Julianne has been a teacher for 25 years in private and public schools as a long term sub pre-k through HS including special needs children. She became Director of the NIH Children’s School in August 2012. For the past 10 years her focus has been teaching children with special needs including academic, emotional and physical difficulties, which qualifies her for the NIH Children’s School position. In connection with the Clinical Center (medical and phyciatric), Julianne runs a “one room school house” for 5 to 25 children ( pre-K to HS) from all over the world, many with English as a second language or no English. She told us stories of challenging student cases.

Carol is a Ph.D candidate from China ForeignAffairs University. She is from SW China and studied American diplomacy and China – US relationships. She is a Fulbright scholar at George Washington University. Her English was very good. After living and traveling the US for 10 months, Carol has a new understanding of US culture and appreciates US “good values” such as our democracy, women’s equity, individualism vs collectivism, tolerance and diversity, transparency and religious freedom.

Edison for half of their school day and return for other courses at their neighborhood school. Students learn real world skills such as construction technologies, restaurant management, automotive trades, cosmetology and information technologies. All the programs have connections to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Students can leave the school with certifications, licensing and college credits. The students who attend are engaged, what to be there and have a certainty in their future career path. Mr. Hamlin and Ms. Wilson thanked our club for the continued support we have given the school over many years. For more information about the school visit the website:  www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/edison