Dia del Maestro: Teacher's Day!

Above: A presentation at school to thank the teachers.

Today is Dia del Maestro, or Teacher's day, and because LPV is the best place to be a teacher, they gave the entire teaching staff the day off. We also have Monday off because it is some saint's day, which means that we have a four day weekend!

I'm not sure if every school in Colombia is off today, but I know that schools in the USA don't cancel class for Teacher's Appreciation Day, so I feel quite blessed. Also, I really do feel appreciated.

The school also gave us presents--Warren and I both got an awesome canvas bag filled with an LPV coffee cup, a nice notebook, a pen, and a t-shirt! Even better, our students gave us presents, too! Warren's students got him a new water bottle, because his broke in class. One of my girls got me jewelry and gave me a card she made that showed me teaching division! SO CUTE!

Some of our loot:



To celebrate, I made a pineapple-orange vegan cake, which is yummy. We also slept until 10 a.m. today! On a normal Friday, by 10 a.m. I've been on a bus for an hour, had a meeting with my supervisors, taught 2 classes, and I've watched kids run around during morning snack.

Sadly, we can't afford a trip right now, so we're staying in PEI for the long weekend, but I'm excited to just relax and get caught up on errands and such.

I hope everyone has a great weekend, and congratulations to all of my friends graduating today!!