Brunswick Elementary School Art Teacher, Miss Dirks, was awarded a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholarship to study in Japan. In October 2003 she traveled with 198 other educators from every state in the US to various cities and prefectures in Japan. The program consists of lecutres, on various topics including Education, Economics and the Arts, visits to historical places, travel from Tokyo to a smaller city, visits to Elementary, Junior High and Senior High Schools and a weekend homestay with Japanese family.
Click on the links below find out about her experiences.


animation of a taiko drummer
HOMESTAY