Interview with Mrs. Miri Johnson of Sulam Tsur School, Israel

Mrs. Johnson is a school teacher in Israel who came to visit our classroom on Friday, March 23rd. She lives on a Kibbutz in Rosh Hanikra near the Lebanese border. This of course is under constant threat of attacks from a terrorist group called the Hezbollah that is stationed in Lebanon. But, other than this the kibbutz that she lives on is a very nice place to live located near the shores of the Merditerranean. A kibbutz is a very close knit community.  They work on it together and everybody helps the community in some way. Because of this she is very close with her students and is able to watch them grow up. A little bit more about Mrs. Johnson is that her husband is the dairy man and raises cows for milk. He then delivers it around the kibbutz. She then has two daughters who are around our age. The reason that she came to our class is that last year, we did an art project on the Holocaust. We sent our art projects to Israel while the students in her class sent theirs to us. This experience was pretty cool because it was interesting seeing the point of view of a different country about we were studying. Anyway, the school is considered a green school. This means that they have solar panels, the main recycle drop off is at the school and they have a really awesome gardens. We had a really good time with Mrs. Johnson, and she even taught us a few Israeli folk dance moves. We are very much looking forward to keeping in touch with her and her class.

Submitted by: The Junior High Class at The Montessori Academy at Edison Lakes