Graduation

And.....we're back. It's March, vacation time is over, let's get back to it. This first post is a great one, too. I promise.

Recently, my school held a graduation ceremony for all of our kindergarten students, which is about 50. This involved loads of preparation for the Korean kindergarten teachers, but luckily none for the 2 foreign ones, who continued class as usual. The Korean teachers had to help the students memorize speaches, teach dance numbers, and choreograph and practice plays for the students. A lot of work to do, but as I mentioned, I did none of it.

The work did pay off, the graduation ceremony started at 5 o'clock with handing out diplomas to all of the students. I got to read one of the diplomas in front of the audience, so I felt special to be involved.

Here is the background that the students performed in front of, pretty ridiculous. The students all had to stand still in the bleachers in front of their parents, and lets just say that these kids couldn't stand still for more than about 4 minutes.

Next, they had to recite some speach about seeds growing or something like that, it turned out OK.

The plays were a definite highlight of the night. They performed parts of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, and Beauty and the Beast. Here is most of the cast of Sleeping Beauty.

And the cast of Pinocchio:

This is Micheal, who performed as Cinderella. He did a really good job actually.

Interspersed within the plays were dance numbers. They performed pretty well choreographed moves with popular K-pop songs which turned out the be the most entertaining event of the night.

More students in dance costumes:

This is a cast of 6 year olds about to perform a song in notably skimpy outfits. They performed so well that the parents demanded and encore, so they performed the same exact song twice.

This one is my favorite class performing in superman costumes, which was really great.

It really turned out to be an entertaining night, and it was the last I got to see some of the kids who were moving away, quitting, etc. We also went out for dinner afterwards for Korean barbecue. Well, I took a lot of great pictures from the night, so I'm going to put up a few more posts with just kids in costumes, so check back soon.