Today was orientation day at The Island Academy.  It was blistering hot without a breath of wind.  I thought I would pass out under the palapa.  I was stunned by the number of people in full “business” attire who weren’t even sweating!  We took a little selfie on the bench:

Here is the headmistress, Lady Dixie Bowen addressing the group:

I spent the most time in Iris’s classroom, so I was able to sneak this pick of her in her class.  Typically, they will wear uniforms, but today they got to be casual. There are six students in “first grade,” known as Infant 1 and another 7 students in Infant 2, which aligns with US second grade.  The two grades are in one classroom!!!  I’ll be very curious to see how this works out.  Sam’s class is the same, with the equivalent of 3rd and 4th grades combined.  Same room, but two different curricula.  Julia’s class is all “6th” grade with 11 in the class.

OK, this last one is the money shot.  This is the view from Iris’s classroom (thankfully, the classrooms are air conditioned).  They will play in front of the beach and eat lunch in the palapa in the right side of the photo.