Student Helpers

Bow

Nickname: โบว์ (Bow)

Age: 11
Grade: 6th
Favorite Food: pad ga-prao saai moo (holy basil fried with pork)
Favorite Activity: Bow like to play a game called "len yaang.' It's similar to jump-rope, except instead of a rope, two people stand about 4 feet apart, facing each other and attach a large rubber band around their ankles. Another person (or two) jumps in the middle, practicing jumping in different patterns. Each turn, the two people on the outside move the band higher and higher up their legs.
Family: Bow lives with her grandmother, grandfather, mother, father and two little brothers.

 Geep

Nickname: กิ้ฟ (Geep)

Age: 11

Grade: 4th

Favorite Food: Pad Thai/noodles

Favorite Activity: cooking (likes to cook Thai omelets)

Family: Geep lives with her mother, father, grandmother, grandfather and two brothers.

Hem

Nickname: แฮม (Hem)

Age: 10

Grade: 4th

Favorite Food: Salad from Tesco Lotus

Favorite Activity: cooking (likes to cook things like pad ga-prow sai gai, holy basil fried with chicken)

Family: Hem lives with her mother, father, two grandmothers, grandfather, aunt, uncle and older brother.

Nam Peung

Nickname: น้ำผึ้ง (Nam Peung)

Age: 12

Grade: 6th

Favorite Food: KFC (Very popular in Thailand!)

Favorite Activity: sleeping

Family: Nam Peung lives with her mother and father, but she also has a lot of family members who live in the houses right next door.

Sa

Nickname: สา (Sa)

Age: 11

Grade: 5th

Favorite Food: Swensen's (a popular ice cream chain in the city)

Favorite Activity: Singing

Family: Sa lives with her mother, father and older brother.