A lot of my students were really terrible today. : ( During one of my tutoring sessions, after having students lie to my face, steal my teachers' book, hide their shoes, and then run around the school and hide, I had to have to Principal speak to my class and take away their field trip this is coming up in two days. And all of this was from what is usually my best group, so you can imagine how much worse the other groups were. What a day.
-Aly
DUG: 78
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
1,422.75 Hrs.
Today was another great day!
This morning, instead of going in to R. R. Moton, I met Lee, Dan, and Saif at the office so we could travel to Commissioner Bruno's office. We had a round table with him all about City Year and the work we do, and it was actually pretty cool. It's been very frustrating to me that I've never been invited to do a roundtable before (especially since some people have done, like, thirty), and I'm not really sure I was their first pick for the roundtable today, but it was still fun to be there.
At school, fifth grade interventions were cancelled because of a field trip, so I didn't really have to do much work until J.A. After school, we ran a Sarfish Corps lesson, and the kids enjoyed so much that I didn't have to work so hard at getting them organized and behaving well.
So, yep, today was pretty great.
-Aly
DUG: 79
This morning, instead of going in to R. R. Moton, I met Lee, Dan, and Saif at the office so we could travel to Commissioner Bruno's office. We had a round table with him all about City Year and the work we do, and it was actually pretty cool. It's been very frustrating to me that I've never been invited to do a roundtable before (especially since some people have done, like, thirty), and I'm not really sure I was their first pick for the roundtable today, but it was still fun to be there.
At school, fifth grade interventions were cancelled because of a field trip, so I didn't really have to do much work until J.A. After school, we ran a Sarfish Corps lesson, and the kids enjoyed so much that I didn't have to work so hard at getting them organized and behaving well.
So, yep, today was pretty great.
-Aly
DUG: 79
Sunday, March 29, 2009
DUG: 80
I accidentally slept in today, and didn't make it to Bible study or church. I suppose I needed the sleep, though.
This afternoon, Beth and I went to the mall. It felt good to get out of the apartment for something other for work, which is something I haven't been able to do in a long time.
I am not ready for work again tomorrow. : (
-Aly
This afternoon, Beth and I went to the mall. It felt good to get out of the apartment for something other for work, which is something I haven't been able to do in a long time.
I am not ready for work again tomorrow. : (
-Aly
Saturday, March 28, 2009
1,413.75 Hrs.
Today was a Young Heroes Saturday, and the topic of the day was "The Roots of Poverty". We took a bus down south to Camillus House, which is an organization that provides low-cost housing for people who are in the "transitional phase" - they have an income, but are not yet up on their own feet. For the service portion of the day, we cleaned up the grounds of the complex a little bit, including picking up a lot of trash.
After the students left, all of the Team Leaders went over to Liana's house for a Team Leader Appreciation Dinner. It was really fun to relax, eat good food, and hang out with the people that I work with every Saturday. I didn't stay very late, though, because today really wore me out and I was feeling totally exhausted by the time the students left.
-Aly
DUG: 81
After the students left, all of the Team Leaders went over to Liana's house for a Team Leader Appreciation Dinner. It was really fun to relax, eat good food, and hang out with the people that I work with every Saturday. I didn't stay very late, though, because today really wore me out and I was feeling totally exhausted by the time the students left.
-Aly
DUG: 81
Friday, March 27, 2009
1,404 Hrs.
Today was in interesting day.
The day started out with a Unity Rally at 8:15, just like every other Friday. After the Unity Rally, though, the corps members split into groups. A few weeks ago, we were each given a survey about what interests us, so today we were put into groups pertaining to what we are interested in. My group got to visit the state attorney's office, which was really cool for me because that is what I am interested in doing for a career. Since Friday's are apparently pretty slow days in court, most of what we got to do was talk to a bunch of judges and lawyers and sit in on a little bit of a traffic court session. We did, however, get the chance to sit in on about thirty minutes of a felony trial, which was cool. This morning was very informative and fascinating for me, since it gave me the chance to see what goes on in a typical day in the life of a state attorney. Things were a lot different than I had expected them to be, but still very interesting.
For the afternoon, we had to go back to the office and complete some computer proficiency training, which is one of our graduation requirements. This meant that we had to send an e-mail and replicate an excel spreadsheet.
