Service Learners

At the High School there is a program called "Service Learning" for students that have open blocks to pair up with teachers throughout the district.  The high school students could go at this opportunity multiple different ways.

1. Use it as an opportunity to see what education would be like to pursue a career in the field.
2. Use it to work with kids.
3. Use it as a break from the daily grind of the High School world.
4. Use it as an opportunity to pay back to a school they attended, for a teacher they personally had, or just provide service in general.
5. Come hang out with the coolest students (and possibly the coolest teacher ;) in the district)...okay, maybe that was a stretch, but you see where I'm going here!

There are a lot of students that think they want to come to Kinderland, but once they are here...they don't exactly dig in and contribute to the class.  That was NOT the case with our last service learner.  I am sure many of you have heard from your own kinder that Alyssa Wiebel was in our room this Quarter.  She is a Junior up at the High School.  She is very involved in athletics, and is a very committed student in the classroom.  Alyssa is someone that I felt could really be a role model to introduce to our students.  She came down this afternoon to say good-bye to everyone on her last day.  We made her cards and got her some yummy lotion!  Make sure you ask your kinder about Alyssa!  Here is a picture that we took today!