1st Day of School!

  

Me, in my new classroom with my boss!

  

Me standing in front of my new school.

My new class - September 3, 2008.  

St. Kitts Montessori Academy Grades 3 & 4.

Today was the first day of school.  Wednesday, September 3, 2008!  My students arrived around 8:30 and there were lots of eager faces on the front porch of the school.  At 8:50 they entered the classroom ready to go.   I greeted each and every one of them and showed them to their seats. 

The day really flew by!  But during the course of the day, I learned all 19 of their names, as well as their hobbies and interests.  It was a wonderful day!

I have students in my class from many countries including: St. Kitts & Nevis, the United States (New York, South Carolina & Connecticut), England, Hong Kong, Canada, Trinidad, & Barbados.  It was such a great experience to see children from all over come to a new place and all get along so well.

As promised to the Riverdale class of 2009 - I have the beautiful picture of you all in my classroom.  I showed my new students that picture as well as a picture of the Riverdale Staff so you are all in my classroom in St. Kitts!!!

I'm going to include a few pictures of my school and one of my new class today!

I hope you all have a great back to school.  It was weird to not be in Riverdale on the 1st day of school - but I am very excited about my new school here as well!

Good luck everyone!

Love,

Ms. Vics

Ms. Conn's Visit to St. Kitts!

Poor Ms. Conn.  While she had a great visit she had a lot of rain to contend with. She arrived on a Sunday afternoon and we headed to a birthday party.  Then on Monday, we (Ms. Conn, Dominic, and I ) went to Nevis on the "Seabridge" the car ferry.  We spent the day driving around Nevis and then the afternoon at the beach at Chevy's for lunch.  We had a great day.  

The other highlight of her visit was our tour around St. Kitts on the St. Kitts Scenic Railway.  St. Kitts is the only island in the Caribbean to boast a railroad tour of the island.  It is really cool!  We went with my best friend Dominic and his wife Mary (the people I'm staying with).  We saw the most beautiful views of the island that I've ever seen!

Aside from those tours, we had a lot of fun spending time with friends, old and new, for Ms. Conn.  We got to go on a tour of the mountains and rainforest in our friend's jeep which was awesome!  

Ms. Conn also got the chance to see my new school, meet my new colleagues & my boss!  It was really fun to have here there to where I'll be in my new school!

Hope this finds everyone well!

Ms. Vics

Pictures from top left down:

Mt. Liamigua in the distance.

A palm tree grove.

Ms. Conn sitting at my new desk.  What is she reading?

Dominic, Ms. Vics, Mary & Ms. Conn.

The mountains we toured in the jeep.

A secluded beach viewable from the train.