-Aly
DUG: 82
The day started out with a Unity Rally at 8:15, just like every other Friday. After the Unity Rally, though, the corps members split into groups. A few weeks ago, we were each given a survey about what interests us, so today we were put into groups pertaining to what we are interested in. My group got to visit the state attorney's office, which was really cool for me because that is what I am interested in doing for a career. Since Friday's are apparently pretty slow days in court, most of what we got to do was talk to a bunch of judges and lawyers and sit in on a little bit of a traffic court session. We did, however, get the chance to sit in on about thirty minutes of a felony trial, which was cool. This morning was very informative and fascinating for me, since it gave me the chance to see what goes on in a typical day in the life of a state attorney. Things were a lot different than I had expected them to be, but still very interesting.
For the afternoon, we had to go back to the office and complete some computer proficiency training, which is one of our graduation requirements. This meant that we had to send an e-mail and replicate an excel spreadsheet.
-Aly
DUG: 82
Thursday, March 26, 2009
1,395 Hrs.
Today was, thankfully, a pretty uneventful day.
My fourth graders were wonderful once again, probably because rewarded them with candy for their behavior yesterday. The seven of us went through an entire party-sized bag of skittles in only thirty minutes! Now that I think about it, though, I kind of feel bad about the sugar rush and than sudden drop those kids probably put their poor teacher through.
-Aly
DUG: 83
My fourth graders were wonderful once again, probably because rewarded them with candy for their behavior yesterday. The seven of us went through an entire party-sized bag of skittles in only thirty minutes! Now that I think about it, though, I kind of feel bad about the sugar rush and than sudden drop those kids probably put their poor teacher through.
-Aly
DUG: 83
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
1,386 Hrs.
Today was such a great day with City Year!
The day today was fairly short and easy, since the team left R. R. Moton at noon to drive up north to visit the offices of Comcast, which is the sponsor for our team. The people who we met at Comcast were extremely warm, welcoming, and supportive of City Year, and it felt good to know that we have such people behind us and the work we do. We had a round-table discussion with two representatives from the company, which gave us some time to introduce ourselves to them and for them to ask us some questions about the work we do at Moton. Not every school-based team gets their own individual sponsor, so we are especially lucky to be paired with a sponsor that has supported City Year so strongly and for so many years.
At the school today, my fourth grade intervention group was so awesome that I was almost in tears! They are usually my best group, but I wasn't expecting much today since they were so terrible yesterday. They, however, were early, attentive, respectful, quiet, and interested in the lesson, and it totally blew me away when they acknowledged how much better the session is if I don't have to yell at them. Afterwards, on the way to lunch, they even walked in a quiet line to the lunchroom instead of running down the halls screaming. I don't know what happened to them today, but I would give ANYTHING to see that behavior again.
-Aly
DUG: 84
The day today was fairly short and easy, since the team left R. R. Moton at noon to drive up north to visit the offices of Comcast, which is the sponsor for our team. The people who we met at Comcast were extremely warm, welcoming, and supportive of City Year, and it felt good to know that we have such people behind us and the work we do. We had a round-table discussion with two representatives from the company, which gave us some time to introduce ourselves to them and for them to ask us some questions about the work we do at Moton. Not every school-based team gets their own individual sponsor, so we are especially lucky to be paired with a sponsor that has supported City Year so strongly and for so many years.
At the school today, my fourth grade intervention group was so awesome that I was almost in tears! They are usually my best group, but I wasn't expecting much today since they were so terrible yesterday. They, however, were early, attentive, respectful, quiet, and interested in the lesson, and it totally blew me away when they acknowledged how much better the session is if I don't have to yell at them. Afterwards, on the way to lunch, they even walked in a quiet line to the lunchroom instead of running down the halls screaming. I don't know what happened to them today, but I would give ANYTHING to see that behavior again.
-Aly
DUG: 84
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
1,376.25 Hrs.
It was really rough getting back into the swing of things today. My students kept insisting that they shouldn't have to do any work this week, since when I was gone last week they did no work at all. I don't blame them for being reluctant to start intervention again after the FCAT tests are done and over with and they now have no motivation to be better readers - I am feeling that same reluctance and lack of motivation. In my first class, I had to drop the whole lesson for the day in order to yell and give out detentions, and in my second class, I made four of my six students cry. What a day.
My third graders were a relief, though. They genuinely seemed to have missed me. In the after-school program, we did a science experiment where we got to make ice cream. What fun!
