Friday, November 10

Another full week here at school with many activities going on. Pictures (both individual and group) were taken this week. Pat was in charge of getting all of the PreK-6 graders organized and taken to the photographers. School pictures are a three day event here with Elementary individuals one day, class and group pictures the next day and MS-HS individuals the 3rd day. Thursday night a group of us went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant on the top of the Cecil Hotel. During WWII, the Cecil was the headquarters for the British High Command in Africa when they were fighting the Germans. It is a very stylish old hotel that is across the Cornish from the Mediterranean Sea. It was nice to get out away from school for a while.

Tonight we celebrated the annual Fall Festival at school from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The weather was excellent and a good time was had by all. The Fall Festival is like a school carnival. Each class from 5th up through 12th has a stand or booth where they have set up games, skills, and stunts (wet sponge throw, pool dunk, soccer ball kick, pie in the face, etc) It is aimed at younger students but there are activities for all. At 8:30 there was a dance for the older students. Nearly all of the school community comes (students, staff, parents, relatives).



It is a big fund raiser for each class. The cafeteria staff prepares burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, donuts, popcorn, etc to eat. Both Pat and I took our turn serving hot dogs. It was a beautiful night and a large crowd turned out. This is also the time that we celebrate Halloween. Kids are in costumes and have a chance to win candy and other prizes. Several craft and jewelry vendors set up stands as well to sell to the crowd.

Saturday evening several of the staff will be headed to the Portuguese Club for Quiz Night. This is a quiz game played by ex-pat teachers in our school, the British School and the German School. We will be in teams of 4. It should be a fun night