Day 19 Grey Academy

Dy 19 - Grey Academy Boys School

We began today traveling to Grey Academy Boys School. This school located in Port Elizabeth is an all boy school and it is amazing. This is a state school but 90% of what the school does is paid for by the parents that attend the school. It is such a contrast to the other schools that we have attended and it made me a little bit sad to think of the differences in the schools. Grey is mostly a white school with a few black students. After talking about the differences to several of my teammates we decided that yes this occurs in the United States also. It just does not seem so bad there. In the US we purchase our houses in certain areas to go to certain schools instead of paying the fees we pay for the more expensive house. I don't know that made me feel a little bit better about the school.

At Grey they had musical instruments that the boys were trained to play and they were wonderful. They had fields for sports and swimming pools for sports and training. They were equipped with a fully stocked library separated by grade levels and two computer labs. The class sizes were approximately 28 students per teacher. The had over 70 volunteers on a daily basis that ran things like the snack shack, library duties and keeping flowers in the building foyer. It was a beautiful school that anyone would be lucky to attend.

Greys Academy

Inside a classroom at Greys Academy

The concert band at Greys Academy

After leaving Greys Academy we headed over to Kama Primary School. We were able to visit several classrooms and I finally got to see a Grade R which is KINDERGARTEN!!! I was super excited. Some of these classrooms have over 62 students in them. Bless these teachers. It was a sharp contrast to Greys Academy. 

Lunch at Kama. Rice and curried meat.

Playground

This lady gets up at 2:00 in the morning to fix chicken feet for the children at snack time.
She says the children even visit her house when there is no school.

Chicken feet and pieces

These students are like hall monitors

Grade R students!!! I was so happy to meet these sweet kindergarten faces. 

When we finished visiting both of these great school we went shopping. As part of our grant that graciously sent us to South Africa we were given money to buy artifacts to help teach our modules we are putting together in our classroom. Man it is fun buying school supplies with grant money. I am so excited to bring it all back to show my students. 

Adding up how much we spent on books.