Today was the first day of school in Windhoek and the surrounding area. Our schools are located in Katatura which is just on the edge of the city of Windhoek. I am at Moses Garoeb Primary School. In the morning grades 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th come and then in the afternoon are 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. They have to schedule school this way because they have so many kids and the 1st graders are just too tired if they come in the afternoon. This morning they had an assembly in which the students sang praise songs and the National anthem, a scripture was read and prayer. Then students were instructed to go to their classroom from the previous year. The teachers went and got their new class or sent those kids to their new classroom
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