Last week we had the pleasure of attending the Africa Mercy Academy open house (just in case it isn't clear, our living on a ship is the source of the buoyant in the blog title). Our kids have been involved in the Academy since we came onboard over four years ago and Dara is a teacher so of course we've seen the Academy plenty of times. The open house, however, is a wonderful opportunity to stop by all of the classrooms to check out what's going on and be challenged by whatever activity the teacher of that room has come up with.
There was Social Studies trivia, French trivia, world map labelling, emotion face coloring, story writing based on Egyptian (I think) symbols, word assignments (is it a verb, adverb, adjective, noun, preposition, pronoun, etc.), and some math fractile thing (sorry Mr. Farrell for my lack of both proper terminology and enthusiasm regarding all things math), to name a few.
The kids were all excited to show us their classrooms and it's always great to have another opportunity to connect with their teachers in a school setting (we get plenty of opportunity to connect in community). We are so blessed to share life with and entrust our kids to teachers who love God, are passionate about our children's eductation, and model lives of love and integrity. We can't imagine a better educational environment for our kids.
Thank you Jesus and thank you teachers!
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