What School is Like

Here are a couple of short videos about what school is like in St. James-Assiniboia, made by Brazilian and Chinese students last year.

 

Welcome to Winnipeg

If you are new to Winnipeg, the first thing you see when you arrive will be the Winnipeg airport, recently called by Telegraph Travel one of the world's most stylish airports.  You can see it on their site here.

Chinatown Street Festival

For anyone in Winnipeg at the end of August, there will be an annual Chinatown Street Festival  from August 28th to 30th, including a night market, free outdoor movie screening, free martial arts demonstrations and lessons, and an outdoor gallery.  More info can be found at the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre website.

Graduations

The graduation ceremonies of our 4 high schools have all taken place for this year--congratulations to everyone!  It has been a great year.

The Year is Wrapping Up

There's just a  few days left in the school year now, and everyone is trying to finish up their souvenir shopping, packing, and getting in anything they haven't done already.  That includes some fishing...

...and we also had our last activity of the year this week, seeing a fantastic Cirque du Soleil performance.

Graduations have also started, and we are looking forward to seeing all of our grads in their caps and gowns.  Congratulations!

Women's World Cup Soccer Game

Last Friday we went to see a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer game.  We actually got to see two matches, Australia vs. Nigeria and U.S. vs. Sweden.  It was a lot of fun, between the Nigerian band which played during the entire first match, and then the overwhelming number of Americans in Winnipeg to cheer on the U.S. team. 

Last week was also Leo's birthday, and thank you to his homestay mother for sending a photo of him celebrating at the always popular Montana's.

June is Here

It is the last month of school!  John Taylor recently had their International Student lunch to wrap up the year.

We went to the zoo,

Went to Shaw Park Stadium in downtown Winnipeg for a baseball game,

and Sarah had a birthday!

We still have two more events to go, a FIFA Women's World Cup game this Friday, and Cirque du Soleil later this month.  Good luck with exams!