Volcanic ash closes airports, delays French students return home
June 14, 2010
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French exchange students, visiting Ursuline in April, had a delayed trip home due to the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano in Iceland. The volcano affected the whole world. These exchange students, from Lille, a city in the northeastern corner of France, had to wait an extra week before they were able... Read more »
Follow the adventures of the 2010 China delegation
April 19, 2010
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For two weeks, 10 students and 3 faculty members from Ursuline Dallas will be visiting our sister school in Beijing, Huaxia Academy. Follow the account of their visit by visiting Ms. Nipp’s blog: www.mscmnipp.wordpress.com SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Follow the adventures of the 2010 China delegation",... Read more »
Peru: Meet the girls from Santa Ursula
February 2, 2010 • The Bear Facts Staff
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Last week, 11 students from the Santa Ursula School in Peru came to Ursuline. Here are some fun facts about each exchange student: Marisol S. loves to run and practice track and field, especially long distance running. Her favorite food is quiche, and her favorite movies are the Twilight Saga. Daniela... Read more »
Virtual Exchange with Chile
December 9, 2009 • Scarlett Vargas
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In 2008, Ursuline Dallas began a virtual exchange with our sister school in Santiago, Chile, Colegio Santa Ursula. This is a project that has facilitated through Blackboard in Discussion Board. Students from Spanish 5 and Spanish 2 Honors, who are in Mrs. Scarlett Vargas’ and Mrs. Magda Lavault’s... Read more »
Taking us beyond our borders: The DODGE speaks
December 2, 2009 • Molly K.
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On any given school day in the Global Village, you can find gigantic balloon flowers, sophomores lounging on the couches, seniors sobbing to their college counselors, and a Bear Facts newsstand. But most importantly, the Global Village is the home of Ursuline’s global education initiative led by the... Read more »
Brazil: Our first day in Dallas
November 6, 2009 • Carolina C.
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Leaving Brazil on October 6th was very exciting because we were going to New York City! We had so much fun and visited many interesting places, like the American Museum of Natural History, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, the Wax Museum, Times Square, Central Park, John Lennon’s Memorial, and many more. Deixar... Read more »
Brazil: A day at NASA
November 6, 2009 • Leonardo M.
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Monday (October 19th) was a totally different day because we went to Johnson Space Center. We experienced space from its dramatic history and exciting present to its compelling future. There we learned about man’s adventures into space, we visited some exhibits and watched some good presentations about... Read more »
Brazil: Student teachers for a day
November 6, 2009 • Priscila T
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On October 16th we went to St. Monica’s Elementary School. We became teachers for an hour to teach a hundred children a little bit about our country, Brazil. This experience was very interesting because they participated more than we expected. They were in second grade, so were about 6 or 7 years old.... Read more »
Brazil: A classical music “concert”?
November 6, 2009 • Priscila P.
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On October 12th, when my host student, Sara H.l ‘11 invited me to go to a concert at the Cowboys Stadium, I thought we were going to a classical music concert, but I was excited anyway. Before going to the concert, many of her parents’ friends came by the house so we all could leave together for... Read more »
Brazil: Go Mavs! Defense! Vai Mavericks! Defesa!
October 27, 2009 • Emmanuele A. and Julien L.
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When Ms. Nipp told us we were going to a NBA basketball game we were very excited and we really wanted to do that. On October 15th, we went to the American Airlines Center where the Dallas Mavericks played against the Detroit Pistons. The weather was a little cold, but we were too excited to be cold. Quando... Read more »
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