School is amazing and wonderful,it is such a beautiful place and I can not believe I can to work in this amazing place. My classroom is currently being finished it should be done this week, It's huge and wonderful and I can't believe I get to work in this amazing space. I will post pictures of my room as soon as this is done but in the meantime here are some pictures of the other spaces in the school.
This is a 3rd grade classroom
Kindergarten Classroom
PreK Classroom
The Kiddie Pool
So these are just a few pictures of he amazing school I get to work in each and every day. So I bet your wondering what I have been doing for the last 2 weeks. Well that's a great question. Being a startup school we have a lot of things to do most people don't think about. We have a lot of policy's,procedures, and curriculum to set up. For instance, we needed to decide what lesson plan template were going to use, what standards we are using, recess procedure, lunch duty, he daily schedule all the things are already set up in an established school we have to come up with.
We have also being doing professional development everyday. We were being trained on the grading system, and the student tracking system. We have been working on procedures for our behavior policy for he school. It has been a lot of work but a lot of fun to have our input heard and even turned into reality.
We have also been taking trips for instance we went to the discovery science center a place where we can take students on field trips. Here are a couple pictures from the discovery center
The penguins were so cute.
Jellyfish
Yes they even had sharks
Another trip we took was to the Americani Museum. It is a museum about art and culture nd his other of Kuwait. He museum used to be a hospital but is now used as a cultural museum. He museum offers lectures, concerts, and exhibits and the are all free. I think I just found m new favorite place for concerts and events.
In addition to school and field trips we have had several shopping trips to different paces in the area. One of the most popular place is The Avenues. Now the avenues is not any ordinary mall. This mall is about a mile long consisting of 5 avenues that has everything from H&M to Prada, Guicci, Versace, Payless, and even a target like store. The food court will amaze you. It has my favorite restaurant of all times The Cheesecake Factory. I know what your thinking. The Cheesecake Factory? Yes I would not lie about that. They also have Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Applebee's, Chilli's, Shake Shack, Starbucks( like 6 of them), P.F Changs, and lots more. They also have an Ikea which is ret since our apartments are already an Ikea showroom..... Lol.
I did get Los of good stuff from Ikea including this turquoise side table. I needed to add some color to the white apartment.
Wednesday we took a trip to the grand mosque. We got a private tour which is incredible. It is the 2nd largest mosque in the world. The second being in Mecca. Here are some pictures from the tour.
Our tour guide
This the large prayer room. It can hold 10,000 people a one time.
This experience was one of the coolest ones we have done since being in Kuwait.it was breathtakingly beautiful.
Yesterday we had our ribbon cutting ceremony and our dedication ceremony. Over 100 people showed up for the dedication and a tour of our school. We all got dressed up in our finest, and showed off our spaces. Everyone from our co-founders to embassy officials, to people from the community and other administrators from other schools stopped by. After the dedication the co-founders took us to a beautiful lunch at a hotel for a luncheon. We had wonderful Lebanese and middle eastern food. It was delicious.
The longer I live in Kuwait and the more I explore he different areas I more and more I love this country. Last night my friend Tom and went grocery shopping and picked some other thins we needed in an area about 10 minutes from our apartments. The more we explore the more deals we find and the more little shops we find. For example last night while walking on a street I found a little shoe shop that sold the Shoes Toms that I love. The listed price was 9KD the guy immediately told me any pair I waited 7KD. There are no set prices in Kuwait so you can haggle for anything. I will definitely be getting more Toms from him because 7KD equates to about 25 U.S dollars which is a steal.
Today is a nice relaxing day since we have been so busy all week. Tonight we have a welcome to Kuwait event at the American University of Kuwait. It is an event for private schools in Kuwait. Should be fun.
Well I guess that's all for now. I will try to post the blog more often as long as I have reliable Internet. Thanks for reading, till next time.....
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