Last Day of School

The boys had their last day of school this past week. The boys took the bus both ways this year, but I drove them in on their last day to say bye to their teachers.

This is Benjamin's Arabic teacher, Ms. Da'ed and English teacher Ms. Dana. Benjamin learned and developed a lot this year, and had many friends in class. Highlights of the year are he can recognize and write most of the english alphabet and loves to write his name and draw/color. In Arabic he knows his shapes, colors, counting, and is understanding more words, and loves to sing. In french, he knows how to count and some songs. It was a good year and we are proud of our sweet and funny little boy!

This is Caleb's Arabic teacher, Ms. Mira. Ms. Loujain was not there when I dropped them off,  but I got to say goodbye and thank you to her at graduation the following day. Caleb had a great year and learned so much. He had a few of his same good buddies in class, which was a lot of fun to watch them grow together during the year. In English, he got more comfortable writing words and short sentences, and he did a great job learning to sound out words and grasp beginning concepts of reading. He likes to draw pictures of people, dinosaurs, and dragons, and he has an incredible imagination. In Arabic, he learned to write his name well, do Arabic writing and math homework, and learned new songs. I hear him count in French and he knows his colors. It was such a great year for Caleb and we really liked his kind and patient teachers.

We are very thankful for the learning and cultural experiences the boys (and us) had these past two years at the Little Academy.  We have a lot of nice memories of their time at the school, and hope they remember some of it when they get older. For now, they are excited to be in summer came for the next couple of months, then moving on to the American School next year. Pre-school and Kindergarten, he comes the Purcell boys!