Yesterday was my last day of school at CISP. I was both a good day and a sad day. I feel like I have slowly been saying good-bye to my students and staff for about two weeks now, so it was nice to finally have reached the official end day.
This was my third year of teaching and definitely my favorite. I had the best students in the world and I love them dearly. It has been hard saying good-bye, but I hope to come back to visit CISP someday to see these awesome kids. They have blessed me in so many ways. I had a total of 22 ESL students with different gifts and challenges that kept me busy learning how to be a better teacher.
These two students were my first grade beginning English speaking students at the beginning of the year. I had to use very basic English when I talked to them and still they didn't understand much of what I was saying. Now they are speaking English all the time. The one in the middle is one of the highest academically in her class. She won't need ESL support next year. She brags that she speaks English better than her dad. It is amazing to see how much they have learned over one school year.
The 5th and 6th grade group. The three students to my left were my advance ESL group and my most hyper active group. They all three exited this year which is very exciting. I love the diverse personalities in this group of students. They were a fun group to teach.
Here is a small group of girls that attend my Tuesday and Thursday ESL classes (I have a total of 10 students that attend on Tuesday and Thursday the others were either absent or in another class). They love learning English grammar; I don't understand why. Grammar was never my favorite thing to learn in school, but they will often ask me when they are going to learn other parts of speech or verb forms.
These two third grade boys were definitely my silliest group of students. They loved to laugh and tell jokes. Bathroom humor is of course their favorite.
I have loved living in Prague not because it is a beautiful city with so much to do, but because I had the best job teaching and working with the students at CISP. They have made the cold, long, and dark winter months worth it.
"I think Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service."
1 Timothy 1:12
