When the sound of beating drums can be heard at the start of any ceremony, you can expect the celebration to be big. Dragon dancers and their drummers summoned guests into the Concordia school auditorium as the Grand Opening ceremonies began. Guests of honor included the US Ambassador to Vietnam, David Shear, LCMS representatives from Hong Kong, Shanghai, the USA as well as all Heads of Schools from all over Hanoi.
Going to school for the first time can be a little scary for younger children...but not for Lily, one of Concordia's youngest perschoolers. This is Lily's first time to experience school and we talked to her mother to find out what she thought about her daughter's new school: