School winding down, but still a productive school week!

May 31 –June 6 was a busy week full of education review for the students. This week Laura, a PCV way up north, came to my village. She was my first PCV visitor. I was nervous to have her because I wanted her to have soo much fun. However, sometimes village life is just sitting in the hammock reading, which we did. On Friday, she did a fabulous workshop on educational games. The teachers walked away with new ideas and resources.
June 7-June 13, 2010 was a very busy, but productive week. I took class and individual pictures of the whole Laguna School. My plan was to make yearbook; however, many of the teachers and parents said they would not pay for a yearbook because money is limited in my village. So I scrapped that plan.

I printed all those pictures when I went back to the states. I handed them out for free when I came back. To print pictures here is so expensive. It is 3 dollars per picture. In the states we are lucky it is only 15 cents at Wal-Mart. Therefore, I printed about one hundred pics or something around there and it only cost $20 bucks for all those pics. I came back with two photo albums from my trip home. I brought albums back to show them more of the states, family, friends, and hometown of North Wildwood.

Anyway, this week of June I also did all my reading diagnostic tests for every student in the school. I taught each teacher how to use the tests. I noticed that many kids don’t know there letters or sounds and then the ones that do did not comprehend what they read. Therefore, my new idea is to start a preschool in Laguna. The love for education and learning begins at the early grades… especially prek and kindergarten.

This week I also have another GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) meeting. This week I taught them some cheers and a part of a dance. They love it!

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