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We received some incredible photos from Returned PCVs, as far back as the first cohort (M1 1991-93), but no one had the original film negatives so the most time consuming part of the job was figuring out how to print 22×30 inch posters using 4×6 photo prints or medium quality JPEGS.įortunately, everything turned out great and I’m very pleased with the results. I put together a little design team with a few other volunteers and we created a special 25 th Anniversary logo, a brochure, stage banners, a special 25 th poster, and a kind of Blast-Through-the-Past print series. I did a lot of design work as an AmeriCorps VISTA before I came to Mongolia so this was the perfect opportunity to keep my Adobe shortcut fluency on point. One of the projects I’ve taken on this spring has been helping the Peace Corps Mongolia office design material for the 25 th Anniversary. RPCVS! Please email if you want a high res digital copy! Here are some pictures from this and last year: No one was planning to teach their lessons in fact, homeroom teachers were given a handout on Chinggis Khan and told to go over it with their homeroom kids during the first few periods. This year, I spent a couple of hours chatting with teachers after the opening ceremony and then went home around noon. It’s a pretty chill day, very different from what I remember as my first days of school in America. Homeroom teachers check in with their classes, gather information about their own teaching schedules (which is released on the day of and is in flux for the first two weeks of school), and reconnect with colleagues in the Teacher’s Room over bowls of airag (fermented mare’s milk) and auruul (milk curd snacks). The first day of school in Mongolia is largely an organizational day. At the very end, a few students from a low and high grade will make a lap around the stage ringing a ceremonial bell. The day begins with a ceremony in front of the school: speeches from directors, administrators and nervous volunteers like me, alongside song and dance performances by the students. September 1st is the universal first day of school in Mongolia whether you’re a kindergarten kid or a university student. Study extra hard, okay?īoy: I love my grandma, my grandpa and my dad! Interviewer: Is it nice to be back in school?