This Week at Streets!

This past week at Streets was great! Monday, I was able to sit in on a meeting with the Leadership Academy as they were proposing a criteria for a sex ed class for mentors and students. The way the Leadership Academy had all of their information in a binder was actually incredible to see. Everything was so organized, and their criteria was so awesome. As I was sitting in the meeting I thought to myself, "I wish that I could have had this criteria while I was teaching purity in Africa this summer!". They truly thought everything through for the benefit of the kids! The criteria is for the training of the mentors, and there are also some activities for kids. After the meeting, I walked with Jess through Kingsbury Middle and High School. It was amazing to see the difference in my school and theirs. The teachers all seemed very nice, and the students were also very welcoming. We went to lunch to visit some students, and one boy who has lived in the United States for only three years let us read his college essay. It was so amazing to see how well he was writing for only living here for three years. It was rewarding to see the relationships that Jess has made with all of the students at Kingsbury.

On Thursday, I watched a run through of a Middle School Block party with Kelechi, RA, and Jared! They had music, games, and fun skits for the kids to have a good time. It was very cool to see how they planned their block parties and how they ran through everything like it was the real thing. After the meeting, the kids started to line up at the door to be let in to hang out for that afternoon. I bet there were hundreds of kids lined up outside of Streets! As the kids came in, Reggie asked me to work the ID table. I asked for all of the kids information, and took their pictures for the new IDs they will be getting next week. This was a very busy job, but it was also a lot of fun because I was able to meet a lot of kids!

 This picture shows a little glimpse of the Middle School Block Party run through!!

Here are some of the children lining up to come inside of Streets after school:)

I am going back to Streets four days out of five this week, and I couldn't be happy! I am really enjoying my time there.