So, we've been at RVA all week for Home School Week. We came down with
friends of ours from Kitale - the Beagle family...Amy (the mom) and her
girls, Ellie and Mei-Lin. This is a week that RVA welcomes homeschoolers
to come, get standardized testing, have some home school classes (this
year was microscopes, writing workshop and something else...) and also
go to actual classes with a "Titche Pal." A Titche is a British word
for an elementary school student. It's been a long week, but a good
one, and, of course, we've been able to spend time with Emily who is a
Junior at RVA as well.
Today was Junior Store, Carnival, and Garage Sale day. It actually
started last night with donut orders!!! The Juniors put on a "store"
the last term of their Junior year. It's HUGE!!!! They make home made
donuts of all kinds - that actually taste like American donuts!!!!!!
This is something unheard of in Kenya! Glazed donuts, chocolate
covered, powdered, apple fritters, boston cream, etc. Then this
morning, the Juniors sold breakfast. Things like Crepes, donuts again,
egg "mcmuffins," juice, coffee, etc
After lunch it was time time for carnival. This is where the school
puts on all kinds of fun games for the children to participate in.
Basketball shooting, tic-tac-toss games, eating donuts hung from a
string without using your hands...things like that.
For lunch, Junior Store was back on. Cheeseburgers, Taco salad, corn
dogs, and ice cream. Emily was the acting manager!!!! It was fantastic
-)
Finally, it was time for the garage sale...something my friend Amy and I
had been looking forward to all week. It's a huge event where families
who are stationed at RVA ... well, its a garage sale; you know what they
do!
Not only are we bringing home a few needed items from the garage sale,
but all week long, there was a curriculum swap! So, we are bringing
home quite a few free home school supplies as well!
Looking forward to being home tomorrow.
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