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Day 26 – August 18

Our goal for today: looking for a school uniform.
Or in other words trying to find kaki and dark blue shorts for Camy.
Again, we had already crossed this off of our list, right?
Absolutely right, Camy had already bought 2 pair of jeans but they are too hot to wear. So today after we dropped Camy off at school we went looking for them.

And of course it was time to have a cup of coffee, you want something with it?

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For lunch we had this Cranberry Walnut salad.
Now we just need a nice and cool place, the shade is probably best.
Enjoy!

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We picked Camy up at 03.45PM, she now has resource after her final class. This is like an extra class for some 30 minutes, this allows students to already do their homework but also have the teachers nearby, so when questions arise they are still available to help. And secondly, most of the homework is done by the time we get home, which allows us to have more quiet evenings.

Because we had some questions for a couple of teachers Bram had to sign in before he was allowed to enter the school. Safety first, no one is allowed to enter without signing in and out for that matter. They now know, at all times, who entered the school and why.

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After we were done at school we went to Mc Donalds to have an ice cream and take care of the remaining homework. We did this at Mc Donalds since we did not go home right after school because tonight we are expected back at school. Mc Donalds is also convenient because internet is available here and most books are web based.

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We were invited back to school tonight because it was time to meet all the teachers and to have all parents meet all teachers they set up a schedule based on the students regular classes and have them change class rooms every 10 minutes, just like students do. Within this 10 minutes all teachers were able to tell who they were, what they teach and what students will be thought this year. After 10 minutes the announcement was made that class was over and you had to go to your next class. Camy made the announcement after 3rd period, “this period is over please go to your next class”, she did it very convincing with an already American accent. So proud!!

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Day 18 – August 10

The first thing I had to do today was cut Brams hair.
Since he wants to have it cut real short, bold headed, we have to do this once a week from now on.

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And once done, guess what….. yep a dip in the pool.

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At 01.00PM we had to get ourselves ready for a short visit to school, our first visit.

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After a 45 minute drive we arrived at school, St. Lukes.
First impression…. big and yes indeed a church.

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There was a pre-sale at school which enabled us to buy jeans and shirts among other items. First thing we did was buy a pair of jeans for Camy. Choices had to be made, kaki or dark blue jeans, long pants or shorts, wide or skinny. We ordered a kaki and dark blue one. They can be picked up on Thursday until than she is allowed to wear her own kaki jeans.

You were even able to buy, bows, purses and lunch boxes, all in school colors. We do not need this, but it was funny to see, very much in school style!

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On top of the jeans sleeved polo shirts will be worn. They were available in different colors: green, red, yellow, blue and white. A green colored shirt was mandatory because this needs to be worn when on field trips. We also bought a blue and white one.

And besides we also bought a pink one with the Wild Cats logo. She is allowed to wear this on wednesdays when all is not too strict and everybody is allowed to wear shirts not tucked in.

We then went looking for Camy’s homeroom teacher, Miss Barfield.
There was a locker waiting for Camy in her homeroom, books and planner were already placed into the locker, we added all that we bought ourselves. In total there will be 25 students in Camy’s homeroom.

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Day18-11Tomorrow there will be a little gathering with all 6th graders, parents not allowed! This first meeting will be about 90minutes, a good first test for Camy, excited!

On the way home, we had dinner at Denny’s, a double cheeseburger.

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