This week I have been taking the grade 11 and 12 students who are not on the Philippines mission trip around the city to work on projects to benefit the community. We helped with a Spring break activity morning at Shannon Lake park; raked leaves, picked rocks, and cleaned up garbage at Mission Creek Park; baked cakes for the Kelowna Gospel Mission; made cookies, sorted clothes, served clients, hauled garbage, and moved furniture for ADRA; made granola for the school family; and tomorrow we will cap off our week by working with the preschool class to make banana bread, read stories (and be read to!), and clean up the playground.
I am tired, but life is very good!
Loons on a Lake
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
National Science Teachers Meetings
These few days in San Francisco have been wonderful. I wandered through the Exhibit Hall in short blocks of time to keep from being overwhelmed. I attended several really thought-provoking sessions, again limiting myself to 4 a day to keep my brain from overloading. I had several very entertaining conversations with colleagues, and went for many solitary walks. The balance was just about perfect.
I also managed to be lost most of each day whether I was inside or outside. I hate that feeling, but I think I might be in for a future with much more of this. I've agreed to set up a facebook group for the Adventist Science Educators Association - so I was lost until Shannon steered my in the right direction. I'm not purchasing advertising, so the page may be lost in cyberspace. I want to revise my Biology 11 and 12 courses to reflect better teaching practices, so I will be finding my way through the forest of good intentions to a "place just right". I need to revamp the chemistry course also - I spend too much time on review and not enough on the new material - so that is more time which I will spend finding my way. I will revise Math 10 and completely redo Math 11for this next school year.
I sure am getting a lot of practice in finding my way out of trouble for a woman who doesn't like being lost!
I also managed to be lost most of each day whether I was inside or outside. I hate that feeling, but I think I might be in for a future with much more of this. I've agreed to set up a facebook group for the Adventist Science Educators Association - so I was lost until Shannon steered my in the right direction. I'm not purchasing advertising, so the page may be lost in cyberspace. I want to revise my Biology 11 and 12 courses to reflect better teaching practices, so I will be finding my way through the forest of good intentions to a "place just right". I need to revamp the chemistry course also - I spend too much time on review and not enough on the new material - so that is more time which I will spend finding my way. I will revise Math 10 and completely redo Math 11for this next school year.
I sure am getting a lot of practice in finding my way out of trouble for a woman who doesn't like being lost!
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