ELIDA, OH (WLIO) - Elida Elementary students are capping off a year of international learning from students at the University of Northwestern Ohio.
International students from UNOH have been visiting with 2nd and 3rd graders from Elida Elementary throughout the school year, and today they gave presentations on their home countries. Those countries included Chile, Germany, Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Ecuador.
It was a unique opportunity to teach the kids about where they come from and what their countries have to offer the world.
"You know, we're just trying to teach them that Trinidad Tobago is a good and developed country in the world. America is not the only standardized country, and Trinidad Tobago is also a very good place to be and visit as well. I think it's good for social studies and just global knowledge to know about other countries and more about other cultures that will help them later in life and adapt to different situations," said Omari Asher, a freshman student at UNOH from Trinidad and Tobago.
"Super cute. You get asked so many questions, like if I have sisters, Omar said if McDonald's is a thing back home, if my cat or my dog has 3 legs, or 4 legs, or 5 legs, what the currency is like. There are so many funny questions which just bring a smile to our faces, and that's why we do it because we have fun, we enjoy doing it, and because we can give back to the community, and yeah," said Janne Frauenpreiss, a senior student at UNOH from Germany.
Elida's teachers have been teaching the students about international subjects such as the Olympics and studying maps to learn about lands outside of the United States.