-Aly
DUG: 85
My third graders were a relief, though. They genuinely seemed to have missed me. In the after-school program, we did a science experiment where we got to make ice cream. What fun!
-Aly
DUG: 85
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
1,368.25 Hrs.
What a long, exhausting, terrible week! I hope you all will forgive me for neglecting my blog for so long after you hear what has been happening with me.
Tuesday was the last day of FCAT testing. Yay! I served as a proctor in the morning, and then worked with my third, fourth, and fifth grade intervention groups during the afternoon. In the morning, I felt a little queasy, but just attributed that to not eating a good enough breakfast, and did my best to ignore the nausea. My P.M., Mitch, happened to be visiting the school during lunch, so he took those of us who were interested in his car to Burger King. I was really excited about the great lunch I had made for myself and brought, but went along for the ride so I could get french fries and a soda. When I got back, however, I wasn't feeling too well after eating the fries, so I left my lunch in the fridge to eat the next day. By the time we did BBL at 2:00, I was really feeling tired and lethargic, so I took a short nap after the students were dismissed from school since J.A. had been cancelled for the entire week. On the train home at 5:00, I suddenly felt like I had a fever, so I stopped at Walgreens on my way home to buy a thermometer, which told me I had a fever of only 99 degrees. Over the next hour, however, that fever steadily increased to 105. I was also concerned about my ear, which was swollen and hard to hear out of, and had been that way for the past week. I e-mailed Mitch to see what would happen if I missed work the next day due to a hospital stay (since I have no more sick days to use this year), and he volunteered to drive up from his home in South Miami (which is about a 45 minute drive) in order to drive me to the hospital. I spent that night in the Emergency Room, and was told that I had an infection in my middle ear, and a case of bronchitis. Mitch drove me home at 3:30 a.m. with a perscription for antibiotics and orders to stay home until Friday.
On Wednesday, I woke up feeling even worse. The doctors at the hospital had been able to get rid of my fever and sore throat the night before, but both were back with a vengence. I could not even sit up in bed, much less make the fifteen-minute walk to the pharmacy to have my perscription filled or to get anything else I needed. Out of desperation, I called Mitch again, and he drove to my apartment to get the perscription so he could fill it for me.
On Thursday, I started to feel a little better, and was able to get out of bed for a little while. I could still not get rid of my fever, though.
At around 1:30 a.m. on Friday morning, I woke up and could not breathe. I crawled to Beth's room and banged on her door so she could wake up and call 911 for me. A couple of minutes later, Beth and I went off to the hospital in the ambulance. I stayed at the hospital this time for another 7.5 hours. After a bunch of tests were run, I was told that my infection had spread even further and had given me strep throat. I was sent home with even more antibiotics, and Beth was allowed to take the day off work to stay home with me.
On Saturday, I woke up feeling a lot better, and had the bright idea that I could walk to the grocery store for myself. After trying that, I was so worn out that I could not get out of bed again for the rest of the day.
Today, I woke up without a fever, which is the first time my temperature has been back to normal in about five days. My throat doesn't even hurt anymore, but I still do not have even the least bit of a voice. Even whispering takes the energy out of my and causes me to go into a coughing fit. I am supposed to be on bed rest until Tuesday, which is when I can go back to work, but I am concerned about how I will teach if I have no voice. Charades, maybe?
It broke my heart not being able to go to church or Bible study this morning. : ( Stupid bed rest...
-Aly
DUG: 88
Tuesday was the last day of FCAT testing. Yay! I served as a proctor in the morning, and then worked with my third, fourth, and fifth grade intervention groups during the afternoon. In the morning, I felt a little queasy, but just attributed that to not eating a good enough breakfast, and did my best to ignore the nausea. My P.M., Mitch, happened to be visiting the school during lunch, so he took those of us who were interested in his car to Burger King. I was really excited about the great lunch I had made for myself and brought, but went along for the ride so I could get french fries and a soda. When I got back, however, I wasn't feeling too well after eating the fries, so I left my lunch in the fridge to eat the next day. By the time we did BBL at 2:00, I was really feeling tired and lethargic, so I took a short nap after the students were dismissed from school since J.A. had been cancelled for the entire week. On the train home at 5:00, I suddenly felt like I had a fever, so I stopped at Walgreens on my way home to buy a thermometer, which told me I had a fever of only 99 degrees. Over the next hour, however, that fever steadily increased to 105. I was also concerned about my ear, which was swollen and hard to hear out of, and had been that way for the past week. I e-mailed Mitch to see what would happen if I missed work the next day due to a hospital stay (since I have no more sick days to use this year), and he volunteered to drive up from his home in South Miami (which is about a 45 minute drive) in order to drive me to the hospital. I spent that night in the Emergency Room, and was told that I had an infection in my middle ear, and a case of bronchitis. Mitch drove me home at 3:30 a.m. with a perscription for antibiotics and orders to stay home until Friday.
