Working with migrant workers' children in Beijing's rural outskirts
In 2009, Helen Gao '11 reached out to Shuren migrant workers' primary school in Shijingshan District on the outskirts of Beijing. That summer, Helen led a group of Yale students studying Chinese to the school where they taught English and science classes for two weeks.
In the spring of 2010, Michael Zhan '12 and Rachel Wang '12 went back to the school for the Yale Reach Out trip. With 15 Yale students and 15 Yali Middle School students from Hunan Province, the group taught and inspired more than 10 classrooms of primary school students, of varying grades.
In the spring of 2010, Michael Zhan '12 and Rachel Wang '12 went back to the school for the Yale Reach Out trip. With 15 Yale students and 15 Yali Middle School students from Hunan Province, the group taught and inspired more than 10 classrooms of primary school students, of varying grades.
Elliot Eaton '11 after teaching a lesson on the aerodynamics of paper airplanes.
Carol Yu '08, a Yale alum teaching on fellowship at Yali Middle School, playing jumprope with school children.
The posterboard Yali Middle School students made for the primary school students to fill out with sticky notes.
Megan Altizer '12 putting Mentos into Coke bottles for a science demonstration.
