This past week was fairly uneventful. It worked out well in that I taught lessons through the week and gave a test on Friday for all of my Algebra I and II classes. On Monday, I will be able to go over the tests and won't have new lessons again until next year. Monday will be a regular day of school, but we have a half day on Tuesday. Tuesday night we have a Christmas program which we will be preparing for all of Tuesday afternoon. The Christmas program is great because it is the one time other than registration where you get to see all of the students and their parents throughout all classes! We use the entire front yard of the school for setting up the stage and seating. It was an amazing performance last year. Each class goes up and sings. The students show up dressed as if they are going to a wedding. It is very impressive.
On Wednesday, school only goes until 10:30AM. It's considered party day. Over the summer, many student sponsors and a few churches, do Christmas shopping for our students. They send their gifts to the boat dock which arrive here in the Fall. We spend an entire Saturday morning sorting gifts for the specific students they were sent to. Many gifts are sent from churches that do not specify any particular student so we split those items up for students who either don't have a sponsor or who's gift didn't arrive via the boat. Unfortunately, sometimes the boat fills up, or for whatever reason, certain boxes don't make it before Christmas. In any case, we make sure that each student gets an assortment of gifts. We distribute these on party day and then play games.
It's also nice to get out of school early on Wednesday because it gives us time to make sure we have everything ready before we leave. This half of the year seemed to go by quickly...much more quickly than it did last year. It has been a lot of fun, however I am excited to get to go home to see everyone that I have been missing!
About Me
- DJodts
- I have created this blog to share the stories of my trip to Haiti as a missionary at Sonlight Ministries as I will be teaching Algebra, Geometry, Adv. Math as well as 6th grade math. Sonlight Ministries was started by Roger and Norma Alexander in 1985 after their second year in Haiti. Before moving to Haiti I have visited four times on one week trips to volunteer with anything that was needed. This mainly consisted of construction work as groups from my church, WRCC, have helped build a new multipurpose building for Sonlight which will be called SonCenter. Construction isn’t the only type of work. Some like to spend time in the classrooms interacting with the students as teachers aides or sitting in the hall with a student one-on-one to help with grammar, math, etc. Groups have also helped with numerous tasks such as painting inside houses, outside houses, and rooftops. If you enjoy helping others and would ever consider visiting please let me know; it is a life changing experience.
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