Time for School!

On Tuesday, we went off to Nicholas's new school in the area of Chofu - Nicholas will ride the bus to school but for New Student Registration, we were on our way getting there. This meant a walk to the train station, followed by riding and switching trains, then taking a cab from the train station - all in the 95 degree heat... Needless to say it was a bit overwhelming for the kids! They did well - Sydney was excited about the adventure since she doesn't know much different, Nicholas was a bit more nervous. Once we got to the school we realized that I had messed up the appt time - which meant they would have to "work us in" to meet with the counselor - but it all worked out and once Nicholas saw the big green field he would be playing on, he was OK. He also met his counselor and got the "run down" on what to expect for the first day of school on Aug. 25th.
The parents attended a meeting and I was amazed at the group of "mutts" that we were all with - There were such a large variety of places where everyone was from or had lived. There was another Corning family there who have just moved from Kentucky. It's exciting to think about all of the different experiences and traditions Nicholas will get to learn about at school -