APRIL-Spring Holiday finally rolled around. I thought it would never get here. Everyone (the International hires anyway) all travel abroad for this break and since I was very eager to get back onto American soil, I chose to spend our break in New York City with my friend Dee Dee. We spent our time shopping, visiting the Empire State Building, Time Square, the Apollo Theater, Madison Square Garden, getting well acquainted with the NYC Subway system and we tried to see The Color Purple on Broadway but they were sold out as Fantasia, from American Idol had just opened the week we were there.
It turned out to be very cold, a whopping 35 degrees and it snowed while we were there, weather I wasn't prepared for. I welcomed the warmth of Africa upon our return, not much more though.









MARCH-"Read Across Africa (America) Day" was a big day all over the AISL campus. Guest readers were invited to visit various classrooms. Mr. Burns was one such visitor to my class. He read a great children's story called, Enemy Pie, to my students.

FEBRUARY-With Harmattan seeming like it would never end as well as January being a very full work schedule, I think the celebration of the 100th Day of School was more a celebration of our school year being well over half way over. All four second grade classes are represented in the formation of the "100".

I am not a fan of standardized testing. AISL is however and ITBS testing took a week of our time. I don't know about the rest of the campus, but my second graders were ready to celebrate when it was all over.

JANUARY-Harmattan lingered around longer than usual. Everything around was covered in dust and the air was so thick with it that you dare not keep your mouth open too long, otherwise your teeth would serve as a magnet for it. The atmosphere always appeared like a thick overcast shadow, no matter what time of day. This photo is taken midday.