Another First Day of School
It's strange when first days of school become run-of-the-mill ... and to a large extent, that's what this one was. Although orientation with the police there was a new twist (the school office had been broken into the day before), the rest of orientation was the same as always. If you're anywhere near the office (I ended up filling in for the secretary while she translated for one of the teachers) it seems much like a three-ring circus. Otherwise, it went relatively smoothly, although it seemed like we had fewer students' families show up than normal. We also had two new little kids sign up whose family is orginally from India ... we failed to realize until we saw them not eating anything at school all day today that this might be something we have to look into. At a Catholic school, we're not used to dealing with other religious food customs, but now that we know that they are Hindu, we're going to have to make some adjustments! Guess we'll just have to see how the rest of the week plays out!