Back to School

Our town parade, gr 6 tchr left and gr 4 right

Sir Joey fixing computer for our in service training, we are lucky to have been given computers and an interactive white board

Pupils line up by grade level on the first day, national anthem, pledge and exercise, uniforms and polished shoes

Teacher Veron loves green, our gr. 1 room

The department of education is launching a new initiative K-12. many people are against it but it is best for the country to enable them to compete globally.

My adventure via boat with my former principal

The bancas ready for us to go to the island inside the Taal Lake Crater

One of our sweet gr. 1 pupils, notice her baon of mostly rice

What we saw on our adventure to the island inside Taal Lake

We arrive at the island

Enroute to the island

School began June 4th but the two weeks prior had a lot of activity. We began with Brigada Esquela, a community project of fixing up the school for the new year. Even the Air Force guys showed up to cut weeds. Things got painted, cleaned and repaired for the new year. Filipinos were amazed that I actually could paint and clean dirty fans....
I spent the second day of the new school year traveling with my former principal to an island that is inside the large crater of Taal vocano. It is a crater with in a crater. Basically an island inside a crater with another crater within. I went to visit the very remote schools on the island, no electricity, horses for travel - actually the best day I have had exploring the Philippines!!!!!!!!!!!!
More to come, internet is VERY slow tonight, part 2 soon.....