With spring break coming up in a few weeks, I decided to
make an agenda for the week so I can get in all of my hours! I’m going to work extra hours on a few of the
days now because I am driving to Chicago at the end of the week to see my
sister and her family! I am looking forward
to that, but it messes with some of my service hour plans. No problem, however! I will just condense. My schedule is the following:
On Monday, I will go to school with my mom at 7:30-7:45 like
she usually does. The school day goes
until 3:45, so if I work the whole school day for 3 days, I will get 24 hours
done! (I am thankful I am not going on
vacation during break so I can knock it out so quickly.) To finish the other 6 hours, I plan to spend
2 hours with my mom each day after school either working on grading papers or
doing other tasks in her room. She usually
stays later anyways since she is an empty-nester now, so there will not be very
many accommodations she will have to make for my hours. If I have done my math correctly, I should be
able to complete all of the hours!
It feels good to know I will be helping my community at home
by working with these kids and teachers.
They gave so much to me for so many years. They also give my mother employment, so I have
even more thanks to give! This spring
break will be a productive and rewarding one.
Wow Chicago sounds like it will be a fun time for you and it will be even better because you will have gotten most of your volunteering hours out of the way before the trip. I like the idea of staying after school for 2 hours each day because it breaks up your time into smaller portions and that way it won't seem like a huge part of your day. I think it would be interesting to spend an entire day at an elementary school as a college student because I'd imagine you would look at everything with new eyes. You will have an individual experience because you know most of the staff at the school, but it must be at least somewhat strange to be back at your elementary school after all of these years. It certainly will be a great experience for everyone involved. What would probably be the most interesting is if some of the same teachers that you had as a student were still teaching there and you were able to help them with their duties instructing the current students.
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