Emily and Michael Allen (TGS Parents)
When we learned that we would be moving to Central Florida, a good friend of ours told us that there was only one school to consider, The Geneva School. We went into our oldest son’s K4 year thinking, “We will just try this for a while,” but after two days we knew that we weren’t going anywhere.
Now, six years later, we are still impressed on a daily basis.
In the summer of 2019 we were blessed to be able to spend several weeks in Cambridge, England. We knew that this was a once in a lifetime experience, so we made sure to take full advantage of the trip with our then five- and nine-year-old boys. We experienced every museum that Cambridge has to offer along with stops in London, Edinburgh, and Paris.
While in the Zoological Museum in Cambridge, our five-year-old son stopped to examine and sketch the skeletons of various animals because his art and science teachers had taught him how to stop, observe, and recreate God’s creation.
While in the National Museum of Scotland, our nine-year-old son translated the ancient hieroglyphics for us based upon what he had learned in second grade about ancient Egypt.
While in the Louvre in Paris, our nine-year-old would see a bust in the ancient Greek and Roman displays and exclaim in delight because he “knew” those people because he had “met” them in third grade studying ancient Greece and Rome.
While at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, our boys took pictures with the knights of armor in anticipation of when they will become Geneva Knights.
While attending Saint Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh where John Knox preached and the Presbyterian Church was started, our two boys sang hymns from their hearts, hymns that they have memorized over the years from church and school.
We were blessed with the opportunity to spend this time in Europe. Our time away from the States showed us parts of a rich history that has shaped us. Our time away from our normal lives pointed us towards our magnificent creator and sustainer as well as reminded us why we chose The Geneva School for our boys. At every turn, our children were teaching us because they had been loved and taught so well by their teachers at Geneva.