On Wednesday, I woke up feeling even worse. The doctors at the hospital had been able to get rid of my fever and sore throat the night before, but both were back with a vengence. I could not even sit up in bed, much less make the fifteen-minute walk to the pharmacy to have my perscription filled or to get anything else I needed. Out of desperation, I called Mitch again, and he drove to my apartment to get the perscription so he could fill it for me.
On Thursday, I started to feel a little better, and was able to get out of bed for a little while. I could still not get rid of my fever, though.
At around 1:30 a.m. on Friday morning, I woke up and could not breathe. I crawled to Beth's room and banged on her door so she could wake up and call 911 for me. A couple of minutes later, Beth and I went off to the hospital in the ambulance. I stayed at the hospital this time for another 7.5 hours. After a bunch of tests were run, I was told that my infection had spread even further and had given me strep throat. I was sent home with even more antibiotics, and Beth was allowed to take the day off work to stay home with me.
On Saturday, I woke up feeling a lot better, and had the bright idea that I could walk to the grocery store for myself. After trying that, I was so worn out that I could not get out of bed again for the rest of the day.
Today, I woke up without a fever, which is the first time my temperature has been back to normal in about five days. My throat doesn't even hurt anymore, but I still do not have even the least bit of a voice. Even whispering takes the energy out of my and causes me to go into a coughing fit. I am supposed to be on bed rest until Tuesday, which is when I can go back to work, but I am concerned about how I will teach if I have no voice. Charades, maybe?
It broke my heart not being able to go to church or Bible study this morning. : ( Stupid bed rest...
-Aly
DUG: 88
Monday, March 16, 2009
1,335.25 Hrs.
Today was the fourth day of FCAT testing for the fifth graders, so I spent my morning proctoring an exam. The only things that ran as scheduled today were the fifth grade and third grade intervention session. The fifth grade session was easy, since today was a chapter checkpoint and I didn't have to teach my students any new material. Third grade was rough, though, as always. One of my students, Jeron, misbehaves every day. He is very disrespectful towards myself and the other students, and is very distracting as well. I use to stop the lesson every time he acted out in order to bring him back under control, but I now know that stopping the lesson every few minutes is detrimental to the learning of my other students; I am forced to sacrifice Jeron's learning so that his behavior does not ruin the learning of four other students. This is a really tough thing for me to admit to and do, especially since Jeron does not even know his entire alphabet and needs the help more than any one else.
-Aly
DUG: 93
-Aly
DUG: 93
Sunday, March 15, 2009
DUG: 94
Nothing much going on today. I went to Bible study this morning, which I loved, and church, which disappointed me. There was supposed to be an author that I really love giving the sermon today, but she ended up being the most boring speaker I have ever listened to. How unfortunate.
On my way home, I stopped at the grocery store, and now I am going to attempt to make myself dinner again. Mexican rice pilaf...yum.
-Aly
On my way home, I stopped at the grocery store, and now I am going to attempt to make myself dinner again. Mexican rice pilaf...yum.
-Aly
Saturday, March 14, 2009
1,326.75 Hrs.
What a week! I can't believe how stressful things have been with the FCAT. Luckily, all students, with the exception of the fifth graders, are now done testing. The fifth graders still have to take the science tests on Monday and Tuesday, and I still have to proctor for those two tests. I am extremely glad that the rest of the year will be so much less stressful, since the FCAT has been the focus point of the whole school year thus far.
-Aly
DUG: 95
-Aly
DUG: 95
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
1,308.5 Hrs.
