Today is the first official day of work! The new staff are all here now and it has been fun greeting just a great team of teachers. We all got together on Friday night to get to know each other and to have a bit of a “House Warming” for Mark and Erin who are setting up their first home together. The three other couples all managed to get apartments in our building so we have quite a little neighbourhood here.
The team is an excellent mix of four new grads with lots of energy and new ideas; three with a few years of experience and three very experienced and mature retirees. They are all pretty anxious to see their schedules and to meet their students. Missing in the picture is Mark Meyers, who arrived from China on Saturday, and Easton who is just late for the party.
Home Thoughts From Abroad 
July 9, 2007 at 12:39 pm
As I write this your first school day has ended. Hope it was a great one for you all.
Love,
Carol
July 10, 2007 at 12:02 am
Which ones are the new Grads and which are the Retirees?????
I hope your first day was all you expected it to be.
July 10, 2007 at 4:17 pm
How wonderful that so many of you were able to find living arrangements so close to each other. That should make for an excellent little community.
We thought of you both last week on another one of our bowling outings (some of us are getting quite talented at it 😉 We had a delightful time but your presence was missed. Please know that we still think of you both fondly!
Good luck with the commencement of your new school year!
July 13, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Good luck with yet another new beginning. I am very excited for you! I am looking forward to hearing how everything went. You certainly make a great-looking group.
Incidentally, in regards to Ursula’s comment, I am not one of the bowlers who is getting quite talented at it…
We’ll toast you in a week or two when the Locke’s ladies gather en masse at Dana’s cottage for our annual pyjama party. Yes, it is summer in some parts of the world, and I am thankful to be in the “right” part!
August 6, 2007 at 1:57 am
mr.wise,
how is it all the way across the world from little ol’ st. thomas.
i bet that you and your wife are having a great time. i miss you and your teaching. this year in grade 9 since i did very well. alot of what u taught me was applied. keep up the good work with your new students and i hope that you do not forget us students from the past.
lindsey taggart