Day 4: Mong Ha Eco-Centre

On this day the students learned about the difficulties of recycling in Macau.  There are challenges here because of the limited space for recycling facilities.  As a result, Macau ships recycleable materials such as bottles and cans and paper to China to be processed. We then explored the reintroduction of…

Day 2: Sports Day

On this day the high school students volunteered to help out the elementary students with their track and field day.  The grade 4, 5 and 6 students participated in a few running events and a throwing event.  The high school students kept the youngsters organized.  They made sure they started…

Day 2: Division II Track Meet

On this day the high school students volunteered to help out the elementary students with their track and field day.  The grade 4, 5 and 6 students participated in a few running events and a throwing event.  The high school students kept the youngsters organized.  They made sure they started…

Day 3: Lar De Nossa Senhora Da Penha

Date: March 14th 2018 This blog has been written on pi day at pi time. This morning we visited Lar De Nossa Senhora Da Penha - an institution for exceptional students between the ages of 1 to 17. The staff took us on the tour around the facility and observed…

Day 2: Sports Day

Wow!!!  The Division II students at TIS has many very good athletes among them.  They competed in running, jumping and throwing events.  Mr. Mark Vatsis and Mr. Ryan Williams organized this event and the high school students used their leadership skills to provide a great experience for the competitors and…

Day 1. Anima Macau (Cat Shelter)/Xiaoguang Center (Hil Kong)

Cat Shelter: After reassuring our students that we would not be visiting the Anima Dog Shelter (some of us feel a bit anxious around groups of dogs, me included), we hopped on the bus and the driver took us straight to the Anima Dog Shelter.  No cats!!!  Well, we got…