{"id":8439,"date":"2012-05-25T00:09:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T04:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2012-05-25T00:30:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T04:30:21","slug":"welcome-to-ellis-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=8439","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To Ellis Island!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mika’s has been studying the history of the city of New York throughout second grade, and her class invited all families over to a hands-on Ellis Island<\/a> immigration experience. The kids split up in five main inspection stations: arrival, baggage check, health & mental check, legal & background check, and passport control. Visiting family members got to experience all stations, one at a time. Each team of “inspectors” gave a demonstration on how their particular screening process worked. All kids loved<\/em> to send people who didn’t meet their criteria into detention. For example, Sung’s (pre-packed) luggage contained an ax (!)\u00a0 He tried to declare it as ‘nail clippers’, but got detained right away. I was one dollar short of having the required $25 in cash, but a forgiving inspector took pity, handed me the missing bill, and let me in … phew!<\/em><\/p>\n

Following the event, we all shared breakfast together and gave her teacher – 9 months pregnant – a going-away gift: hand painted onesies and t-shirts from each student, along with the parents’ appreciation gifts. Fun fact: this is Mika’s third year in elementary school, and every single one<\/a> of her teachers<\/a> has been giving birth towards the end of the school year.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mika’s has been studying the history of the city of New York throughout second grade, and her class invited all families over to a hands-on Ellis Island immigration experience. The kids split up in five main inspection stations: arrival, baggage check, health & mental check, legal & background check, and passport control. Visiting family members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[677,756,668,687,726,565,755,706,757,616],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t