The new school year is well underway! We’re full-speed ahead for adventure!

It was a challenge to create enough classes to accommodate as many students as possible and work with so many different schedules. But the new students are getting used to the new classes and teachers and our teachers are becoming comfortable as well. Melissa and Helen are both happy and excited to be teaching at Ark and we feel blessed to have them. Also, Saya-chan is doing a great job assisting on Saturday mornings.

I’ve been feeling guilty because my picture project is taking longer than I expected. We always put new student’s pictures up on the wall, but this year I wanted to take new pictures of the students who had been with us for a year or more, so I’m working with mounting more than a hundred pictures. I’ve been trying to do it artfully so it takes some time.

We’ve got some really great classes going though, and it’s very exciting. The children are learning and growing, and I love to see that. The adults are making great progress as well. At the beginning of our third year, we can really see some fantastic fruit from the student’s efforts to learn English.

Now that the school year has really started, it’s time to start planning next year. Already!