Mtn. View School Participates in 'Christmas Tree Park'

Yew Chung International School of Silicon Valley, a K-5 bilingual- English and Mandarin Chinese school located in Mountain View, joined the area event Christmas Tree Park in San Jose with a decorated tree themed: “Animals Around the World.”

Yew Chung’s student population comes from diverse backgrounds including Asian, European, Russian and Persian, plus has campuses around the world in Beijing, Shang ai, Qing Dao and Hong Kong.

“We thought to utilize this community event as a means to make connections between Social Studies, Science and the Earth,” said Lifon Huynh, second grade teacher. “Our K- 2 classes created the animal ornaments, and the ribbon is labeled in English and Chinese ‘Animals Around the World.’ They had a blast learning and drawing those animals that are indigenous to those regions.”

Christmas Tree Park is celebrating its sixth year of preserving history, “one tree story at a time.”

The mission of this web site is to share the stories behind the Christmas trees and decorations at Christmas in the Park in San Jose.

“Please take some time and enjoy all the trees and displays that many individuals and groups took time to decorate. If you’re in the San Jose area, you are encouraged to take your family and friends and enjoy this tradition in person!” say organizers.

A list of groups that have generously shared their information is located here. For updates like the organization on Facebook.

For more information on Yew Chung International School of Silicon Valley, follow this link.