Filing out

Have to admit that I enjoy watching the children leave their homes in the morning all clean and fed, following in the footsteps of their housemother who stays with them until school classes start.

School bound

The housemothers accompany the children to class in the morning.  See Stanley at the front in the top photo.

Ministry of Education

What? The kids were hooting and hollering this afternoon when they heard that there was no school tomorrow. Kids!! The Ministry of Education announced over the airwaves that the academic schedule had to be respected and it called for a national holiday for Mardi Gras which is a traditional time of partying and...(family blog so can't say more). The folks who party usually need forty days of Lent to recover.
It strikes me as odd to revert to the old calendar as though nothing has changed here. The children have missed a load of school days and getting back in the rhythm was just around the corner. But-- what do I know?

Sunrise class

Duckenson eating his cornmeal breakfast before heading to early class. He and his classmates are preparing for the national certificate exam this summer. Class starts at 7:00 AM sharp.