Back to School comes early at Monteverde Friends School – August 9, this year. It means we can finish at the end of May, and stay aligned with the North American school year for our exchange students and our local students hoping to move on to an American college later.
It also means that we just completed our first amazing week back. We started, as we do every day, with an all-school assembly. The activity was a rousing, inspiring rendition of Row Your Boat in 4-part “harmony”, and introductions of our new teachers and students. We also announced changes to classrooms, schedule (earlier Friday to let kids catch the 2:00 bus home), after-school clubs, a new Advanced Placement science class and honours program, a community band… so much new to enjoy this year.
I’ve shared below a sampling of 20 photos from the first week, but it really was tough to make that selection. The week was full of people happy to be together and (despite my own son’s wailing about the increased homework load in secondary – “I have to read FIVE books!”) eager keep learning and growing.
