Abby's New School

This is the front of PS 36. The Margaret Douglas School. I will have to research who Margaret Douglas is. The building is on a hill from the street and there is a stone wall against the edge of the hill. The families gather in front of the school and there are large rocks to sit or climb on. Ther entrance is completely gated and all of the playgrounds are securely fenced in.

Abby took this picture in the office of the unifroms. Younger grades wear navy blue. Third and fourth wear khaki. This is a picture of the main street, Amsterdam, that goes along the side of the school. Just to give you an idea of the traffic. There are crossing guardsto help families cross though.

These are the playgrounds. The area with benches is outside the school yard and along Amsterdam Street. You can see the rock walls here though.

Serena took the 3 girls and saw the school for the first time on Thursday. Everyone was very nice to her. It definately takes some time to get used to the police at the entrance of every school! You have to show ID and give your address and they sign you in and direct you where to go. Serena filled out some more forms and got more information about the uniform.

Thursday evening was orientation. This was the same night as the bad storm (and the fire!) but thankfully the rain let up some before it was time to go. While enterign the school we met a family that lives in our building and of all the amazing things the girl is the same age and in the same class as Abby! Hert name is Fannie, but with their accent it sounds like Fawn ee' (like the long a at the end of Renee') We really tried to understand it when the mother told us, but it wasn't until the teacher called her Fannie that we were able to understand the sound. Anyway, we met in the cafeteria and the principal introduced herself and then we went to the classrooms and the teachers spoke and answered questions. Very nice! Nice introduction to the teacher and room and school before we started attending. I will write more details on another post for those who want them. Very glad to get this settled and Abby to be so happy.