Proctoring today seemed to go a lot faster than yesterday, and pretty much everything else today was canceled because of the test for one reason for another, so all I had to do today was proctor and paint the mural after school for a couple hours. Then, I got to go home and hang out with my very best friend and her boyfriend, who are in town on their spring break. It's sad that Julie and Brian are in town for most of this week and the only time I will get to spend with them is the two hours I spent with them today, but I guess that's life. : (
-Aly
DUG: 98
-Aly
DUG: 98
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
1,300.25 Hrs.
Today was the first day of FCAT testing, so I spent my morning as a test proctor for one of the fifth grade classrooms. This meant that I spent three hours on my feet circling the classroom watching the students take their tests. Watching the students take the FCAT test has made me feel incredibly thankful for the school I went to. In the Saline schools, no one stressed out about the MEAP tests because everyone in my school did well without even trying too hard. At R. R. Moton, the whole schoolyear is taught to the test, and there is TONS of pressure on the students to pass the test so the school won't be taken over by the state and so the students can pass into the next grade. A lot of the students were so stressed to take the test today that they threw up or broke down crying in the middle of the test and were unable to finish. Unfortunately, the school is required to put that much emphasis on the test in order to have any hope of passing its students. I really wish there was a better system to test the students and the schools than the one already in place.
After school, the CY team stayed to paint a mural at the school since the after-school program has been canceled for the two weeks of the FCAT.
-Aly
DUG: 99
After school, the CY team stayed to paint a mural at the school since the after-school program has been canceled for the two weeks of the FCAT.
-Aly
DUG: 99
Monday, March 9, 2009
1,290.75 Hrs.
Today was the last day before the FCAT - yikes!
Today we also went back to the schedule we had before the extra computer time was added for all of the intervention students, which was a relief for both the students and myself.
Also today, the new Executive Director of City Year Miami visited the school and we got to have lunch with him. Up until a week or so ago, CY Miami did not have an Executive Director, so now we finally have a boss instead of just and "acting" boss. Hopefully he will be able to clear up some of the issues our organization has been having; it is hard to function without someone at the top of the pyramid.
-Aly
DUG: 100
Today we also went back to the schedule we had before the extra computer time was added for all of the intervention students, which was a relief for both the students and myself.
Also today, the new Executive Director of City Year Miami visited the school and we got to have lunch with him. Up until a week or so ago, CY Miami did not have an Executive Director, so now we finally have a boss instead of just and "acting" boss. Hopefully he will be able to clear up some of the issues our organization has been having; it is hard to function without someone at the top of the pyramid.
-Aly
DUG: 100
Sunday, March 8, 2009
DUG: 101
Even though Sundays are my days to relax, I still feel stressed every time Sunday comes around.
I had the brilliant idea to make myself actual meals for breakfast and dinner today, which took I lot more effort than I had planned for. My citrus fruit and arugula breakfast salad was good, as was the sparkling ginger lemonade I made for myself this morning. The fajitas, though, we nothing special, and definitely not worth all the work that went into slicing a zillion pounds of vegetables.
This morning I went to bible study and then to church, and this evening I attended a meeting for the City Year "inspirational book club". Unfortunately, this was our first meeting, and only two people were there. : (
Once again, I am getting to bed way to late. How does this keep happening?
-Aly
I had the brilliant idea to make myself actual meals for breakfast and dinner today, which took I lot more effort than I had planned for. My citrus fruit and arugula breakfast salad was good, as was the sparkling ginger lemonade I made for myself this morning. The fajitas, though, we nothing special, and definitely not worth all the work that went into slicing a zillion pounds of vegetables.
This morning I went to bible study and then to church, and this evening I attended a meeting for the City Year "inspirational book club". Unfortunately, this was our first meeting, and only two people were there. : (
Once again, I am getting to bed way to late. How does this keep happening?
-Aly
Saturday, March 7, 2009
1,281.75 Hrs.
I know I write this every week, but this week was definitely the most exhausting ever.
Wednesday morning, Francheska and Pip both got into a bag of chocolate. I could do nothing at the time other than go to work, but after a meeting in the morning about test proctoring for the FCATs next week, I called the vet to see what I should do about the both of them. The vet recommended that I rush home right away, which meant taking an unexcused absense from work. : ( When I got home, I rushed them both to the vet, only to hear that there was nothing to do for them now other than watch them to make sure they had no averse reactions. I'm really glad I paid so much money to hear them tell me that.
Thursday was really stressful since it could have been the last day I will be meeting with my intervention students before the test.
Yesterday was another LDD day, and we learned about human trafficking and also about how to fill out our tax forms.
