The 1st of September

Every year in Lithuania, school starts on the 1st of September and carries a series of traditions. First off, the students dress up nicely and bring flowers to their teachers. There was also a ceremony at the beginning of the school day  to welcome everyone back. Oh and school generally started later. For example, my school day started at 10:00 where it normally starts at 8:30. Apparently, the school day on the first is normally over when the ceremony concludes, however I had a regular school day instead.

First day of school flowers

   My day started off around 7:15 and I got ready for school. I wore one of my favorite dresses (the only one I brought) and took pictures with my host family. After that, they left for my host sibling's first day of school. Then, around 9:15, one of my coordinators came and picked me up for my first day. We got stuck in traffic (and because I forgot my flowers) and were a little late to school which was okay for that day at least. After a short ceremony, I headed with my grade for Homeroom. Homeroom was for like half of the day and it was one of my classmate's birthdays so we ate pizza (and didn't go to lunch after). After lunch we had Lithuanian (which lucky for me,  it's to learn the language and not a literature class). And finally Humanities/ Individuals in Society. The day went pretty quick and I made a few friends! I then met with my host brother and headed home by bus with him and his friends.

  That was September 1st for you! I'll talk more about school in another post as well as the school retreat I went on with the whole MYP program (6th-10th grade)!