Ms. Simon in Africa

The following pictures are from the summer experience of Maria Simon, Birch Meadow kindergarten teacher, teaching in Africa. If you are interested in more pictures or hearing about her experience please send an e-mail to Ms. Simon.


647 Our team had a lovely musical send off from the children at our last school, Ziga Primary. My first grade friends are in the front row. Leaving them was bittersweet!


567 These are the Mpindo Primary School dancers. They performed at our end of the week assembly. We couldn't resist joining them, which was fun and maybe funny!



Here I am with Patricia. She was my first grade guest teacher, at Kapane Primary School. She teaches grade one and has 47 students in her class. The classroom is also shared with grades zero and two!



These are my grade one friends at Jabulani Primary School. It is a grade zero through eight school, but only has three classrooms. The youngest two grades (that I taught) have to learn outside. There simply isn't enough classroom space. Jabulani is in Victoria Falls and is just twenty minutes away from a fairly well funded private school.