Our drivers keep us safe and get us to where to need to go. They also have amazing eyesight. Driving back from Gichunge Primary this morning, the van came to a quick stop and we were ordered to spot a heron about 200 feet out on our left. As most of us fumbled to follow his directions, he continued to guide our vision to the 3-foot bird having his breakfast. As the snake wiggled and squirmed, we were glad to be as far away as we were.
We had just left the primary school where we had spoken to the good soul hired to turn the soil for the feeding program. I suspect his ox plow was not a John Deere. It has been very dry with the spring rains already two weeks overdue. The parents were waiting for the first rain, to plant.
We had part of our team continue the weight/height study we began several years ago. The ages for third grade ranged from 8 to 15 … the weights from 45 pounds (less than our luggage limit) to 75 … the heights from 4 feet to 4'9" … and these are improvements.
On a lighter side, we are taking class photos again this year. The photos we took last year were a first-time event for most of the children. Larry Gray and Marcos Bacelis took the lead today … we had a great time looking through the shots this evening to see how many of them Marcos photo-bombed as he dashed in to try to straighten out a line or get someone to face forward. We should make an album of these alone.
The 3x5 cards were used for student questions in a seminar we were asked to hold with all of the Form 1 (Ninth Grade) students on male & female health issues. We are fortunate to have three physicians on the team this year. Margaret Punch and Catherine Nicoli took the lead for the girls and Jeff Punch and Dan Nicoli took the lead for the boys. They opened addressing some of the issues the teachers had shared and then began to respond to questions from students submitted anonymously on cards. Evidence of the lack of good information, there were more than enough questions to fill the full two hours scheduled. We need to buy more cards for the Form 2 session tomorrow.
Along with Science classes, a part of our team presented a class on the American Electoral College. Our students took the lead and the reviews were great.
It was a great day all the way around … except for the snake.
Tomorrow to we pay tribute to Dixie Edwards who was a long-time member of this mission in the dedication of a student assembly area constructed in her honor at the high school. She would have loved the snake, the ox, the 3x5 cards, and maybe the discussion of the Electoral College.
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