SHANGHAI – Foreign residents of the Pudong district's Lianyang community visited a school for the disabled on June 1 - Children's Day - to teach the students conversational English and how to make handicrafts.

The foreign residents of Lianyang's foreign affairs service center write cards to the students of the Pudong New Area Special School for blessing, June 1, 2012.  [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

The students greeted their guests with several entertaining stage performances, including singing and comedy sketches.

The Pudong New Area Special School was established nearly a decade ago to provide high-quality compulsory education to the hearing-impaired, mentally retarded, those with cerebral palsy and other students with disabilities. It has more than 325 students and 65 full-time teachers.

Over the past few years, the school has been recognized as both a local and national leader in special education.

Lianyang's foreign affairs service center, which was established last December, organized the Children's Day event as part of a broader effort to integrate its 5300 expatriate residents into the community.