During their visit, the Japanese students were treated to an early morning breakfast and meeting in the library and a campus tour ending the day with a rally in the Carroll Center.
In the early morning, ASB Moderator Mrs. Kristen Nass prepared breakfast snacks in the library for the foreign students. The library tables were also decorated to welcome them.
“It was exciting to see these students back again from Japan,” Mrs. Nass said. “We tried hard to make them feel as welcome as possible by providing the students with snacks, a tour around campus and a rally to end the day with.”
As the day progressed, Amat students led the Japanese students on campus tours, walking them through different classrooms.
“It was really cool seeing all the different classrooms around the campus and seeing the different classes teaching styles of each teacher,” said one of the female students through a translator. “The teachers were nice and one of them even danced with us.”
During lunch the students were warmly welcomed by fellow Amat students and stood in line to buy food at the Lancer Cafe with their new friends.
“The students at this school were really nice,” said a male student. “They let us sit with them at their table while we ate our lunch.”
The day ended when all the Japanese students were treated to a rally in the Carroll Center where they were entertained by the cheer squad and dance teams.
“I was really excited to perform our dance to the school because we worked hard on it and wanted to show off our dance skills,” said a boy who performed in the rally.
The dance team wore cultural attire and performed a special Japanese dance for the foreign students. The Japanese students in turn performed a planned dance in which the cheerleaders and fellow students of Amat participated in.
“The rally was really entertaining and the performances from the students here were fun to watch,” said a girl who performed in the rally. “They surprised me by allowing us to dance with them and sing along to their songs.”
This visit was the only one of the semester. Bishop Amat receives at least one visit from their sister school each semester. Each visiting schools range from elementary to high school age and come mostly from Japan and China.
