KIS

This is a mini-amphitheater between the middle and high school buildings.
A view from the high school looking towards the middle school. One floor from the top and on the left is my classroom.
This is the lounge/magazine/reference section of the library. LOTS of room in the library.

This is looking at the school from the soccer field.

This is the elementary school. See those blue things on the roof, those are foam mats. They are necessary because that is the playground for the elementary school. Don't worry, they don't know they are that high up.

Here are some pictures of the school. I know we gave the web address of the school to many of you, but here are some other pics of the school.

KIS has been great to us so far. Since Sarah is hidden in the bowels of the Elementary building and I am atop the fourth floor of the Middle School we don't get to see each other much during the school day. It was nice at Global because we were just down the hall from each other. Actually, we do get to see each other occasionally during one of our 3 prep periods built into our 7 period rotation. (Sorry, had to say it.)

It has been interesting getting to know our students. Although classes are filled with Korean kids, many of them are from the states. They are amazing students. Give them homework and they almost ask for more. Give them an assignment and they actually want to do it. Of course since some of them are 6th graders there are definitely maturity issues. For example, while we were getting to know each other with an activity called the human knot, some of my male students grabbed markers to act as cootie barriers. The wanted to hold onto one end of the marker and have a girl hold onto the other end of the marker. This way they didn't have to actually hold hands. I told them to wait a year and they will want to hold hands with girls. They quickly replied, "Yech!" I can't wait to say, "I told you so."

The staff is great. So far everybody seems nice. It is very interesting talking to people who have come from different parts of the world. We have met people from Tunisia, Thailand, Mexico, Columbia, Kenya, Doha, Seattle and L.A. just to name a few. I will try to include some pics of our new friends soon. We hope everyone is well.

Oh, lastly, did you know that "boneless chicken" in some Korean restaurants means chicken feet? Neither did I. Now I do. Mmmmm crunchy!