In early November, the kids at school began talking about the big Interescolar competition that was coming up. Many of the larger private schools in Santiago would participate and winning any of the events not only earned bragging rights, but a feriado, o sea, a day off from school. Talk about incentive. At CPH-CJA, our mascot was the canguros... Yup... The fiercest of all the animals, the kangaroos. The Friday before was the inspiration session that was so chaotic it would make any American-bred teacher twitch, complete with drumming, so much red, and a fire extinguisher... Oh yeah... And a creepy kangaroo mascot. All ages welcome.
Apparently the yelling worked and our "baile de la cancha" won first prize which meant a Monday without school. Rock on.... Also, the baile was the closest thing to UIL marching I've seen in this country... Formations, synchronizations, etc. you know... Except for actually playing the music... I believe there was Miley Cyrus in their dance... Yeah, now I'm embarrassed :).
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