Wednesday, February 5, 2014

For breakfast, I had papaya, cantaloupe, and pan con avocado.  Afterwards, Di took us to the school.  We had to get visitor passes for the day and then went inside to meet the principal.  Mr. Miller was very nice and offered us a tour of the facilities.  All three of us were amazed at what we saw.  We started off by crossing the bridge (because what other school has a bridge?) and walked by the elementary area on our way to the cafeteria, science lab, and then soccer/basketball gym and soccer fields.  Apparently the school is hosting a soccer tournament next month with 30-40 teams from throughout Central America that will require some work to help with the reception of the other teams, but should be a neat experience.  We continued the tour and saw some of the classrooms that we will be using and got to meet our cooperating teachers.  Mine’s name is Neena and she has quite a bit a spunk, but is very nice!  I spent a bit of time researching icebreaker games for the first day of school and then sat through several meetings such as planning the welcome assembly for the 9^th graders, an IEP meeting, and something that I couldn’t quite understand because all the meetings were in Spanish.  Afterwards, Neena showed us how to ride the buses in Costa Rica, helping us get home safe.  We arrived at the house just as Di got there to take us to the multi-plaza; only we ended up going to the Walmart instead.  The two girls wanted to buy fans for their rooms, while I got a soccer ball pillow.  It’s orange, and it’s cool.  I then had dinner, which was Picadillo de papas con charizo, arroz, ensalda con avocado y platinos fritos.  It was delicious and made me sleepy after a long day.