Cancelled school and hurricanes...

Last week turned out to be quite an eventful week with all of the tropical storms that kept kicking up out in the ocean. We received large amounts of rain from Hurricane Hannah and only a few days later Ike was off our northeast coast. Large storms obviously affect the D.R. and when parts of the country receive large amounts of rain, the Secretary of Education will normally shut down the schools throughout the country. In the U.S. it is often up to the individual school superintendent to make the decision on whether a school will open its doors to students but that is not the case in the D.R.. When the Secretary of Education says there will be no school, the schools throughout the whole country do not have school, whether public or private. This is unfortunate for our area because we rarely see any serious weather but have to close whenever the government says so. Last week, the days leading up to Ike, the students (not the teachers) were given Wednesday off and half of Thursday in spite of beautiful weather throughout our area (so of the best weather we have witnessed since moving here). The following Friday, after two days of beautiful weather and no school, the newspapers published a story noting that for the rest of the school year, private schools will be able to make there own decisions on whether to have school or not. They realized an issue and resolved it. You have to love the efficiency.

Here is a hilarious picture from one of the students. They were given the verse and told to draw a picture dealing with their interpretation of the verse...