About The Dandelion Project

The Dandelion Project is a service learning trip that was started by Margie Harvey in 2005, after travelling to China with Primary Source. She created this program to begin a cultural exchange between the students of Winchester High School located in Winchester, MA and the Dandelion School located in the fourth ring of Beijing, China. The Dandelion School addresses the need in China for education for the children of migrant workers. Due to the Household Registration Policy of the Chinese Government, these children do not have access to free public education. Winchester High School students prepare English language lessons and teach at the Dandelion School for one week, while experiencing Chinese culture and making friends with the Dandelion students. Winchester students also travel to many of the historical attractions in Beijing. This year we will also travel to Shanghai.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Saturday 06/18/2010


The flight from Newark to Beijing was 13 hours! Some of us were really jet-lagged and so yesterday we didn’t do too much. Today was the first day of touring sights.

First we went to the Temple of Heaven, which is where, beginning in the Ming dynasty, the emperor would go to pray three times a year for most importantly, a good harvest. Our second sight was the Forbidden City. It was very hot in the afternoon and the Forbidden City is huge so many of us were wiped out. But we slowly managed our way through the seven enclosures of the emperor’s beautiful palace. This evening out tour guide took us to the night market, which I recognized from an episode of “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain. There, locals sell a huge assortment of food on a stick, everything from beef or strawberries to scorpions, beetles and snake. Perhaps, not the best place to stop right before dinner!
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