In the lead there is a three way tie. All of our kids are racing into the new school year with full excitement, vigor and joy to be back with friends. So much of our summer was spent away from each other. Away from family for three of us and also away from all those we have met here in Delhi. This place clears out the day school finishes in May and doesn’t fill back up until hours before school is to begin. Many of those who stay through the summer in Delhi are either on their way to another location or waiting until a week or so to pass before they travel.
School tours were given and supplies organized, combinations memorized and phone numbers shared. The excitement for school to start is contagious and it is fun to wrap one’s self into it. School at AES has been in full swing for three full weeks. I was fortunate to help with tours for new families at the AES campus. Slightly ironic given I haven’t been here a year and some questions were dealing with the beginning of the school year calendar. I am a proud badge wearer of the “I don’t know” club but I am willing to help us find out.
This week we have been reading about our family and friends back in the states beginning the school year the way we knew the beginning to be, and it's happening without us. I still receive email messages from the school district we left behind and keep in touch reading on face book and friend’s blog sites but it leaves a slight twang of “missing you” singing in my heart. The world we know, half a globe away is still marching on and doing quite well without us. Naturally, (insert eye roll here). Hand prints are placed on the walls of the high school and our senior’s is missing (although you can look for her name thereJ). Middle school is fretted over and prepared for so thoroughly with the program we left behind. I feel much of the transition here was from our home schooling and preparing while we had little to do this summer. (I miss Mrs. D principal at the middle school). And this is our last year with an elementary school student. Fifth grade is huge and a fifth grade teacher is one of the most remembered teachers in the human memory. *
So as we all march ahead into a new school year with smiling faces and joy in our hearts know that we also remember when, how, and where it used to be and are fondly thinking of all of you too. Cheers to the first day of school for all of you. Ting You are in our thoughts and we hope your messages fill our bags and boxes with stories of your first day/week back to school. If this were a race that would make us...starting three weeks earlier than you.
*This research is taken from my own opinion and the opinion of those around me.This week we have been reading about our family and friends back in the states beginning the school year the way we knew the beginning to be, and it's happening without us. I still receive email messages from the school district we left behind and keep in touch reading on face book and friend’s blog sites but it leaves a slight twang of “missing you” singing in my heart. The world we know, half a globe away is still marching on and doing quite well without us. Naturally, (insert eye roll here). Hand prints are placed on the walls of the high school and our senior’s is missing (although you can look for her name thereJ). Middle school is fretted over and prepared for so thoroughly with the program we left behind. I feel much of the transition here was from our home schooling and preparing while we had little to do this summer. (I miss Mrs. D principal at the middle school). And this is our last year with an elementary school student. Fifth grade is huge and a fifth grade teacher is one of the most remembered teachers in the human memory. *
So as we all march ahead into a new school year with smiling faces and joy in our hearts know that we also remember when, how, and where it used to be and are fondly thinking of all of you too. Cheers to the first day of school for all of you. Ting You are in our thoughts and we hope your messages fill our bags and boxes with stories of your first day/week back to school. If this were a race that would make us...starting three weeks earlier than you.
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