Living the Prague Life

Wrapping up the year

There is something to say about teaching a small group of students; the relationships you can build with a small group of young people is priceless. It was wonderful to attend the graduation ceremony and hear the testimonies of how our teachers and staff have impacted the lives of our graduates.

School Family Picnic


Our school has a tradition; on the last day of the school week we do not have class, but rather the families meet together at a local park and enjoy an afternoon picnic together. It was a time for goodbyes, sharing memories and spending a fun filled afternoon together. It was a wonderful way to wrap up the school year.






One memorable activity this year was the result of the hard work of our elementary students. They had taken on the challenge in January of reading 1000 books with the promise from our principal, that if they succeeded he would dye his hair. The colour of choice was rainbow and so at the picnic the elementary teachers got to do the honours of dying Mr. Chumbly's hair rainbow.

Finishing Well

Every year when I get to June I look back and say finished already? It feels as though we have only just begun and yet the year end has arrived. However, this year, more than years before I have strong reminders of just how far we have come.
  What I love about first grade is getting to see the children grow in their reading skills and come from reading, "The cat sat on the mat" to full paragraphs in chapter books. Although this year was significantly different; I had the joy of seeing one of my students not only learn to read, but to go from only being able to speak a 6 word sentence, to being able to describe the story of Noah's ark and help write class stories!
   It has been amazing to watch my students grow not only in size and stature but in awareness of who God is and what an amazing life we can have with God in it. I have never been more aware of the power of words especially God's word than I have this year. The ability to share our thoughts and feeling with one another has been priceless; whether through simple sentences or wild hand gestures. (I think missionaries develop a special skill in charades their first few years in a foreign country.)
   What is exciting is that next year I will have opportunity to teach this class again! So far the numbers have us doing a 1/2 split class. So this year was not so much goodbye but I will see you next year! I really look forward to seeing their learning grow exponentially over the next year; reflecting back to those days when all  they could do was say "Hello, I am Wiktor, I am 7.