Friday, October 7, 2011

The best adventure of them all!

Justin and I have been really busy these past 6 weeks. They've been really productive and proving this to be a great school year! We (by we, I mean Justin) got a government English class started from scratch that teaches 6 nights a week for 2 hours a day. All PCVs rotate teaching with one Mongolian counterpart. There are over 60 students who attend, rotating days. We've also been successful at starting our English clubs with a school pairing program so that 3 students (at least one from each of our schools) and one teacher will be able to go to America for 2 weeks during the school year to learn about different cultures and have new experiences. I've been able to create a curriculum for Community English classes for all PCVs to use, including unit exams and a final exam, as well as a curriculum for students who are preparing for their nationwide English Exam at the end of the year. Justin and I were able to be apart of a Teacher's English Seminary in Omnigov, teaching teachers about the 4 language skills and using available resources in the classroom. While we were down there we took part in running the Gobi Marathon (half & 10k). And last but not least, we found out that we were going to be parents.

Yep, that's what I typed: We are going to be parents!

2 comments:

Darcy said...

You totally saved the best for last!!! Babies are so exciting, congratulations!!!

Ashlie Newberry said...

Thanks, Darcy! We are so excited!