On Friday and Saturday (May 10 and 11), LeeAnne and Rebecca headed to a retreat centre near the east coast of Korea with about 35 grade 11 students and a bunch of teachers. The students are all IB diploma candidates working on extended essays, and we spent the weekend alternating between work and play sessions. It was such a peaceful and beautiful setting, and Rebecca worked hard with two other grade 10 students in the kitchen, cooking and washing up after the group. It was a fun time, with rounds of bocce, sardines and capture the flag creating lots of opportunities to build a sense of community. Chief organizer of fun was a colleague of ours from Florida, John Willoughby (you'll see him in a photo above). The photo of 5 students features the 5 brilliant individuals who are writing extended essays about literature. What a great school we work at, where so many teachers volunteer to spend their weekend supporting students and working with them so intensively!
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