Spanish School Spain's govermont has made a decision to add a major innovation into their educational program. From now on new schools will be opened under the open sky, which are also called ''Forest Schools.'' In these educational centers children within the ages 3-6 will learn. Instead of the usual closed classrooms, the children will do their classes outside in the fresh air. This program is already active in Northern Europe, America and some countries in Europe. According to “Espanarusa” magazine, the first Spanish school with this program will open during the second half of the school year in the mountainous sections of Madrid.

French Schools France's schools will amaze you with their strongly expressed national color. The first school for children is the ''Elementary school'' where the general primary education is done in 2-3 years. Both teachers and psychologists work with children. In five years all children mandatorily learn to read. Elementary schools in France take 5 years. After elementary school, children spend 4 years in college, then 2-3 years in high school. After the third educational stage, education turns toward the the chosen profession that the child has chosen for his/her future. Because of educational difficulties in France, only 80% of the students finish high school. In Europe France's schools are one of the best educational establishments.

My Expirience At Mill Run Elementary School I've been a student at Mill Run Elementary School from kindergarten to third grade. In the U.S.A. each class has one teacher to teach all of the subjects, except for Music, P. E. and Art. P. E. stands for Physical Education; sometimes we do P. E. outside if it's sunny. During music we learn different songs and sometimes the teacher would show us musical instruments. If a holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving was coming, we would learn songs based on those holidays. In Art we paint, draw or make things out of clay. The classes aren't named with numbers, but with the teacher's name. If the teacher's name was Mrs. Colbert we would call her class Mrs. Colbert's class. The lunch break was usually somewhere in the middle of the schoolday. Every grade would have it at a different time, so that the cafeteria would'nt be too crowded.

The longest break is Recess, which is when students get a break outside for 30 minutes. When a teacher asks a student what their favorite subject is, they usually say Recess, even if that really isn't one! In school students work with paper and pencils; they don't use computers until middle school or high school. Everyday teachers give students sheets of paper that have their homework on it. Students aren't usually taught different languages until middle school or high school. Children go to their local school, which means they go to the school closest to where they live. A student can be a walker, car rider or bus rider. A walker walks to school, a car rider goes to school by car and a bus rider by bus. It's the same thing for going home from school. The school buses are long and yellow. There are many of them and they all have numbers, so students know which one is theirs. If it snows, then there's no school on that day! There are Spring breaks and Christmas breaks. They're usually 10 days. Before elementary school children go to preschool, or kindergarten. In elementary school there are 5 grades, in middle school 4 and high school 3. Later a student can choose to go to college or a university to study their profession. I hoped you liked my school!