One Last Chancellor Farewell.....

Today Hannah’s host teacher invited Hannah and myself to go to Tracey Birchall’s (a year 6 teacher) birthday party. Tracey is also the wife of our principal Mark so it was nice going to their house for a second time. No one knew that we were going so it was a big surprise to all when we had showed up. The other three Chancellor teachers from New York had left Australia already so they could not attend. As soon as Hannah and myself got out of the car, Tracey and Mark’s son Sam came running at me and said, “Mr. Kok I thought you left! What are you doing here?!” It was priceless because he has enjoyed spending time with us throughout term 3 and when he said goodbye to us all on Friday after school he was crying. I was glad to see him one more time and spend my last day in Australia with all of the teachers and their kids. The farewell was emotional again because everyone has treated us so lovely during our stay at Chancellor. The kids weren’t as emotional this time, which was good because it was so sad seeing them cry on Friday. I hope that one day the Birchall’s come to New York to visit because I would love for them to stay at our house so I can show them around New York.