First School Visit

Day Four: This morning we visited our first school in Kyiv- "Specialized School 57 with profound study of English"

Above are a few of our guides - Form 11 students, or the equivalent of seniors. The students we spoke with had a commanding fluency in English, which they have been learning from the first grade. School 57 is similar to a charter school with a competitive entrance exam. The major difference between this school and ours in the US is that students - from first form (first grade) to 11th form (seniors) - are housed in the same building. The elementary students were very cute and also seemed to understand English.  We met them during a student-led puppet show/assembly.

After the assembly we toured the school, which included a school museum and a room dedicated to former students who served in WW2. The school museum had posters of different classes and special visitors - one of which was former President Bush!