First Day of School

Here are the photos of the first day of class, Monday Feb 29!

Kids started happy, but they were reluctant to take photos, that is why some of the faces when I tried to do so.

The school is about 15 minute drive and we have to drive about 5 min in the highway. There is an alternative road, a mud road full of potholes, that we might be able to take once we have our car (which will be 4x4 and hopefully very useful).  The school is called Altos Los Robles. It is a private school but not bilingual and not all day. It is from 8 am to 2 pm, a bit shorter than Media. They also have pre K, so the three kids go to the same place, which is nice and convenient and a beautiful shared experience. 

It is too early to tell how it will all work. It is certainly an average school, nothing fancy, probably not the highest academic standards, but it seems there is a respect for the human aspect and a feeling of family and community. Sofia and Ignacio, my mom's cousins, send their two girls there and they are very happy. Another friend, Valeria, is also a new parent in the school. I recently met Valeria through a common friend and she has home-schooled her daughters here in Argentina for the past three years - which is very unseen. She decided on this school to send her kids back to school. 

Time will tell. 

Nothing can go really wrong. It is all part of the learning experience. 

This is Teacher Valeria. Mora's new teacher

Mora is just below the box, to the left! The teacher was asking them to guess what was inside the box. She gave away bags of a colorful cereal, kind of like fruit loops (but shaped like little balls). Mora did not like them, the little foodie snob!

She was shy and quiet! Good thing that the first day, it was only an hour with the parents around. There are lots of kids in her classroom, I think around 25. 

Here are some of the kids in her class! Mora is the only one using an old recycled uniform that my mom's cousin gave me! We start brand new with hand me downs!

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Here is the teacher with Zach and Fede, who came to the first day of class to witness the beginning of his nieces and nephew! Of course, Mora is in love with her Godfather, Fede!

This is Luci's classroom! She is sitting to the left, can't see her face, but you can see her pony tail!

Here is Luci's teacher: Senorita Camila! Luci seems to really like her!

This is Nico's classroom, from the hallway window. We did not want to disturb the classroom, as parents were not supposed to wander around too much! 

Here is the school entrance and main hall. Facilities are a bit more modest but kids seem not to notice or care too much, so far, which is great! Same with us.