Elementary Thanksgiving Feast

I can't believe my last post was Nov 3! This month has absolutely flown by! I'll try to update with some news in a few days, but for now - some pictures of Rachel's class and their Thanksgiving feast at school today. The 1st - 3rd grades joined together to cook and prepare their feast, consisting of corn, roasted apples, mashed potatoes and chicken nuggets.

Rachel in her hand-made pilgrim outfit.

Here, Katja is stirring the corn while Yeji smiles at the camera.

Mariela and Laura are dicing the apples...

while Elyse and Aina dice potatoes...

Then while the food was cooking, they worked on thanksgiving crafts.

Here they are enjoying their hard work.
Interestingly, nearly half these kids are not Americans, but because we are an American school, of course we celebrate the settling of our great nation and give thanks to the Lord for our many blessings, no matter where we are from.

Some cute pilgrims. :)

Big Sib/Little Sib Day

Each October at ECA a day is set aside for Big/Little Sib Day, where the high schoolers are matched up with the younger students, a theme is set for dressing up in pairs and there is an afternoon of lunch and games. Rachel was paired up with a 9th grader named Stefanie. The theme this year was "Sports," so we dressed her up as a cheerleader.

Rachel and her big sib.

Another pair of sibs - Golfers.

and pool sharks.

American football players.

Outside enjoying the fun and games.

(these last 4 photos were taken by another teacher)