The beginning of this year felt surreal for both of us. Not in any bad way but it felt like it was a long way away, even as we were getting ready this morning.
A big mass of IA!
We showed up bright and "early" and the ceremony began! At IA our very first day is a half day that serves to show students around, let the parents meet the teachers, and give important new information.
Our new Russian Director was introduced as well as our new Academic Principal, Susan.
Here is a not excellent picture of her (on the left). :-P
We continued the Russian tradition of having the oldest child carry the youngest child while the youngest rings a bell. It's been fun to see three years of this and how the different pairings work out.
Then the teachers were introduced and took our classes to their different rooms.
My lovely friend Sveta followed by her kids.
I took our 8th grade class of two girls. I'm definitely looking forward to getting to work with a smaller group and I think this should be a fun year for them.
Please continue to pray for the school, staff, and students as we still have a lot of things to adjust and adapt to in our future. Matthew and I are both really excited for the coming year and believe that this is a year full of excellent opportunities for the school and the students.
Another prayer request is for one of our teachers who had to return home at short notice due to a family illness. Please keep them in your prayers as this is an especially hard time of year to be missing, for both the teacher and the school.
Thank you to everyone for all of your prayer and support the past two years and we are looking forward to two more awesome years!
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