Schooling So Far by Kayley

We have attended four school in the last year: Pacheco Elementary in SLO, California; King Murphy Elementary in Colorado; New Brighton Primary in New Zealand; and Colegio San Roque in Churriana de la Vega, Spain. My favorite school out of these four is Pacheco, but King Murphy and New Brighton were not so bad, because I didn't have such a language problem. From my experiences, I haven't found San Roque

compared to the other schools but the end of the year party on Friday may change my opinion. It might be really fun.

Pacheco and King Murphy were both in the USA and on the same curriculum. My teacher at King Murphy was a really cool teacher called Mr. Ducklow. I was at King Murphy for about a month, but I made some really great friends: Zoe, Lily and Allysa. I still keep in contact with Zoe. My Pacheco teachers, Mrs. Fassiotto and all my others were the best teachers I've had yet. My friends at Pacheco: Angelina, Amelia, Amy, Chloe, Molly, Bella...

New Brighton, in New Zealand, was a really small school of about 175 kids. Lots of families had to moved out of the area because of the earth quakes. My teacher in New Brighton was really nice, but I can't remember her name and the kiwi accent sounded so cool. The only problem was that they couldn't really understand me because of my accent and lisp.

San Roque, the Spanish school I'm in now, gives me a head ache because of how they talk. My teacher, Nati, talks pretty fast, but I can never tell if she's mad, sad or happy. I've felt kind of left out on the play ground and some times during class because they speak so fast and the concrete playground echoes. I was kind of disappointed because in the beginning, I felt like I was fitting in with my "friends", Brenda, Xiomara (Xio) and Rosa. Brenda seemed to be less interested in me in the middle of my stay, but the last day of school party is still to be had!

Over all, Pacheco was the best school experience I've had yet. But if I hadn't gone to these other schools, I wouldn't feel like I can't wait to be back to Pacheco. Have you ever felt like you can't truly love and miss some thing if you've never seen something different or been away from it for a long period of time? That is how I feel right now.

Kayley