First Day of School

Today was our first day at St. Anthony School.  There was a lot of running around and screaming by the younger students.  Also, we were surprised that all students get 3 recesses a day!  The last one is 1/2 hour before the end of the school day.  Here are some pictures.

This picture above is of St. Anthony primary school looking down from the high school.

This picture shows the SHS delegation processing in to the gym for the welcome ceremony.

The dance club was dressed up as cowgirls and they performed a dance for us.  Then the kids who came to SHS performed their dance for the entire school.  It was great to see them again.

The founder then gave us all a tour of the school.  It took us over an hour.  We went in to each preschool room, and the students performed for us.

Outside of every classroom was a sign welcoming us to the school.  We really did feel so welcomed.

 

The school has a butterfly garden.  The classrooms are in charge of taking care of this.

The picture above is of the high school gym.  The primary school has one as well.  It is open to the outside, but can be closed in bad weather.

Here we all are sitting on the steps that lead from the primary school to the high school.

Today we will practice our cultural show while the students are taking an exam.  After recess, we will be presenting our powerpoint show to students in grades 4-6 (we will do it about 9 times today, we think).

We are here!

After a really long and tiring trip, we are finally here.  These pictures were taken on our first plane ride, from Cincinnati to Miami, FL.

Here is the view from the plane as we were landing in San Jose.

Once we left the airport everyone went over to Nicole Bart's house for the welcome dinner. We had chicken or beef with mushroom sauce for dinner. We also had salad, chick peas, vegetables, beets and rice with garlic and other spices in it. For dessert we had flan (custard with caramel sauce). After dinner, all of the kids went outside. We talked and played with the little kids. They especially liked playing with the balloons.

Costa Rica Travelers

To the right is a picture of the nine students who will be traveling to Costa Rica.

We have started working on our classroom presentations.  Each Thursday, we meet for 30 minutes to work on our powerpoint presentations.

The girls are busily working on the holidays and culture presentations.

The boys are working on topics for the presentation of sports and TV shows. 

  

JP and Jack are working on the topic of local restaurants.

Costa Rica, here we come!

Below is a map of Costa Rica.  We will be staying about 5 miles from the capital city, San Jose.  The second photo is a picture of the coast.

We will be going to Saint Anthony School.  Below are a few pictures of St. Anthony school.