This school year has been an adventure on so many levels! It will certainly be one that won't be forgotten. Brenna started St. George's all-in, being completely enamored with all the choices. The course selections were incredible! In total she was enrolled for 17 classes for her regular school day. What we consider as core classes (Math, Science, History, and English) were broken down into Physic, Chemistry, Biology, Modern History, Religion and Philosophy, Geography, Double Math, Double English, and Library. Then add in supportive classes like Food Technology, Drama, Art, Music, Physical Education, Product Design, Information and Communication Technologies, and finally a wide selection of Languages to chose from, of which two were required. Brenna chose French and Spanish, although she's trying to convenience me to switch one to Mandarin for next year. She also jumped right into extracurricular activities with things she already loved and picked-up lots of new activities that would only be available to us here in Britain. She signed on for Choir, Debate, Judo and Self Defense, Field Hockey, and Lacrosse. Needless to say her schedule was packed with both before and after school activities four out of the five days a week and the sports competitions spilling over into the weekends. Normally, I would have pumped the breaks on all these activities, but the school made everything very accommodating. School actually felt like an extension of home. I contribute it to the boarding school environment.
Her broad range of activities connected her with lots of friends. And since the school is very international, her friend group was a wide collection of nationalities, not just from Scotland, but also England, Switzerland, Spain, and France. It's been a very enlightening cultural experience. The school also did a great job of supplementing the all-girls experience with joint activities with our brother school, Merchiston Castle all-boys school. There were sports days, ceilidhs (a traditional Scottish country dance), and dances.
