Thank you for all of your support and interest! As you can see, the Alego community really needs our help. The two weeks that Tori and I spent over there were life-changing. We were immersed in a culture so unlike ours that it became a learning experience for us as well as the students.
We spent every school day from 8-12 helping the nursery school teachers with their classes. Tori spent most of her time in the nursery class (our pre-k) while I spent most of my time with the pre-unit class (our kindergarten). The children quickly warmed up to us and it seems couldn't get enough of our attention! They were fascinated with our skin, hair, clothes, and most importantly, our "accent," and made sure that they walked us home every day after school. From 2-4, Tori and I divided our time between standard 2 (2nd grade) through standard 8 (8th grade) in the primary school. Tori spent a lot of time teaching English and math skills to the 2nd graders while I spent the majority of my time with the 3rd graders. We also made sure we visited every other grade because they were all anxious to be taught by us and we left it up to them as to what we talked about. They asked us all sorts of questions from what school was like in the US and how our governement worked to questions they had about multiplication and adverbs.
It was so sad to leave Alego but I know that we changed the lives of these students forever; just as they changed ours. It is our hope to return in a few years, but time will tell. In the meantime, this organization really does need all the support it can get, in order to provide the children of the community with a postive environment conduciveto learning and success.
I hope you enjoy the pictures and that you are touched by these children just as we were.
Justine
Enjoy :)
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