Becs...Abroad: Ninoy Aquino Day

As my last blog stated, "We're off to a roaring, or meandering, start." Today is Monday and we have no school due to a national holiday. How can a week get any better than canceling Monday altogether? It makes things a touch difficult as we try to get into the swing of things but it is so very nice for catching up on some much needed sleep and quiet.

Week One is complete. It was a challenging week but I think we started off the school year on a good note. Three preps takes so much mental energy but as soon as I get things truly organized in my head, I think that I'm going to have a great semester. I did try to get in some extreme, semester-long planning done today so that should get me on the right track.

One of the highlights of the first week of school at Faith is the opening ceremony. (I really like the closing ceremony too but that's another blog entry for May.) The entire school skips out on a few minutes of Period 1, comes to the Circle in the center of campus, hears prayers asking for a blessed school year, and then raises two flags - the Christian flag and the Philippine flag. However, the part that I like the most is the 5th-graders who carry in the flags of the nations. This year they paraded 20 flags of the students and teachers of Faith Academy. A pretty incredible sight as we think about the diversity in our school body. It's also fun to hear the cheers of each nation as their flag is announced and paraded into the Circle. It is a great way to start out the school year!