【時報訊】與聖路易市聖女(Notre Dame)高中女校建有姐妹情誼之日本京都女中9位同學和2位老師，3月21日抵達聖市訪問五天。這趟東西方交會之旅在聖母(Notre Dame)高中女校造成轟動，效果良好，為雙方師生留下美好回憶。
在五天訪問期間，京都女中同學向聖母(Notre Dame)女中同學展示多項日本文化，包括摺紙、書法、茶道、傳統日本民族舞蹈等。日本同學同時也參加了一些美國同學的學校活動。
聖母(Notre Dame)女中3月22日(週日)還安排日本師生同學們參觀聖市著名的拱門、市博物館，同時嚐美式料理、Ted Drewes冰淇淋，Gus椒鹽脆餅和美國家長們準備的居家自製美國食物。
九位同學中有一位Yuki Shinya同學，今年8月還要回來聖路易就讀聖母(Notre Dame)女中一年，她是兩校參與文化交換項目的同學之一。Yuki將就讀聖母女中二年級，住在接待家庭裏。在過去四年聖母(Notre Dame)高中與京都高中相互合作，提供兩校同學為期一年的交換學習機會，並舉行兩校師生年度互訪。去(2008)年六月，聖母(Notre Dame)女中師生曾訪問京都高中二週。
聖路易聖母(Notre Dame)女中1934年創校，75年來，聖母(Notre Dame)女中教育出成千的青年學子，成為有自信、富同情心、具領導力的基督徒。
聖母(Notre Dame)女中重視全球化，發展出世界意識教育計劃，使學生充分了解全球經濟之影響和衝擊，學校經由聖母修女會世界各地之連接，讓學生有機會訪問世界各地有聖母瑪利亞修女學校的國家地方，除了南達科他州、洪都拉斯之外，日本就是其中之一。
Notre Dame High School Hosts Students and Faculty from Notre Dame- Kyoto in Japan
East met West at Notre Dame High School last week as faculty and students from ND's sister school in Kyoto, Japan visited St. Louis. Nine high school students and two teachers arrived in St. Louis on Saturday, March 21, for five days of American culture.
Notre Dame students and faculty were treated to several cultural demonstrations by the Japanese students, including an origami and brush-writing class, a Japanese dance, and a traditional tea ceremony. The Japanese students also attended classes with their American peers and were able to participate in several activities, including a science dissection.
Among the stops on their trip was a visit to the Gateway Arch and City Museum on Sunday, March 22. The Japanese students also got experience the culinary treats of America with stops at Ted Drewes, Gus' Pretzels, and a home-cooked meal prepared by Notre Dame parents.
For one Japanese visitor, this visit to America will not be her last. Yuki Shinya, a student at Notre Dame-Kyoto will be returning to St. Louis in August 2009 to attend Notre Dame-St. Louis for a year as a part of a cultural exchange program. While in America, Shinya will attend high school classes as a sophomore at Notre Dame and live with a host family. For the past 4 years, Notre Dame has hosted both a year-long exchange student from the Kyoto school as well as an annual visit from the ND-Kyoto students and faculty. In June 2008, Notre Dame- St. Louis students and faculty spent two weeks with the students and faculty of Kyoto.
Notre Dame High School has been a beacon of educational excellence in St. Louis since the school opened its doors in 1934. For 75 years, Notre Dame has worked to educate thousands of young women to become confident, compassionate, Christian women leaders.
Notre Dame has developed an educational plan for global awareness that is designed to help students understand their impact on the world and the global economy. As part of this global awareness and through the world-wide connections of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, ND-St. Louis students have had the opportunity to visit other SSND establishments in places such as South Dakota, Honduras, and of course, Japan!
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