Aug 15 2008
Kindergarden, here we are!
Sorry it’s taken a few days to get this up, but we’re still figuring out our daily routine - now that Michael gets home at 345 instead of 215 (in Medford), my afternoons are much shorter - meaning that as soon as Michael gets home and we chat about his day, it’s already time to start dinner, then eat, then move toward bedtime. But Jacob is currently happily occupied with playdough and Maggie’s going to sleep on my back, so I have a few minutes to write and put up pictures.
Michael attends the Discovery School here in Tegucigalpa, about 10 minutes from our house. it’s a private school with small classes and fewer thatn 300 students in PreK-12th, and students who come from about 20-25 different countries with as many languages. He gets picked up by his small bus (~10 students) by 730, starts at 8, goes until 3, and is home by 350. It’s a long day but so far, so good. Each week he has music 3x, P.E. 2x, library, art, Spanish 4x, lots of group activities, stories, snacks and playtime. He’s a big guy now who buys lunch in the cafeteria. His teacher Ms Gigi is Honduran and has been teaching at Discovery for 11 years. She’s a mom of 4 boys, which seems to have well-prepared her for this year’s class of 8 boys and only 3 girls!
Here are some pics of the first few days of kinder (and Daddy’s 1st day, too):
Michael and his buddy Mariano:
His classroom:
Michael at the end of his first day of school:
Michael’s bus driving away:
Awww! So cute!!