Thursday, January 5, 2012

"School's Back From Winter!" (Insert your best Alice Cooper impersonation)

Yesterday was Agape's first day back at school after a month-long break for December.  The school calendar in Kenya is a little different than the US.  They have three terms with one month breaks in April, August, and December.  Personally, I think it makes a whole lot more sense than the traditional US school calendar.  Here's a few pictures of morning assembly yesterday.


A panorama of morning assembly.  We probably only had about 100 kids yesterday, but that should grow to around 150 by the end of the week.


Rodgers, Abraham, and Brian prepare for the first day of Class 5 (5th Grade)


Boys goofing around . . . some things are consistent across all cultures.


I think our new students may stick out just a little!  The Kjeldgaards have four of their boys attending Agape's school part time.


The new transition class lines up.  Our new boys go through a 3-week transition program upon arrival at Agape to transition them from their previous life on the streets.

2 comments:

  1. i like the idea of breaks in december, august, december too. ps i had to google alice cooper

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  2. Julia, I don't know if I'm too old or if you're too young!

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