Sivy Meas Jarot, the adopted Cambodian daughter of Paul and Paula Jarot, is helping her Mom prepare the kindergarten classroom.

Books ready to shelve!

The school library was open during the summer to those families who stayed in Chiang mai. There is no public library in Chiang Mai! Reading is a very large part of everyday activity for missionary families and the GIS library is a most precious commodity to this English speaking population! These are the books returned to school and ready to be shelved the week before school started.

Meet our elementary school nurse!

The staffing needs of Grace are enormous. One most indispensable position is the school nurse. Paula Baker comes from New Hampshire. She is looking at the student roster with one of the teachers and discussing some of the medical needs that she will need to be aware of throughout the year.

Our computer specialist! Meet Nueng

Nueng's assignment is to keep the elementary library computers functioning. He is a joy to work with and a very busy guy. We doubled our student computers from 3 to 6 this year. One computer is dedicated to the library catalog. All the others are multi-purpose with access to the microsoft office programs and the Internet.

GIS - Elementary Library

Theresa Jackson and family love animals. Thus, meet Latte our library rat! In China it is the year of the rat! Theresa brings great enjoyment to the library. She knows all the children by name and they all return that favor with a hug.