Welcome Mr. Rafael Bianchi from Brazil

Mr. Bianchi with Sr. Lois and Ms. Nipp in the Global Village

 These last two weeks, you may have noticed a new and friendly face around Ursuline Dallas. This special person is Mr. Rafael Bianchi, our current guest from a wonderful Ursuline school in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. We first met Mr. Bianchi last summer when Ms. Bourgeois and I (Ms. Nipp) attended an international Ursuline educator conference at his school. It was such a great experience that we extended an invitation to Mr. Bianchi to visit us in Dallas so that we could deepen our relationship with his school. Now,  we at Ursuline Dallas are assisting with some of the planning for an upcoming Ursuline student conference to be held in Brazil next September. Mr. Bianchi is the primary contact for the conference and we are looking forward to having our students meet and work together on global issues next year.

Mr. Bianchi tells us that he loves Texas and has learned so much at our school. He is hoping that his students in Brazil will contribute regularly to our online newspaper The Bear Facts Online and he is also very grateful for the many faculty friends that he has made in Dallas. He tells us that he does not know what he will do without Tex-Mex food now that he has dicovered it and that he hopes to bring some students to visit us in Texas one day - That would be great!

Currently, Mr. Bianchi is traveling with a large group from Ursuline Dallas and is attending the annual NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) conference in Seattle. We are so happy that he has been able to spend this quality time with us and we can't wait for the student conference in Brazil!