लौरेल हिल Annex

Hello all!
I hope everyone is enjoying their service projects! Since mine is over tomorrow I thought it would be an appropriate time now to contribute to this blog to reflect and share with you all. I am also working at Laurel Hill School, but I am over across the street at the Annex working in a kindergarten class with 26 of the cutest/craziest/smartest/wildest five and six year olds I have ever met! These past two weeks have been challenging; it's been exhausting trying to keep up with the kids who seem to run on battery power or solar power, definitely not human, but I have also had the privilege to learn so much from this experience. I have learned that after 12 years at Lincoln I can only really now appreciate how fortunate I am after visiting Laurel Hill and witnessing how much the kids have to go with out. But I have also seen just how great an environment it is for these kids and how much they are able to accomplish in spite of the various difficulties. It will be really sad to leave all the kids, they are convinced that I am just playing a joke on them and that I really am staying for the rest of the year, but I know that as much as I have helped them with their letters or reading, they have taught me so much more!
Can't wait to hear about all your fabulous experiences, see you all soon!
Lauren