One of the things that I found the most frustrating prior to my move was trying to obtain information on schools while still in the United States. So, here’s a breakdown, with links, on what I know, to help those planning an international move to Buenos Aires with kids:
I posted a list of school [...]
Considering the fact that both of their sweat pants ripped in the crotch while stretching during field day, the first day of school went rather well indeed!
At pick up, Zelda didn’t even mention the fact that her sweat pants had torn. Zoe was a little peeved, but mildly so. Zelda declared the first [...]
After one week exactly, we have found a school for the girls. It’s a miracle.
They will be attending a school that teaches a half day in English, a half day in Spanish, and also some Italian! The school is mostly Porteño children with a few foreigners besprinkled in, but not many.
The school has [...]
Follow up post to my previous item on the death of the dream that the girls would attend the same elementary school where Ian works.
Well, after Ian facilitated communications between us and the school, we heard from them just recently–something like a month-and-a-half later! They said that we could be on a waiting list.
We [...]
Ian has recently obtained a position as a teaching assistant at a bilingual elementary school in Buenos Aires.
In our dreams, the girls attend this school where Ian teaches (getting to see their Uncle in the afternoons) solving all of our “finding school problems” before we arrive in Buenos Aires.
Alas, it is probably a pipe dream. [...]
Zoe, our resident tom boy daughter, is concerned that she will have to wear uniforms while attending school in Argentina. It’s not exactly the uniform, per se, but the fact that girls wear uniforms with skirts (gasp–skirt is the “s” word to Zoe).
Just the thought of wearing one sends her into spasms of whining [...]
Not to promote Nike(!), but here is another ad that completely embraces why we want to make sure the girls stay involved in sports.
We want the girls to continue to be active in sports while we are in South America, but we are a little concerned about the prevalence of field hockey, in which the girls have no interest, especially since it is not really played in the Pacific Northwest.
Zoe wants to continue to play soccer, but is [...]
When people ask Tom and I if we are going to home school the girls while we are away, Tom and I always have to wait for our hearts to resume beating after the moment of sheer terror passes. NO, we are not going to home school. Reasons are below:
School is how [...]
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