School

Last Thursday Eveline and I went to visit a private school here in Xerém. The previous night while giving English lessons and Junior's house the director of this school dropped in and invited us to visit the school.


Seven of the teenagers from the orphanage attend this school. it was really interesting to see where they attend school and see the atmosphere. Apparently they were all late that day. oops!



The director seemed to know every student. As he would walk in the courtyard he would stop and joke with the students or ask how they were doing. This would be normal for a school in a small city. You see I was under the impression that this was a small city but he told me that they have over 1500 students a day in this school. And this school only offers the highest 2 grades of school, or as an alternative a 3 year course for becoming a teacher. Then to make this city even bigger, there are 4 schools like this here. I had no idea it was so big! That is a lot of 15 to 18 year olds!



Look at the size of the school! Yes I mean how small it is. 1500 students everyday. Granted they are divided into morning, afternoon, and evening classes. They have 12 classrooms that have 50 students in each. There is one computer lab with 10 computers. And of course there is a enclosed soccer field out back!