Article was uplifting and satisfying

I just want to mention how much I appreciate the Southwest Connector, and to especially compliment the paper on the recent article by Jill Boogren regarding the two students from the Yinghua Academy. 

The recent article was both uplifting and satisfying -  its great to expose a wider audience to the existence of immersion schools such as this one, and to show the impact they can have on children's lives. Global travel is an awesome way to broaden horizons and get to know how much we all have in common with people of other cultures and languages, and the two young girls described in the article both sound amazing. Well done girls, and well done Jill Boogren  for her really outstanding article about their experience. 

This is the type of "small" story that will never make the main news paper yet can be so meaningful, especially in todays partisan climate. It was feel good, but also educational and made me proud of Minneapolis, for supporting schools such as this one and also of the Southwest Connector, for seeing the value in writing about it.

Thank you for providing a balance between hard, factual, neighborhood news and interesting human interest stories. Keep up the good work!!

Cindy Merten