First Day of School

I remember when Alex had her first day of American school back in March.  When I asked her how it went, she said "terrible".  Yesterday was her first day of High School.  When I asked her how it went, she said "not too bad".  Hey, I'll take it!  She went to her last class of the day, American Literature (English), and realized she had been placed in an 11th grade class!  Oops.  So, she had to have her entire schedule re-done.  She has the same classes and teachers, just at different times.

She received more information from her teachers yesterday about what supplies she would need for each class, so off to Wal-Mart we went to stock up on binders, folders, composition notebooks and loose leaf paper.  She spent about 30 minutes picking out what designs she wanted for everything.  Then we saw an end cap filled with Christian themed supplies.  She quickly ditched everything she had just picked out and selected binders, folders, notebooks and a pencil pouch with very cool graphics and Bible verses/themes.  As we were leaving the store she was talking about how much she liked her new supplies and she didn't care what the other kids at school might say to her about it.  She said she knew some kids didn't believe in God or Jesus and would say she wasn't "cool", but it didn't bother her because she knew the truth.  Have I ever mentioned what an amazing young woman Alex is?

Here she is with *most* of her school supplies.
Her backpack weighed *a lot*!

 

Here is a link to the company that produced the Christian themed school supplies:  Dayspring