Did you know that October 5th is World Teacher’s Day? Every year, in Cameroon, a new fabric is created (in 2 different color choices) for the teachers to wear on October 5th. Fabric was very hard to find this year, so we weren’t able to have matching outfits. Instead we wore our different fabrics –Continue reading “World Teacher’s Day”
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December JLS Highlights
Swimming is often mentioned as the highlight for December JLS – so we gave swimming it’s own post. Here are some other classroom highlights: Kindergarten: Our students loved making Gingerbread cookies. It was a 3 day project – mixing the dough, cutting out the cookies and decorating them, and eating! The 1/2 grade class learnedContinue reading “December JLS Highlights”
Christmas Program
This year, we combined our JLS Christmas Program with the International Church of Yaounde’s (ICCY) worship service on Sunday, December 15th. The 3-year old preschool sang in French: Bonjour, Les Amis and Noël, Noël. They were a bit nervous to be in front of all of those people. The 4-year old Preschool and Kindergarten classContinue reading “Christmas Program”
International Teacher’s Day
October 5 is International Teacher’s Day. To celebrate in Cameroon, there is a special fabric made (in two colors). Teachers can choose their fabric color and have an outfit made just for them. So fun to celebrate our First Semester Teachers by matching. It took us a while to all have the outfits made, soContinue reading “International Teacher’s Day”
Happy International Women’s Day!
Every year, a new fabric (in 2 colors) is created for Women’s Day – March 8th. It is so fun to see many, many women wearing the special fabric and celebrating being a woman (and girl!).
December 2017 – Swimming & Singing
SWIMMING – As part of the December Joint Learning Session, our students participated in 10-days of swimming lessons at various commercial pools in Yaounde. It is a highlight for our students and they make great progress. SINGING – Students also worked hard to learn the words to songs for our Christmas Program. Many students hadContinue reading “December 2017 – Swimming & Singing”
Our Staff, 2017-18
Every year, the make-up of our staff changes a bit. Some are in Cameroon long-term, some for a few years and some for just one year. For however long each person is here, we know that God brought them to work with us for just this time…for just this class and these students. God isContinue reading “Our Staff, 2017-18”
New Beginnings
The 2017-18 school year began with almost 3 weeks of a Joint Learning Session. Home school students and The Greenhouse students learned together about Ancient Rome, writing research papers, science and reviewed their math. They learned to play basketball better and how to tie knots and how to use them! It was a fullContinue reading “New Beginnings”
Reflections of an itinerant teacher
Always packed and ready to go! I cannot say that this was always the case for this particular traveler, but I can say that this is the habit of life that an itinerant teacher lives when facing the daily routine of life. Some people would tell me that they did not know how I couldContinue reading “Reflections of an itinerant teacher”
100th Day of School!
On Thursday, January 28, we celebrated the 100th day of school at The Greenhouse. Each class had activities centered around 100. Students weighed, measured, counted, and guessed if there were more or less than 100.
The Greenhouse 