Today, I took a personal day from Young Heroes so I could go to a volunteer orientation at the humane society.
I am not sure if my students are ready for the FCATS next week. I guess I have done all I can for them, though.
-Aly
DUG: 102
Wednesday morning, Francheska and Pip both got into a bag of chocolate. I could do nothing at the time other than go to work, but after a meeting in the morning about test proctoring for the FCATs next week, I called the vet to see what I should do about the both of them. The vet recommended that I rush home right away, which meant taking an unexcused absense from work. : ( When I got home, I rushed them both to the vet, only to hear that there was nothing to do for them now other than watch them to make sure they had no averse reactions. I'm really glad I paid so much money to hear them tell me that.
Thursday was really stressful since it could have been the last day I will be meeting with my intervention students before the test.
Yesterday was another LDD day, and we learned about human trafficking and also about how to fill out our tax forms.
Today, I took a personal day from Young Heroes so I could go to a volunteer orientation at the humane society.
I am not sure if my students are ready for the FCATS next week. I guess I have done all I can for them, though.
-Aly
DUG: 102
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
1,261.75
This afternoon was the FCAT pep rally. FCAT testing starts Tuesday, so the pep rally was a fun way for the students to get motivated for the test. City Year led the students in some P.T., and also gave a few motivational speeches. I spoke to the students about test-taking tips such as getting a good night's sleep, eating breakfast, checking their work, etc.
-Alyssa
DUG: 106
-Alyssa
DUG: 106
Monday, March 2, 2009
1,252.75 Hrs.
Why is it that my students are crazy on Mondays? As I remember, myself and my classmates were usually pretty subdued on Mondays since it was a Monday and we were sad to be going back to school again for the week. When did that change?
The FCAT is next Tuesday, and I reminded my intervention students that the intervention sessions will be shortened again once the test is over. This means that they will be able to go back to their magnets and will have to see less of me making them read, and I will get my planning time and lunch break back. Surprisingly, about half of my students were excited to hear this, while the other half was sad. Most of the time, I have no idea whether my students love me or hate me. The students who are most vocal about their hatred for me are also the students who give me hugs when they see me in the mornings.
-Aly
DUG: 107
The FCAT is next Tuesday, and I reminded my intervention students that the intervention sessions will be shortened again once the test is over. This means that they will be able to go back to their magnets and will have to see less of me making them read, and I will get my planning time and lunch break back. Surprisingly, about half of my students were excited to hear this, while the other half was sad. Most of the time, I have no idea whether my students love me or hate me. The students who are most vocal about their hatred for me are also the students who give me hugs when they see me in the mornings.
-Aly
DUG: 107
Sunday, March 1, 2009
1,243.75 Hrs.
This week has seemed like the longest week EVER, and I don't even know why!
Friday, the half of the corps that did service for Habitat for Humanity last week did a mini recruitment blitz this week. That means that we broke up into groups of five and dispersed ourselves at various college campuses in the area to try and recruit members for next year. Being a Friday afternoon by the time we got there, however, the campuses were pretty dead, and we did not meet our recruitment goal. : ( We were close, though.
Saturday was a Young Heroes Saturday again, and we learned about drugs and alcohol. I know I wrote that that topic was supposed to be last week, but I was wrong. Last week, we learned about the homeless population. This week, the students made their own PSA's about drugs and alcohol, and then we got to watch what everyone else made.
Today, I attended church and the first day of bible study. I have spent the rest of the day trying to recuperate and ready myself for the upcoming week!
-Aly
Days until graduation (DUG): 108
Friday, the half of the corps that did service for Habitat for Humanity last week did a mini recruitment blitz this week. That means that we broke up into groups of five and dispersed ourselves at various college campuses in the area to try and recruit members for next year. Being a Friday afternoon by the time we got there, however, the campuses were pretty dead, and we did not meet our recruitment goal. : ( We were close, though.
Saturday was a Young Heroes Saturday again, and we learned about drugs and alcohol. I know I wrote that that topic was supposed to be last week, but I was wrong. Last week, we learned about the homeless population. This week, the students made their own PSA's about drugs and alcohol, and then we got to watch what everyone else made.
Today, I attended church and the first day of bible study. I have spent the rest of the day trying to recuperate and ready myself for the upcoming week!
-Aly
Days until graduation (DUG): 108
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