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

Updates from Winchester Students: Michael Stern

The Great Wall is one of China's most famous monuments, and is one of the greatest feats of human engineering. We had the chance to visit this wonderful structure. It was a lot of work climbing up, but luckily it was a clear day so we had an amazing view of the wall and the area surrounding it. At the top of where tourists were allowed, we saw two horses. It turns out that there were some guys up there letting people take photos on the horses with a sword for 20 yuan. I was the only one from our group who wanted to do it, but we have some good photos of me on a horse on top of the Great Wall with a sword. It was pretty funny. Then to avoid the steps on the way back down from the wall to the road, we took the slide. They had this half-pipe like chute going through the trees and over bridges down to the parking lot that you could ride a little cart with a brake down. It got going pretty fast and was a lot of fun. Our Great Wall adventure was really fun. We got to see some great views, I got to ride a horse, and we got to go for a nice slide down a mountain.
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