Here we go again! I can't believe the last time I posted was during Season 2 of working at JIS and now I'm about to Start Season FIVE!! Where has the time gone?! We've been Twobies, Threesomes, Fourplays....
End of Season 4 - Fourplays
What's next? Who's left?
Our HATI HATI Cohort has been through so much...
including deportation
This picture brings back way too many memories!
I am excited to see what Season 5 at JIS will look like with my fellow...Highfives?! Five Knuckle Shuffles?! What's the new name?!
We've seen people move away, get married, have babies, get deported... don't worry, they got back in :) There have been highs and there have been lows but our group has always had each others back. I'm looking forward to school tomorrow morning and seeing these familiar faces. They make coming back each year a whole lot easier.
I also continue to miss the many people who have left over the years....
But at the same time I am truly grateful for the new people who have joined JIS over the years...
it's funny how this lifestyle works that way...
you loose people every year...but you gain people every year.
And if we weren't loosing people, we wouldn't be gaining people.
I have been especially grateful for a new group of girlfriends that came in last year...
The Ladies and my BFF Matty :)
Tonight we reconnected over dinner and have already begun to plan fun events for the year ahead! Having these ladies in my life has helped fill the gap others have left...They are wonderful!
And I have spent this last week welcoming 45 fabulous new teachers to JIS and helping them get settled into Jakarta! I can't express how much I love this job! Seeing them get off the plane exhausted from travel, and watching them realize what a sweet gig they've landed, and then helping them get settled into their new homes is such a fun experience! I love having the opportunity to be part of their beginning here at JIS! Just being part of Orientation each year is another reason to stay in Jakarta! :)
And tomorrow I get to see them be introduced to the old staff and get their first year started at JIS... I remember that feeling like it was yesterday!
On top of all that...
I also can't believe I am starting my 10th year as a teacher!!
What the what?!!? TEN YEARS!!!
wow....how?
4 years at Waccamaw Middle in Pawleys Island South Carolina
1 year at Munich International School
and now FIVE at Jakarta International School!!
I have taught children of every age from 18 months to 18 years old! Crazy!
I have sung Feliz Navidad way too many times...
I have pretended to be a Lion and and Elephant while crawling on the floor
I have taught IB music and help students compose their own piece of music (how in the world...)
I have traveled to State Competitions and International Choir Festivals
I have reached goals I wasn't sure I would...
and I have Started my Masters Program that I always dreamt I would...
It's been an amazing 9 years, and I look forward to number 10 being one of the best, and hardest, yet...
School Year 2015-2016....
BRING IT!!
:)
