American School of Tegucigalpa

Can't find my toothbrusth....I know I packed it somewhere....

      I ate breakfast at the hotel with Kelsey and Ara. Ara's wife was coming too, but her plane failed to take off yesterday. Then, we were all back on the bus and headed to the school for our first orientation. We were all excited to have a tour of the school. It was amazing! The campus was huge, nearly as big as Central Methodist. There is wifi (that usually works), e-beams (like mimio boards) in every classroom, and all the walkways are outdoors. You can see what it looks like at www.amschool.org. The administration sat us down to walk us through some of the business procedures and answer more of our swarming questions. Also, we met Rue, Ara's wife, who would be teaching 4th grade. They had both spend the last couple years teaching in Burma (Myanmar). We attempted to open bank accounts, but after two hours and no luck we decided to try back another day. Instead, we headed out to find apartments. Everyone was anxious to get started with that! By evening, we were tired but had a lovely dinner with the Maria (HS principal), Gina (secretary and full time babysitter for us newbies), Claudia (N-K principal), and Anahi (curriculum). The city has immensely more infrastructure that Kinshasa. It is almost American with its malls, fast food chains, and generally reliable water/electricity. Here are decent roads, trash collection, water delivery, even a mail service. For the time being, we will all live in Las Lomas, the neighborhood of the American School, which is very rich and developed. The biggest intrusion so far in the inability to walk anywhere! It is so frustrating, because we have yet to take taxis so transportation is an issue. Apparently the greatest threat in the city is armed robbery, which happens on a regular basis.

Front Of the School

My Classroom!