Day 4

***HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANI W.***June 27, 2013

      Field Trip

      Today we went to the Japanese Garden in Maymont, ,VA. We spent an hour tending to the garden in exchange for 4 hours of enjoyment and a tour. The sky was cloudy as we worked but became sunnier and perfect for pictures soon after. Then, we all went to Wal-Mart!! Students got items ranging from athletic shorts to Oreos to Trash cans (because there are none in our dorm rooms)
-Courtney O.

      On the field trip, we split into small groups and did one hour work of community service at the Japanese Garden. My group cut huge stalks of bamboo in order to make a clearing around a new memorial tree. We "Swamped" the green stalks up a small mystical entrance into a humid section of the vast bamboo thicket. We dragged the bamboo as far up as we could and made a massive pile that eventually encompassed the whole upper levels of our section of the majestic forest. Nonetheless all of us were dirty and sweaty and hungry for lunch once we finished our work.
-Andrea M.

      The Japanese garden was beautiful. The peaceful atmosphere, the koi fish swimming through the water, and the gentle breeze ruffling the leaves. IT was picture-sic. Many students were able to capture the gorgeous waterfall that occupies the garden. More adventurous students went climbing up the rocks to sit even closer to the waterfall. Our garden trip certainly was きれい！(Pretty).
-Amber S.

Itte Kimasu! We all ride the bus to the beautiful Maymont Garden. 

Afternoon Language Class

     We had a shorter class today because of the field trip. The beginners class was very たのしい (fun). We learned three new songs and the days of the week. The advanced and intermediate classes played a murder mystery together during class.
-Lani W.


Voices from Others students!!!

"I stepped on a yellow jacket's hornet's nest." -Brian

"Japanese Koi fish are actually mermaids from another world.."-Isabella D.

"It was great! I got to cut up bamboo and run up into a cool entrance into forest. We also made our own walking sticks out of the bamboo!" - Laura F.

"The volunteer work was hard, but it was a lot of fun!" - Katrina S.