Second Day at KIPP

Today was an interesting day at KIPP. I first observed homeroom for a group of 8th graders and then helped the teacher create the answer key to the algebra benchmark. To create the key I had to take their exam and I learned what the 8th grade students are learning and would learn by the end of the year. I realized that I forgot some of my algebra skills but at least I remembered most of it. Then I went to the high school and helped grade tests with other AWB members. I then ate lunch with a group of 8th graders and one student was really interested in what college is like. I then later helped my teacher supervise the kids for a bit as they rotated around the different classrooms for fun activities as a reward for taking two benchmarks in the past two days. I got to know some of the students as I interacted with them as they played boardgames. All of us from AWB were busy today helping teachers and interacting with the students from each Pride. The students at KIPP are very welcoming and would come up and introduce themselves. Later half of us went to a staff meeting at the middle school while the other half went to the senior meeting in the high school for teachers. I was at the high school meeting and it was interesting to be part of the meeting since the teachers worked together and asked us for input since they were discussing how to teach the seniors how to be ready for classes in college.

Back at the house, I walked around a bit and saw how pretty Lake Gaston is although it is pretty cold here. Later we had a taco dinner as a group and then we had some group bonding. I look forward to tomorrow when we help other students from the school work with Habitat for Humanity.

-Heather Lee