Nadia and I are soaking up as much Oliver as we can this school year! Oliver is in grade 12 and Ocean is in grade 10 and they have many of the same activities. We loved watching them compete in the city soccer championship on Saturday. Both of their teams won the tournament. Oliver didn’t play as much as he was hoping to as he has a very good team. I hope he keeps up his spirit and continues to play hard. The boys defeated the Diplomat International School in the finals 4-3. Oliver made a key defensive play in the final minutes to save the victory. The two varsity girls teams met in the finals. Ocean scored a goal in the finals.
Ocean is getting used to soccer and is improving every day. I can’t wait to watch them play in the CAFA tourney this weekend. Nadia and I are flying up to Almaty on Friday night to watch the finals on Saturday. They look so cute together.
Earlier in the week both Oliver and Ocean participated in our school’s Model United Nations. The students are assigned roles and they practice diplomacy just like the real United Nations. Oliver was assigned to be the delegate of Japan and Ocean was a delegate of the United States. Oliver won a Best Delegate Award for his resolution proposals and convincing arguments on the floor of the General Assembly. I like it when the students dress formally and the kids love it too. Oliver would be a really good diplomat. He is quite charismatic and people gravitate to him.
Finally, I started basketball season early by coaching the grades 4 and 5 students. Coaching sports was one of the reasons I went into education and it is very satisfying to mentor young players to develop their fundamentals, learn the strategy of the game, and learn to be part of the team. I wish I would have kept track of how many games I’ve coached and my ultimate win-loss record. We went 3 and 1 on Saturday.
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