Summertime

It's almost Summer and I am pumped. All the students are done with school until August. Teachers are required to work until the end of June. I am going to work at school during the Summer months to work on the following projects:

1. Finishing Student and Teacher Manuals for It's Up To Me Program
2. Finalizing Plans for the E.P. Yorke Sports Complex - this is something I am really excited about. I noticed that sports are not as big of a part of the lives of the kids who go to school here; reason being: there are not many places to participate in sports. So i figured lets build a complex. The school has the room and if a complex is built and the sports programs are developed, it might help some of the kids who live on the south side of the city lead better lives. I had the Technical Drawing teacher professionally draw the layout of the school and about 6 members of staff decided on what they would like to see out of the complex. The plan is probably going to take about 4-5 years so I will hopefully pass it on to the next volunteer who comes in, assuming there will be one at E.P. Yorke. I will fill everyone in on the progress!
3. Create a Rule Book for Sports Day Activities - the school has a month of sporting activities in December and I was on the committee who officiated all of the activities. Considering it was my first year i sat back and watched a lot of the time and went along with the other refs. calls. There was quite a bit of confusion on a lot of the calls and the reasoning behind some of the decisions made, so I said: "We need a rule book so there is no confusion on the rules and calls being made during all these events." They all concluded that it would be a good idea.

So even though school is out, my summer should be filled with things to do.

I should also add that Hurricane/Rainy Season started on June 1. I am ready for some rain. I don't think anyone can ever be ready for a hurricane though. Living down here hurricanes are a serious threat and I expect to be consolidated a few times this season, but you never know. It has been extremely hot for the past couple months. If you look at a weather report most of the time it reads: 96 feels like 102. Humidity.

Far From Home,

Christopher Wilkins Weiss