International students visit local primary school, WVII reports
WVII (Channel 7) reported 19 students from Hirosaki University in Japan who are at the University of Maine as part of a three-week program visited Brewer Community School to shadow seventh graders. The students from Japan, who are mostly education majors, are staying with host families and taking classes at UMaine to improve their English and learn about the American education system. The program is in its 18th year, WVII reported.