First Days of School

As expected, our posts are coming a little less often now that the school year has started. The kids have all arrived at Woodstock, and we are now in full swing. We are in charge of an advisory group of ten sixth graders (you can see their picture below and get an understanding of how Dave towers over them). This is a big transition year for any student and especially for the students that are new to the school. One of our duties is to help get kids organized and to help them understand the procedures here. That has proven a little bit difficult since we barely no what's going on ourselves. Today, the big event was the selection of student clubs. Every Tuesday, the middle school students have the chance to participate in clubs after school. These range from a middle school newspaper, to a board game club, to a calligraphy club. Beth has decided to sponsor an art club this year, and Dave is running a global affairs club. Both of our offerings filled up fairly quickly.


As far as teaching goes, we are both having a lot of fun. Beth has been enjoying the new challenges that come with being an English teacher, and Dave is enjoying the new challenges that come with being a middle school teacher. Overall, though, things are going great and we are really enjoying getting to know our students. Just to give you an idea of the kind of discipline problems that we have to deal with here, we've included an example of the graffiti that Beth found on her art room table today. Not quite as profanity-laced as our classrooms in Chicago.


Dave and Beth