School's In!

Sarah went to school in Elmina today. The Etsiapa Memorial Methodist Primary school, a short walk from our house, is a small collection of open-air cinderblock classrooms housing grades one through six. Six hundred kids in fewer than ten classrooms with as many as ninety kids per class in the fifth and sixth grades. This is one of the nicer schools we've seen in the area and the staff and students are very welcoming. The children look smart in their yellow or blue uniforms. Sarah made a splash with the younger kids but was instantly accepted by the students in her class and was quick to make a few new friends who showed her around. By all accounts she did well and was even called to the chalkboard during math and science. I think the experience was uplifting and she'd have loved to stay on but unfortunately we are departing for Accra today. That's Sarah in the center of the picture.