Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad

Welcome to Building a Transatlantic Bridge, an innovative project providing opportunities for collaboration and interaction for high school students in the Greensburg Salem School District and for high school students in Oberhausen, Germany.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Pennsylvania Art Education Association

Hi Everyone! This morning I'm giving a presentation on the Building a Transatlantic Bridge project to art teachers from across Pennsylvania! Wish me luck! Or, gluck auf!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bonjour...


Letters in frech from american- to german students.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Transatlantic Journal Project

I'm hoping that this year we can continue our transatlantic journal project. We have some new teachers on board with us here at GSHS, including some chemistry teachers who are borrowing the journals for this Friday's celebration of "Mole Day." And Greensburg Salem's National Art Honor Society is planning and preparing for the museum's exhibition of the project. We have scheduled the exhibit's opening for November 19th here at the Westmoreland!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Thanksgiving is coming and so are we!!

Hello to all our friends in Germany. We are very busy planning - not only our travel and yours - but the projects that will happen this semester. Letters from Greensburg Salem French students are ON THEIR WAY to Frau Westkamp-Mohr and her French students in Germany - a new collaborative project is underway.

Next week I meet with Mrs. Audia, Mrs. Redinger, Mrs. Grace and Mrs. Glowa to start talking about plans for our visitors from Germany and to get our students started on planning their exhibition. Be sure to check the blog frequently for updates.

And - something extra: The NewLanders (the folk band that made the CD Born of Fire: Songs of Steel and Industry) will be performing here at The Westmoreland tomorrow night at 7:30 pm. The concert is a fundraiser for them for their upcoming trip to Germany (they are performing for the "Thanksgiving is coming" event). Come join us as we say "Auf wiedersehen, NewLanders!"

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Watch out!



New photos on Flickr!

Transatlantic Bridge Day in Germany (May 2010)