Out of central Kathmandu and back in Kalanki, I’ve started volunteering as an English teacher at Edify International school. I'm known as ’teacher Freyaa’ or simply ’teacher’, which the two students I live with still call me at home. Living a two minute walk from Edify, I usually meet other students when I am out on my way to sightseeing or shopping, who all greet me with an excited “hello teacher!” as well.
I teach grades 3-9 six days a week, four or five classes a day, meaning I don’t get all grades every day. This is with the exception of my third graders, a large class of 32 kiddos, who I have every morning.
Every other day, all grades 1-12 have a morning gathering in the school yard. Here, students receive special recognition, sing the national anthem, hear a few words from the headmaster, and do warm up excercises. One morning while they are all lined up, I take the opportunity of an empty school to photograph a few of my classrooms, posted below.
Hallway of the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.
Air condition
3rd grade, usually filled with 32 kids. Girls on the right, boys on the left.
Erased notes from Nepali class and computer science
Teachers chair
