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| First day of class at PCIS |
Kami and Lincoln are digging their new school. It's a small international school located near the beach in Gorgona Panama. The school was started by Kathy Kress, a US expat from Colorado with a deep love for children and education. The school has a full range curriculum for all students ranging from K to 12th grade. School here runs monday thru thursday which the kids love because they get 3 day weekends every week...Although this may take some adjusting for the parents!
39 kids are attending the PCIS this year which will be the school's biggest attendance yet (in 4 the years since it opened). We had a school family potluck on wed night, featuring an impressive spread of food since the families come from all over the world. Only about 30% of kids are from US - the rest are German, Panamanian, Argentinian, Peruvian, Cuban, Canadian... Classes are taught in english and all children receive spanish instruction. Kami says she needs to brush up on her spanish because the spanish spoken here has a slightly different dialect that the US version taught at Puesta Del Sol. I've been impressed with the quality of the staff, the depth of the curriculum, and the strong parental involvement.
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| Introduction of families |
In talking with some of the other parents I noticed that many of them are also here for the adventure, testing the waters, living in paradise, etc. It was the first 'at-school' event that I've been to that featured cold beer and live music. I love Panama!
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| PCIS staff combo featuring the music instructor and PE teacher |
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| Kami was selected to read a poem she wrote in front of the families |
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