Hallelujah! After 120 days, many with temperatures into the 120's, with 30 days of Ramadan (everything, even fast food is closed during the day and doesn't open until 7 or 8 PM), and with one week of Eid break, SCHOOL IS FINALLY STARTING! [Pause now for me to do a happy dance.]
Here are some photos from today:
Leaving this morning for school...at 6:35 AM. The traffic was so horrible that the normally-15-minute trip took 45 minutes. Ugh.
Jack's teacher is Mrs. Burchell (from South Africa), and Hannah's teacher is Mrs. Hodge (from Britain). Jack has 18 kids in his class, and Hannah has about the same in hers. Hannah has one American girl in her class--I don't think any one else is American though. Jack says that he is the only American in his class. Great adventure!
Peeking into Hannah's classroom as they packed up.
I go in and get Hannah (we do this for the 3 and 4 year olds only...I think), and then we wait on Jack to come out on his own. This is the tent full of waiting families. After we got Jack, we raced to the other campus (15 minutes away) to pick up Hank. Here's Hank's campus (a new acquisition!).
The building is finished, but the site around it is still under construction. A pool, gym, and science lab are planned. John took Hank to his campus this morning (so I don't have a classroom photo)--and thank goodness for that because, with the traffic and time getting Hannah settled, we never would have made it on time....
Hank has 11 students in his class, which is 1/2 of the "Year 8" (seventh grade) kids. I think it's pretty cool that they divided into two halves--what a great size for a group! Hank thinks he's the only American in his class, too. He liked all of his teachers but said French was the most difficult. She talked mainly in French. :)
All three kids came home happy, hungry, and tired. Tomorrow, we ride the BUS!
Hannah fell asleep within five minutes of leaving her campus.
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