Friday, September 4, 2009

The Supply Demand

They need so many school supplies!  I'm sure we've never spent so much.  Perhaps it's specific to this school, but they need a lot of art supplies- tubes of paint, watercolors, brushes, palates, various pencils, crayons, pastels, assorted high-end papers etc etc etc (including the "kufřík"- a little cardboard suitcase- to keep them in) all of which is great (I'm so glad they take art seriously, but pricey.  This isn't even including the rest of it- specific pens/pencils, notebooks of varying sized, plastic covers for everything (including workbooks), assorted tools, nameplates for the desks, etc.  Antonín even needed a litle tablecloth & apron (for the art box).

It's Friday.  We have, almost, survived the first week.  Getting up early is hard (everything seems so much more foreboding in the dark) & getting eveyone fed/ dressed/ packed/ to the bus & delievered to their particular building will take some practice (patience).  Antonín walks as if he's tethered to an iron ball (which is what I feel like as I attempt to hurry him along).  The school seems great- the teachers very nice- & I believe that all will go swimmingly, eventually (well, when they're able to understand everything that's being said)...

pictures from the school

(the top pictures: the main building, grades 3-9)
(the bottom pictures: the building for grades 1 & 2)


Class Schedules 







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