but what a great month it has been…

Surely any month that starts with a little vacation is kind of cool too, it certainly doesn’t hurt. However it is the attitude of the class over the last two weeks that is what makes teaching them so satisfying. They are an enthusiastic, optimistic and energetic group and I am impressed with both their work ethic and their positive attitude.

We experience many interruptions to the schedule during certain periods of the year and this can sometimes cause disruption at the same time as celebration. (Did any of your children tell you we had not one, not two, but three birthday parties this week?) While celebration may not be the reality for the coming IOWA tests the students are beginning tomorrow it was however the case for last Friday’s United Nations Day.

Included in the photos taken over the last two weeks are some pictures of the students participating in one of our favorite ‘disruptions’ to the curriculum. Thank you so much to the parents who gave up their time to be involved in such a fantastic cultural recognition of the diversity of our student population.

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649

Parents, I strongly encourage you to read this article and if you find it useful, I have added Zen Family Habits to my ‘useful sites’ on the blogroll.

“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” -Abbé Dimnet, Art of Thinking

I’d also like to say well done to you Bobby for the ‘student post of the week’. You listened to instructions and posted with style; linking and adding pictures like a champion. High 5 Bobby!