August 31, 2000

“Ms. Elizabeth” with some of her students.

Our first week of school has ended. Because the students in the school are Muslim and Christian (about half and half of the 700 across twelve grades), the "weekend" is split between Friday and Sunday. Elizabeth is teaching English conversation to grades 3 through 7, and Marthame is doing the same for grades 8 through 11. Marthame is also teaching religion for grades 8 to 12, while Elizabeth does the same for grade 7. The bumpiness of the schedule seems to have smoothed, though our books have not yet arrived. We are creating lesson plans from scratch for now.