Students hear about different cultures
Frau Baade, former longtime German teacher at Boothbay Region High School, talks about her native country, Germany, at Southport Central School during Cultural Fair Day on Friday, March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Mohamed Osman, co-owner of Osman Page in Boothbay Harbor, shows students some items from his native country of Egypt during Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
During the Cultural Fair Day event at Southport Central School on March 31, Barb House talks about her many travels to Haiti since adopting a child from there over two decades ago. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Adrienne Warren, stationed in Wales during her years in the U.S. Navy, talks about the country during Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region High School French students Cheyenne Rogers, left, and Erica Eames talk about France (in place of Madame Gorey, who could not attend) at the Cultural Fair Day event at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
With flags from different countries strung above his head, a student listens to a presentation at Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School on March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Southport Central School staff and students listen as Frau Baade talks about her native country of Germany. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Erica Eames, a former Southport Central School student, now Boothbay Region High School senior, talks about France to SCS students on Friday, March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Mohamed Osman talks about the woman’s dress from Egypt during his presentation. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Barb House talks about the poverty in Haiti during her presentation about the country on March 31 at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Frau Baade, former longtime German teacher at Boothbay Region High School, talks about her native country, Germany, at Southport Central School during Cultural Fair Day on Friday, March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Mohamed Osman, co-owner of Osman Page in Boothbay Harbor, shows students some items from his native country of Egypt during Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
During the Cultural Fair Day event at Southport Central School on March 31, Barb House talks about her many travels to Haiti since adopting a child from there over two decades ago. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Adrienne Warren, stationed in Wales during her years in the U.S. Navy, talks about the country during Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region High School French students Cheyenne Rogers, left, and Erica Eames talk about France (in place of Madame Gorey, who could not attend) at the Cultural Fair Day event at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
With flags from different countries strung above his head, a student listens to a presentation at Cultural Fair Day at Southport Central School on March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Southport Central School staff and students listen as Frau Baade talks about her native country of Germany. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Erica Eames, a former Southport Central School student, now Boothbay Region High School senior, talks about France to SCS students on Friday, March 31. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Mohamed Osman talks about the woman’s dress from Egypt during his presentation. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Barb House talks about the poverty in Haiti during her presentation about the country on March 31 at Southport Central School. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Southport Central School students learned a lot about several countries on Friday, March 31, hearing firsthand accounts from people who were either born in a different country or spent a good deal of time there.
A Cultural Fair Day, where students learned and celebrated the cultures of six countries, was held from morning into the afternoon as students listened to presentations – complete with visual aids – from area volunteers. The event was planned by Meredith Roberts Fowlie, SCS guidance teacher, with help from other staff members. After the presentations, the students participated in fun activities.
Talking via Skype from Portland to start the presentations was an acquaintance of the Fowlie family, a Mr. Alagnon, who was born in Togo, Africa. Following in succession were: Frau Baade of Edgecomb, who talked about her native Germany; Chyanne Rogers and Erica Eames, Boothbay Region High School French students who talked about France while filling in for BRHS French teacher Madame Gorey who couldn’t attend; Mohamed Osman, who talked about his native Egypt; Adrienne Warren, who talked about her two years in Wales while in the U.S. Navy; and Barb House, who spoke about Haiti, where she and her husband Chuck adopted a son in the 1990s and have been back several times to supply aid to the poverty-stricken country.
Each of the speakers talked about their respective country’s landscape, buildings, schools, food, climate, what the country is best known for and more. The presentations were about 20 minutes long and maps of each country were displayed on a screen behind the speakers. Students asked questions while the talks were presented and later studied maps of the seven continents, drew flags of various countries and listened to more information from their teachers about different cultures.
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