1st November 2018

Today was a very special day, since it was the day of our presentation – which we had worked so hard for – and also sadly our last day in Atlanta. We met up in the media center, like every day, and did a quick rehearsal. After giving each presentation the final touch, everyone began to practise their own part again and again. We then went to the auditorium, which was impressively big, at about 11:50pm and had time to get used to the big stage and the microphone. After goofing around a little bit, the actual presentation began. We were all very nervous as we could see important faces in the audience. There was Mr. Dancer, the principal of MJHS, Mr. Sittauer, the principal of our SSG, and his wife Mrs Sittauer, Mrs Lorenz and Mrs Elliott, our two super supportive teachers, Johannes, our expert from the expert panel and many more. And we could also recognize some of our dear host parents. The presentation itself went very smoothly and I think every group did a pretty good job. You can see our presentation if you follow this link:

After the presentation, Mr. Sittauer and Mrs. Lorenz held a thank-you speech in which they expressed their gratitude to everybody who supported our project and after that we all ate lunch together in the media center. Mr. Murray had set up a little buffet with fruits, vegetables and chicken and we sat together at two long tables and chatted for a long time. After that we were free to go home with the permission of the parents. Later that day, we all met up for the last time together at a Restaurant called “Grindhouse” and had a delicious dinner. It was a little sad since we were all beginning to think about our coming farewell but we still had a lot of fun. After eating a delicious burger, Willow, her family and I went straight to the airport. Some of the other families still had to pick up the luggage from their home but we already brought mine with us, which saved us the way home. When we all arrived at the airport we took a lot of photos together and hugged each other really tight. Then we had to say our final goodbye and parted. We were of course very sad but at the same time exited to go home to our families.

by Sao La