![]() ![]() We have called Shanghai home for 14 years because we, like others around us, are invested in Concordia International School and its community.”ĬUW continues to be part of their story as well. When challenges arise, the community comes together to support one another. Educating students, in partnership with parents, is meaningful and fulfilling. Working alongside driven, compassionate educators, who strive for best practice, results in engaging professional development. Jamie added: “Concordia International School-Shanghai is a dynamic place to work. Both rave about their students: “We feel blessed and fortunate to work with students who want to learn.” Carey teaches middle school and has taught several subjects including health, physical education, and science, as well as coaching varsity soccer in the high school. She has also been involved in leading co-curricular activities and services to the local community. Jamie currently teaches 4 th grade, and has taught at several other levels in the past. Sometimes it’s “just loving and serving until they ask us why and modeling God’s love in what we do.” They also have the chance to show their community. Because I have seen God work in the hearts of people, I am aware we are a part of His plan here.” “I am constantly reminded of how blessed we are to serve in a diverse community of people, culture, religion, traditions, etc. “The experience of teaching at Concordia International School Shanghai has contributed maturity in our faith walk in wearing love and showing the Gospel through our actions, whether it is teaching traditional subjects or China History and local culture,” Jamie said. As Carey puts it: “We’re teaching a global demographic of third-culture kids, who impact the world whether they return to their home countries or move to other areas of the world.” Students are all foreign passport holders, creating a diverse student population. “Then I came along and asked him to move to China,” Jamie explained.Įstablished by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 1998, Concordia International School-Shanghai teaches students in preschool through grade 12. They challenged me to rise to the occasion.”Īfter graduating from CUW in 1999, Carey coached women’s soccer and began to teach at Lumen Christi in Mequon. Hilgendorf were all instrumental in getting me where I am in life. Along with playing sports and eventually coaching at Concordia, Carey fondly remembers the people who made him who he is today. Eventually he applied to Concordia upon a recommendation from then Concordia men’s soccer coach, Dan Harris. The first schools he applied to were part of the University of Wisconsin system. Her new spouse, Carey, called the Mequon area home even before he entered college. “They called and asked me to come back. And I brought my new spouse with me,” she said with a smile. As she was determining her plans for after graduation, she received an invitation to return. Originally from Michigan and a graduate of Valley Lutheran High School, Jamie studied elementary education and graduated in 2003. I was ready to jump right back in,” she said. “It touched my heart for (serving in China). This life-changing journey began more than 15 years ago when Jamie completed her student teaching at Concordia International School. Jamie and Carey Halula are an alumni couple whose story began with Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW), and has taken them thousands of miles away to Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. One small opportunity can be life-changing.”-Jamie Halula. ![]()
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