On Thursday, March 24, Long Beach Poly’s Student Commission went on a weekend visit to Lee Vining High School, which is six hours away from Poly.
Located in the Eastern Sierra Unified School District, Lee Vining has been appointed as Poly’s “sister school.” This means that the two schools are linked together. Due to the fact that Lee Vining has twenty six students and that Poly has around five thousand, the two schools are able to learn a lot about each other’s culture.
“We had many things in common and many differences. Learning from each other was a great experience,” said junior Toni Flores.
Ever since the early 2000’s, Poly has had a relationship with Lee Vining, one of the smallest schools in the southern section of CIF. In the fall of 2014, Lee Vining students came to Poly and watched a football game as well as carved pumpkins with the Student Commissioners.
However, this time around, Poly made the visit and enjoyed their time at Lee Vining. Arriving around 4 AM, the students had fun from start to finish. On Friday, the Commissioners joined the students in their classes and played different games. In fact, one of the games involving running threw off the Commissioners due to the extremely high elevation. Later that day, Poly made pho and had an activity night, which included dancing, music, and sports.
On Saturday, some people went skiing or snowboarding, while others simply played in the snow. After that, they went to a dance and had different games in the gym.
“I think for the students it was a good experience for Student Commission to step out of what we know in Long Beach and have a small town feel,” said Activities Director Ngoc Nguyen.
Although the two schools are unique in many different ways, they were still able to have a good time with one another.
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