This is a little late in the posting, but a couple of weeks ago there was an eclipse. Not sure if you saw it, but RVA definitely did. In fact, everything stopped for this eclipse, classes included. You see, the hype started a few days earlier for two reasons. 1: They didn't want students going blind from staring at the brilliant, blinding sun. 2: We wanted the students to witness what was supposed to be a unique and once-in-a-lifetime type event. The way we were told it would happen is that Kijabe was in almost the exact spot to have darkness for an entire 8 minutes - something that is absolutely thrilling to junior high and high school kids (and let's face it - the teachers too!) So everyone thought of different ways to view the event and we all piled out onto Upper Field after 1st period to watch.
Unfortunately, even though we were only seeing 8% of the sun, it was still enough light that it simply seemed like a cloudy day. The kids dreams of a dark morning quickly faded and they resorted to taking goofy pictures instead. Lucky for my 8th graders, I had a camera :)
Though it seemed a small disappointment, it was completely worth it later in the day to hear a couple students and staff mention how it's a beautiful representation of the fact that even though it was only 8% of the sun, Light still won. Praise God, He always wins.
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