1 September is International Day of Peace. Students at Boris Dînga Middle & High School recognized this day along with students in nearly every country around the world. Students from several grades come together to make a human peace sign. We took this photo in the school gym. Throughout the day, students stopped into my office to select a behavioral pledge that promotes peace at our school and have their picture taken with it. This is part of the international #PeaceDayChallenge. Here, a 10th grader (left) pledges, ”I accept others” and a 9th grader (right) pledges, ”I help others.” Each grade is broken into two or three sections. For example, 9th grade has three sections, 9-A, 9-B, and 9-C. Each section takes all of their classes together, including their weekly ”homeroom” class where they meet with their homeroom teacher to discuss issues, get important announcements, work on class projects, and so on. For Peace Day, all teachers were provided with a lesson plan on promoting peace. In this photo, you see students from 9th grade doing role plays about promoting peace at home and at school. Another teacher & I made a small display about peace, Peace Day, and behaviors that promote peace. This is displayed in a main hallway in school for two weeks.
Did you recognize Peace Day at SJHS? If so, how? You can see some of the ways 13 schools in the Republic of Moldova recognized Peace Day in this album.
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My name is Rebecca Lehman. I was born in Baltimore, MD, was raised in Ohio & Arizona, and consider Cincinnati, OH, my hometown. I lived in JiNan, China, for 2.5 years over a decade ago. Now, I live in the town of Criuleni, in the Republic of Moldova, as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I am a Health Education Specialist here. That means I work with local volunteers to improve people's knowledge and skills around health issues. Primarily, I volunteer in Boris Dînga Middle & High School. Working together with local teachers, I co-teach Health Education classes, co-organize campaigns & activities, and prepare educational materials. I live in Criuleni with my partner Chris, who is also a Peace Corps Volunteer. He is an NGO Advisor. That means he works with local non-profit and governmental organizations helping them improve their skills in implementing projects. He spends a lot of time at his primary partner organization, The Day Center ”Hope” for Children with Special Needs, as well as with a local youth center and the National Museum of Ethnography & Natural History. Together, we micro-blog about our daily experiences at Rebecca & Chris in the Peace Corps. We do this mostly for our families, but it is a public blog and you're invited to check it out. Moldova is a little known country, but it is a wonderful one! I moved here in June 2015 and plan to live here until at least August 2017. Here are two posts about Moldova to introduce you to some aspects of it: 25 amazing things you probably didn't know about Moldova - from The Telegraph, a major British newspaper. 8 Peculiar Facts For Your (Rather Odd) Introduction to Moldova - by travel blogger Anil Polat. There are several major language in Moldova: Romanian & Russian are the two most prevalent, but some people in the south also speak Gagauz. I study Romanian in order to communicate with my colleagues & friends. Below, you can hear me speak some Romanian. This is a speech I gave at the start of last school year: I have a think American accent, so I'll end this introductory post by introducing you to students I work with at Boris Dînga Middle & High School. You'll hear Romanian as it is actually spoken by those for whom it's a first language. The students shown are in grades 5, 6, and 8. We made this video together for International Day of Peace for the #PeaceDayChallenge: I look forward to sharing about my experience in Moldova with you!
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Rebecca LehmanHealth Education volunteer serving at Boris Dînga Middle & High School in Criuleni, Moldova. Archives
May 2017
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