First Day of School (No Labor Day here)

The attached pictures were taken today, the first day of school. They show a rather formal assembly which included both parents and student which lasted a bit more than an hour. That was it for the day for students. The picture above shows the new English only library. It is a room where MJ, the two local English teachers and I work. We hope to have students and parents identify this room as the ¨English area¨.

In addition to proper introductions all the way around, the staff put on a mime style play. The story was about a student whose mother died. The teacher and students had no idea about his reason for being uncommitted to school. They learned about his situation and became supportive. Later in life when he married as a college graduate, he invited the teacher to stand in as his mother. The play was well done and well received. A strong message of “we care for each other”.

Children were served ice cream and a roll. Everyone visited and students and parents went home. Staff members had meetings and some of us wrote curriculum. Some staff was working on the class schedule as we still don’t know the class meeting schedule. Staff went home at 1:30

We ate lunch at the café establishment ran by the husband of the school director. A large soup and a main course of rice, meat gravy, a fired banana and a slice of tomato and a juice drink. We were absolutely stuffed for $1.25 per person. MJ said she is done cooking at noon!