I have not been blogging much lately because our voltage reducer blew a fuse and I can’t recharge my camera batteries. It was also a busy and draining first week of classes. We decided to throw out the 10-day cycle, 7 period day a few days before classes began because it was unworkable. We switched to a 4-day cycle, 4-period day which incredibly worked out well. It makes for a less hectic day and the students have more electives.
It was an exhausting start of the year for Nadia and I because everything is brand new. It was also challenging for the boys to get up and walk to school with us. Yesterday the school held the welcome back BBQ which was a really nice day and today we finally have a chance to catch our breath.
Last week during the orientation, we took the all-staff photo in the garden of the high school. Nadia and I are together in the second row from the top, near the center on the right side. The secondary staff has 32 teachers and administrators that I am responsible for. The staff has been very helpful and supportive to me. There are a lot of good teachers here.
The students are more diverse and worldly from the students in my previous schools. There are 57 nationalities in the student body and they are from affluent and educated families and it reflects in their achievement.
I plan on blogging more often after I get my tech set up at home.
Owen likes his classmates although he is a little bored to be in kindergarten again. Oliver fell off the monkey bars the first day and kept running over the Mom’s classroom, but is now fully participating and enjoying his class. It was tough on Nadia to leave Ocean and I hope we can get a good balance with that.
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