My Classroom

Hi! I wanted to share my new classroom with you. It is bigger than the one at REMS- we actually have desks! And there is a separate stage with a theater. In the pictures, you can see the new xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels I get to teach with. I have some cool drums, too, but they need to be fixed.

My classroom is in the basement, but here, they don't call it that. On the elevator, if I want to get to my room, I push the button that says -1. 0 is for the ground floor!

School starts on Monday- I can't wait to meet my new students! Most of them are Moroccan and speak French, Arabic, and possibly other languages, too. English is a new language for many of my Kindergarten and 1st grade students.

What are you enjoying this year at REMS? I hear some of the voyages are going well!

From Moroccan Classroom

Desk Side

From Moroccan Classroom

Instrument Side (See the big mirror?)

From Moroccan Classroom

The whole room

Bonjour au Maroc!

Hello! I am excited to be in Morocco. We flew 4 hours to New York City, then about 7 hours to Casablanca. I had a hard time with jet lag yesterday- it is weird to wake up in the middle of the night here and my body thinks it's afternoon like it is in Colorado! We have been having fun traveling around the city of Casablanca and eating delicious Moroccan, French, and Indian food. Remember the mint tea I told you about? It is everywhere!

Below is a photo from outside the window where we live. This is a very typical view here. Everyone has their windows open because it is hot (there is no air conditioning), so we hear our neighbors a great deal.


Looking out from our 5th floor window

I want to add more photos but my internet is behaving a bit slow right now. More to come later!

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the school year!