Greenville, SC Day 1

 We went to Greenville, SC for Aliza's graduation ceremony and we built in a couple days around it for adventures. We started off with a tour of the distance learning offices and the printing services on BJU campus. Isaiah did not remember this tour at all from when it did it six years ago. 

Josiah looked quite comfortable on the 1st grade math set.

We got to meet a couple high school teachers (above) and elementary teachers (below).

The work that goes in to planning and making the sets is really interesting. In the art room, the kids found props that they remembered from different classes.

Everything is uniquely made--to avoid licensing issues and costs--and made from foam--so that everything is light, easy to move and easy to store.

In the printing services building, we got to see the "old" way books were printed using screens and how they are transitioning to the "new" way of printing. The new way is impressive and incredibly fast. A 600 page textbook (Biology) can be printed and bound in 5 minutes. 

Each roll of paper weighs a *literal* ton and they get three shipments of paper rolls a week. The amount of paper the press uses each year would circle the globe 3 times.

That evening the seniors and their families had a welcome picnic. Seniors came from Cambodia, Canada, Kansas, Alabama, Arizona, Florida... The ones in the picture were on the Jr. class trip together last year. There were a couple getting-to-know-the-seniors games. It was informal and fun,

After the picnic we went to downtown Greenville and Falls Park. We've been here a few times and enjoy walking around.

 We stayed in an AirBnb house that gave us room to relax and rest between events. All 4 of the children were in the same bedroom and every night stayed up late playing games and laughing. Probably the sweetest sounds for a Mom of children who are getting ready to fly.