An End to the Holidays

On Monday the teachers reported in. This was the first Term that all
of the teachers were able to make it on the appointed day. We met
together. Then the day was spent beginning to prepare the rooms.
Although the next double classroom is not quite done, we have decided
to move in anyway. Half of the room will be for Erna's class of the
older students. The other half will be our meeting area. That means
that Caroline and Bruce will use the other double classroom. This
will be the first term that they won't be sharing with Erna and all
the office stuff.

It is looking so nice. Some of the children came on Monday to help us
polish the floors and yesterday they were washing the big carpet (very
thin one – kind of indoor/outdoor variety) out on one of the house
verandahs. I had brought it back to the village since the children
said that they could wash it. The mothers say that the children are
so excited to be going back to school.

The office is still somewhat a mess, but our library and our leveled
library for literacy instruction is set up. We have wonderful
resources thanks to the folks who have put things on the containers
for us.