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Sunday we had "Community Day" for 3rd graders from neighboring schools. Na-Hee and I had a total of 12 groups, for a total of about 120 kids! It was fun working with our translators, Naomi and Daphna, and getting to talk to the kids through them. I also spoke to the kids in what little Hebrew I know, which isn't much! But they liked it when I did, I think. Every time I said "I don't understand Hebrew" they would say (in Hebrew) "You just spoke Hebrew!"
I think they enjoyed it and had fun, and their teachers really enjoyed it too. In fact, students from other grades were jealous they couldn't come, and the parents wanted to be able to come along too, and the Israeli Antiquities Authority was pleased with it. So it was a big success! The Arab schools and Jewish schools will be working together next year so that the Arab schools can send students too. We have one more day, on Thursday, to do the same thing for more 3rd grade Jewish children.
Pulling GPR with the kids

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