Anniversary...

It is the school anniversary this week, so classes are pretty much over until Monday. This is why I am able to travel today and have a long weekend. Right now, I am in Santiago, meeting up with a friend who I am going to travel to La Serena with...she is teaching a class, so I am catching up on some blogging.

So, it is the school anniversary and teacher´s day. Teacher´s day is a day for honoring the teachers, of course. We all got flowers on Monday and had a dinner on Tuesday. We also got a little gift from the students. It was nice. People asked me if we have teacher´s day in the states. I honestly don´t know, I told them. If we do, I have never noticed. They celebrate alot of things here in Chile.

I have decided that anniversary day is like homecoming...only without the football game and week of events. The students break up into groups: first graders, second graders, third graders, and fourth graders. They are each a color and have a huge flag that they wave. They sing chants and the school song...have little competitions. I really didn´t get the full effect because the power went out, so they didn´t have music and the band didn´t play. So, it might not have been the full experience, but it was good. They had more activities today, but I am in Santiago. I am sure they are having fun.