School Started...A Long Time Ago

When school starts in September, it's still pretty hot around here.

The Mercedes-Benz place went all out trying to protect its shrubbery.

Keira started the first day of school with a little excitement of her own.

Keira - Grade 1.  Keira started the year off at a school in our neighborhood, but by the end of October, we decided to withdraw her and enroll her in the French school.  The school in our neighborhood was focusing more on teaching the kids English, and we wanted a little more challenge for her.  I think doing all of her lessons in French is definitely a challenge!  She is doing great, and she still has class three days a week in the local language, too. 

Walking in with her dad.

 

There were still a few tears.

 But she eventually walked into the "party."

And when I picked her up at the end of the day, she was all smiles, with some leftover cat face paint.

The first draft of her schedule included "Muice," however, even though they changed the schedule three more times before she left, they never got "music" spelled right :)

Caleb - grade 7.  He started the year off at a school here, but little did we know, in November, that school would be shut down.  Thankfully, Doug and I could see the writing on the wall, so by the end of October, we had withdrawn him and started him back at homeschool.

The numbers at the bottom of the sign they are holding aren't some sort of weird reference to 9/11, but when I look back at pictures, I'll never know what grades they were in if I don't have it in writing.

Karis - Grade 9.  This is her first time back at homeschool since 6th grade.  Since she was starting high school, we decided to put her in an American schooling program to make it easier for her to prepare for university.

Kylie - Grade 11.  As Kylie started her junior year at home, she was glad to have Karis at home, too.  I still can't believe she will be leaving home so soon!