Last day of volunteering

Tuesday Oct 9th was my final volunteering session at Adams. I was excited to see what my last day would bring. Nikol had sent me a message in advance of what she had scheduled for me. There were going to be soem 4th and 5th graders in her room for a student counsel of sorts meeting . They called them K Kids. You could see when they arrived they were excited to be there. I was able to gather some of what was bein said but not too much. I did have to leave for a little while to assit the admin with some copying. When I came back it was the question and answer session. One of the questions asked was if the meetings were going to always been in Spanish. The teacher said yes. I found it to be an interesting question as these are children who have possibly been enrolled in the school for 4-5 years and the normal is to spend all day everyday speaking Spanish to the classes. The instructor said that her answer may deter some of them from signing up, but she didn't think she would loose too many.

I then moved onto putting some booklets together. I enjoy putting the booklets together as I am able to look at the picture and the words that go with the pictures. Since I speak no spanish, I am able to decipher a few words. I may not enunciate them correctly, but if I saw the word I would put it together what object goes with that word.

I finised up my task and it was time to head home. I did get a chance to visit with a mom volunteer. She was so very nice, she asked me about my class and my schooling. I share about myself and she shared about her family. She was covering books. She had been at it since 9:00 that morning. It was not 3:00. She skipped her lunch so she could complete the pile. She was a true die hard. I enjoyed talking to her.

My time at the school may be over, but my time there revealed to me that children learn a second language easier when they can sing the works and associate the words with the objects. Most children are excited to be learning and seem to enjoy going to school there. The school has a dedicated staff and the parent volunteers are of huge help to the staff. It was nice to see the parents taking an interest to help the school out.

Nikol does a wonderful job keeping the staff, students and parents on track. Her job is a critial cog in the Adams wheel. She obviously enjoys her job, the students, staff and the parents who come into her room to assist.

If you get a chance to volunteer at this school I would highly recommend it.