The days of summer vacation are fast coming to a close for FG. She’s more than ready to get back to the classroom even though she is still having a blast with snorkeling, playing with her friends and her favorite: staying up late and sleeping in.
The other day, FG mentioned how she liked the German school schedule a lot better. I have to agree. The Germans have a year-round school schedule and it allows for time off throughout the year not all at once during the summer. They start school in September, have a week off in November, two weeks in December/Jan, two weeks over Easter, two weeks in late May or early June and then the month of August off. It allows the children breaks throughout the year and they don’t get bored to tears with three months off in the summer.
We don’t find out who her teacher is until Friday at 5 pm when the school will post the classes on the front doors. Hmmm….I got a little spoiled with the Würzburg school which had a open house BEFORE school started so all the parents could meet their child’s teacher. And since FG loved her teacher so much last year, she’s anxious to see what her new teacher will be like.
Now that she is back to school and we’ve unpacked the boxes, I guess it’s time for me to get serious about working again…
Do you know if they let civilians attend? DH is one step close with the job interview going well. I am very nervous about all I am reading about the Guam schools and I am now looking at the private schools. This is of major importance since it is definately a deal breaker if I cannot have a quality education for the children. Our oldest is a freshman in College. Do you know much about UOG or the other community college as we are asking her to come with us? I have a junior in high school, sixth grader, and a third grader. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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The school system on Andersen is DoDDs-Pacific/DDESS-Guam. Seems like a good school ~ other families are happy with the Principal and teachers.
Good luck to Landon on his new school ~ hope he likes it a lot.
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School days will be great days, I’m sure. The boy has his orientation today (along with an english/math test) so we’ll get to meet his teacher then. Is she going to some sort of DODDS school? I don’t even know how things work in Guam.
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