the dance, we were very
nervous because we were afraid that we would make mistakes in front
of the audience. When we were dancing on the stage, we tried our
best to dance. At last, our performance went smoothly and also, we
got a big applause! On the next day, we were not as scared as we
were onthe first day. We had experience and we improved. There
were as many people as there were on the first day. It was really a big
cultural fair!
Aside from the dance performance, the Chinese orchestra from our
school also did very well. At the end of the programme, all of us from
St. Paul’s Convent School did our dance on Our Father and Hope
Never Dies. Our performance was quite satisfactory. If there are other
chances for us to perform in this kind of this fair again, I think we will do
better. It was a good experience to be able to perform in this cultural
fair. We learnt a lot from this experience and hope we will have
chance to join such an event in the future.
On the second day of our trip, we went to Great America to play. In
Great America, there were many facilities. We were divided into group to
play. Great America is like the Ocean Park, with many exciting games
and children’s games, such as the-merry-go-round. It is not the one in
Hong Kong, because it has two levels. Many adults and kids lined up to
play the games. The games, “Sky Flyer” was very exciting. Three people
were put inside a bag, and there was a string to hold them. The players
can they will fly. The roller coaster was also very exciting. The track was
made of wood, and whenever the roller coaster ran along the track,
some sound were produced. It was very interesting! Some Form3 students
in our school went on that ride. There were also many souvenir shops. We
bought many gifts for our friends and relatives.
On the last day of our trip, we visited Stanford University. We first went to
the canteen for lunch. The we looked around the university in groups.
Most of is went to the Stanford Bookstore, where there were many
souvenirs for sale, such as T-shirts, notebooks and books Then we went to
a building that had 14 floors. It looked very tall because there were no
other tall buildings around. We went up to see the view and it was very
beautiful.
Then we went to the Garden Bridge which was very beautiful. There
was a gift shop and many of us went there to buy things. Then we
went to the Fishermen Pier to shop. There was a museum called
Believe it or Not. Inside the museum, there were many strange people
and things for us to see and they were interesting. Then we shopped
in groups and had dinner. There were many shops in the street that
we walked along. We bought a lot of things. In our group, each of us
bought a mood ring. It would change its colour whenever you
become cold or hot. Finally, we left the Fishermen Pier and we went
to the airport.
Conclusion
After ten days of Education and Cultural Exchange, we gained lots
of valuable and useful experiences. We made a lot of new foreign
friends. We think the Americans gained some knowledge of the
Chinese culture through our performances and we learned about
their culture as well. We look forward to joining another exchange
program in the future.
Zoe
Suzanne
Bessie
Joey
Karen