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How have your students been affected by the Japanese earthquake & tsunami?
At this time last year, we were focused on students of Haitian origin in U.S. schools who were coping with the earthquake and its aftermath. Students from Japan may experience similar kinds of trauma as the news unfolds from zones devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
How have your students, including those who are not from Japan, been affected by the Japanese earthquake & tsunami? Are they similar to Matt's experiences last year with his Haitian students?
Learn more about helping students and families cope with a global disaster in this article from Colorin Colorado.
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Permalink Reply by Matt Johns on -
I teach in Lancaster and have a handful of Haitian ELL students. Our students were able to confirm that their immediate family members were safe but they lost members of their more extended families. The consistent theme was lack of access to information about their families members and an inability to know how to help moving forward.
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Permalink Reply by Judie Haynes on -
Over the years I have had many students from Japan and became very close to their families. This is a culture that I grew to love and respect. Typically my students came to the U.S. for 3-5 years and then returned to Japan. The images from this terrible earthquake and Tsumami that have been coming out of Japan are heartbreaking. I think about all of those families that I met over the years and I pray that they are all o.k. If you have been able to contacts people you know in Japan, please post your story. It would be so heartening to hear about it.
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