The Goodbye Plate

We attended Gia's end of the year "Star Show" at school this week. Each grade level did a performance of a song, poem, speech, band performance, or slide show, etc. of their favorite memories of this year at AISJ. It was very nice. At then end, Mr. Joe, the school counselor called all of the students up on stage that would be moving on to a new country the following school year. There were an astounding 64 students this year that will be leaving. When a student leaves AISJ, they receive a "Goodbye Plate", made by students in an after school art program at the school and the school sings the "Goodbye Song", to wish them off well. It was such a bittersweet moment, to see all of these children that Gia has made friends with and us with their families and to see how many of them are off to so many different parts of the world. We will miss them and this school very much and will only have great memories to take home with us.