I am here in Mandaluyong for 10 days along with a 2nd grade teacher from Delaware. While we’re here, we will be working mostly at Jose Rizal University, or JRU. When we arrived at the school, we had the most wonderful welcome by the teachers and students! They sang us songs, presented us with flowers, made lovely speeches, and treated us to a special meal. We felt very special! They even made us honorary ID badges! Although the word university is part of the name of JRU, it actually has classes all the way from Kindergarten up through graduate school. This is a VERY big school! There are more than 1,000 students in the elementary school (Kindergarten to grade 6); 4,000 students in the high school (grades 7 to 11), and 1,000 students in the graduate school.
JRU is a private school, so their classes are a bit smaller than the public school classes I’ve seen – they have around 40 students in each class. On my first day here, I was able to stop in and visit some classrooms in the elementary school and high school. Here are some of the photos I took. I'll add more soon! What questions do you have about school here in the Philippines? Ask me in the comments below and I’ll do my best to answer them!
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Megan Henry
6/20/2016 12:16:03 pm
Hi Mrs. Kowalevicz!
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Mrs. Kowalevicz
6/22/2016 08:55:54 am
Hi 1st graders!
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