On Monday, October 6, Emily started school at Smiling Service, an international school here in Ferrara. 70% of their curriculum is taught in English, and is based on the curriculum taught in Britain. Most of the classroom teachers are British, including Emily's, named Heidi. She will receive extra tutoring in Italian, as most of the students are native Italian speakers. There are a couple of British students, as well as at least one from Spain.
We took Emily by the school on Friday the 3rd, mostly just to locate it, and ended up getting the grand tour and completing the registration process. Emily got to meet her class and spent about 30 minutes at the end of the day with them. She spent the entire weekend on pins and needles because she was so excited about going to school on Monday. Most of you are aware that Emily's attitude about school has not always been great, so we were very happy about this change. Here is a picture of Emily, ready for the first day!
Her attitude has remained good all week, so we are very pleased. We have also started having her read on her own every night at bedtime, and she has taken well to that (after some initial resistance). We hope that she will become an avid reader like Jeff and me. 
No comments:
Post a Comment