Preparations

The last two days have been a flurry of preparation, cleaning up the science room, purchasing supplies, mixing solutions, labeling bottles and dealing with emergencies.  Although the school is on holiday, various students dropped by to help out or watch.  One group was happy to label solution bottles and put the different solutions in them.  This was a fantastic help, and probably saved me at least an hour.

I took a moment with Mr. Mattei, the Second Master, to pose for this photo by a tree we planted just two years ago -- it was less than a foot tall then.  I don't think trees in the USA grow this quickly.

The workshops start tomorrow.  The first two-day session has 20 confirmed participants.  I expect a similar number for the second session.  This is very exciting, if a bit intimidating, given that I had expected to teach six to eight teachers in total.