LAUREL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Hey guys,
I can't believe we graduate exactly 2 weeks from today!! Anyways,I hope everyone is having fun during their internship. I'm at the Laurel Hill School in the special ed classroom.. the kids are in grades 3-5. There are 10 kids in my classroom who speak english but mostly spanish and I have formed a bond with each one of them. I follow around the same schedule each day.. in the mornings I meet with each student and we work on english reading and comprehension. Each student is at a different level. Right before lunch I read them stories in English but after the first day they convinced me to read some spanish books to them. It was so adorable, since I am obviously not that good in spanish the kids took turns sitting next to me and helping me if I didnt know how to pronouce a word. Then after lunch I worked with them individually in math. I feel so close to these kids now. I am also going to miss the teacher and the teaching assistant because they have really been great. This has been such a fun experience and I am so sad tomorrow is my last day.. I think I will come back and visit some days next week.

See you all soon!
-amy

Laurel Hill

I am working at Laurel Hill with the most adorable class. They are third grade. They are learning multiplication, division and subtraction. I think it is a good chance to brush up on my skills before heading to college. haha They are all so sweet and want one on one time to learn their multiplication, we make flash cards. They are all sooo adorable, they realized the two days ago that this was my last week and they keep making me cards saying that they thought that I had already been there forever. Tomorrow is our last day, so I made them all cupcakes in the shape of hearts and I'm writing them all letters.

The kids are so sweet, they are all so excited to be there. Apparently a lot of the kids are usually absent two or three times a week, but they have all been there.

I hope everyone is having a great time, I miss you all sooo much!!

xoxo

Lindsay

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

WORKING AT LAUREL HILL

Hey Everyone!
I hope all of your internships are going really well! I've been working at Laurel Hill the past 2 weeks in a 4th Grade class. There are 26 boys and girls in one classroom and they are some of the greatest kids I have ever met. I've been working with groups of about 5 on their long division, adding and subtracting and reducing fractions, helping them with their reading and writing but most importanly, I've been getting to know these kids. They are all from such different places with such different stories and I just love talking with them. It is really challenging working all day with them and its so tiring!! But honestly, its all completely worth it. I have gotten to know 26 amazing young kids that will honestly all do such great things in their lives. I feel really lucky that I got to work at Laurel Hill and hope that I get to do it again. I'm really sad that its over tomorrow, but I had such a great experience that I couldn't have asked for a better internship! See you all soon!!

Brie

Planned Parenthood- Focus Group

Hey guys,

Alyssa, Annie and I are doing our internship at planned parenthood. One of our assignments is to hold a focus group called "Real Life. Real Talk." It focuses on discussion between parents and kids about sex. The Planned Parenthood staff would love teens' feedback on what they want to hear (or not hear) from their parents on the subject of sex. We are thinking of holding the meeting on Friday, May 30th at 3:15 at the Planned Parenthood center on Point St. (Right across the Point St. bridge). Please let us know if you have any interest. Don't worry though, this is really informal; we just want some feedback on the communication between parents and kids.

Thanks.
you know you love us.
xoxo,
Maddie, Alyssa, Annie

Hey everybody

It looks like I am the first student blogger. Cool. I just want to say Hi and Good luck on ur internships. Also...
When U get tired in ur internship remember to have a powerthist:
POWERTHIRST

or sad when on ur internship remember that watermelon night will come again!
WATERMELONS

hehehehe. these videos made me laugh, so watch them while we are all apart (kinda) to have a laugh!

FG

Serving the community

Dear Students,

This blog will help you keep in touch during your service learning project. It is an open classroom allowing you to be your own teachers. Do not hesitate to write comments and reflect on your project before, during and after your internship. Remember that you are in charge of your learning process, but you will find essential questions to guide your reflections. In order to help you define your role as active learners, please find below examples of service learning projects.

A village of 100 people


What is Service Learning?
A video from Serve and Learn:


Examples of community curriculum:

This video will help you for your project in DC:


Homelessness:
These links will also give you an idea for your project
in Washington DC.