Adios IVº Medio!

Last week was the final week of classes for IVº Medio (the senior class). But in December they have the PSU, which is the Chilean equivalent of the SAT only its basically the only thing that universities look at, so even though they have technically graduated high school, they still have to study for over a month which kind of sucks.

Its a really big deal when IVº Medio leaves, especially because my school is so small and they have all gone to school together for their entire lives. The graduating class was around 30 people! There was a big going away celebration with the entire school. On Friday we had 'alianzas' where the school was split into two teams and competed in mini competitions just for kicks. My class also made a dance for IVº Medio that most of the high schoolers performed, complete with neon shirts and face paint. The teachers also made a dance of IVº Medio, their own rendition to cats which I originally thought was a joke (the combination of seeing all of the teachers decked out in skin tight black clothes with cat tails and attempting to sing in English).

me and my classmates

teacher's dance

It was a really different experience seeing the senior class leave here. It was basically the same process as CHS, only a lot smaller and more personal. Instead of yearbooks, the student council made notebooks that everyone wrote in. The teachers gave a mini speech for every member of the senior class. There was a 'king' and a 'queen' for the senior class that was simply announced during school. Overall, it was just really 'cute'.  :)