We arrived at the school at 8:45, like the counselor asked us to. We waited in the front office for 30 minutes before they called us back. We met the 6th grade counselor and also their ELL aid. We were so happy to see that the aid is someone who goes to our church. What a blessing from God. I immediately felt safer leaving the girls. Because someone who knew us was going to be around them all day. We received their schedules, the aid mapped out where their classes will be. And then we said our goodbyes.
The girls are in 6th grade. They are in the lower 6th grade classes. They are together all day. They have 7 classes. 7 teachers. I was a nervous wreck. Then they said that most of the kids in their 1st period will be with them the whole day. So they will just follow the kids. And the aid will help them too.
It's 4 PM and we get in the van to go to the middle school. As we come around to the front of the school, I see the girls. They are standing with a teacher, patiently waiting. They spotted our van, and just waited. Praise God. I was so afraid Hope would run out towards us. The teacher came over to us and introduced herself to us. She is the Exceptional Ed teacher and she is with the girls in a few of their classes. She is very sweet and nice.
The girls get in the van and Hope immediately wanted to show us her homework. Yep, they got homework and they were excited about it. BUT......I panicked. They had math. Not 1+1 problems but multiplication of fractions. SERIOUSLY????? So we take it out. We see that they did the same worksheet in school. So Bill sat down and Hope went at it. This girl KNOWS math! Seriously, she does. She was doing the problems in her head, and fast. We were shocked! Maggie on the other hand does not understand addition. :-(
They also have 5 spelling words. Not sure what to do with them. And also a 4 page science sheet. Um....they were to read things and analyze it or something. This we did not do. And Hope was freaking out because we were not doing it. So Bill typed in some in the translator. Not sure how accurate it translated because they gave us a look like "WHAT???" Exactly is what we said. LOL
I did email all of their teachers introducing myself. And one replied telling me to take one day at a time. And she thinks by the end of Sept we'll see huge changes. So keep praying!
Here are a few photos of the girls doing their homework. They said they want to go back to school. They liked it. But they did not make any friends. Keep praying for them. That they will feel safe. and that they will make friends, good friends who will not influence them to the wrong things.
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