Première semaine de CM2 (or 5th Grade!)

I think back to my first days of school many eons ago.  I dreaded that first day.  I was so shy but my social side was doing cartwheels... on the inside.  Sonny on the other hand, was made for networking (a social butterfly, so to speak).  So who does G take after?

This is G's fifth school, if you count pre-school in lieu of Junior Kindergarten.

This new school is different on a few levels.  It is a small school:  approximately 280 students, in two locations, from kindergarten to grade 8.  It is a French school, accredited by the French Ministry of Education and you will find that the mother tongue of the attending students may be French, Latvian, Russian, English or maybe something else.

So now the first day is done what is the answer to the question first asked?  Thankfully, G is a happy and social child.  He is not shy and he makes friends so easily (just like his father).  We did have a headstart because G had met a few of his fellow pupils already. How lucky is that?

A beautiful Latvian tradition is giving flowers to the teacher and all types:  fancy packaged ones, solo sunflowers, cute little arrangements.  As well, it is custom to go out to dinner on the first day.

All in all, even though there are new experiences to be had here, it was still the first day of school.

1st day of school, 2013 (almost 5 years old)

1st week of school, 2018 (almost 10 years old)