WEDNESDAY SCHOOL VISIT

We went to the Gaudem school today.  They had a very interesting concept of fusing the death with other children.  The school approximately has 1,000 students.   It starts at age three and goes up to high school age.   In each section, the children are divided into sections named in colors and groups such as animals or planets.  There are deaf children in the green groups. Here, they have two teachers and sign language is also taught.  This school has no books for the younger children.  They learn through projects.  The school also has a school wide project starting in January.   The teachers stay late one day after school to decorate the school in the theme of the project.  The next day, the kids come in and learn what the school wide project will be for the remainder of the year.   The school day starts at 9 and ends at 5.  They do have a long lunch break which includes lunch, sports and swimming.  Then classes resume at 3 with classes until 5pm.