Week 14: Rolling

Team and some students spirit-breaking after homework help

Ms. Serrano after we volunteered to help with an event to celebrate teen girls

The week was full of:  sooooo much planning for our upcoming literacy night.  I'm getting excited, though.  Also, starting to meet with a new student during lunch, feeling refreshed after a training day with the whole corps, getting frustrated with one student in particular who has taken steps backwards in the areas of "motivation and respect," creating hype about the literacy event, and offering to help at an event for teen girls that a security guard organized. 

 Quotes of the Week:  "City Year keeps me out of trouble!" - A rambunctious ninth-grader, bounding into our room for after-school help

"What's your slogan?  It's not 'give a year, keep the world the same'!" - Maggie Evans, an amazing teacher who leads our literacy trainings

"(When recently at the White House, President Obama and the First Lady) told me to please pass along to everyone at City Year a very big thank you for your work, and to let everyone know how much they appreciate City Year’s work across the country."     - Michael Brown, one of our founders, via email 

Joys:  One of my students was excited when I told her she'll be joining my lunches; a good day with the cheerleaders when they listened more than usual and argued less than usual (I think bringing granola bars helped); having our team rock on getting free stuff donated for our literacy night, VIP lounge, and candy cane fundraiser.