Day 11: Beary Kind Citizens.. (Go Scott Lane Bears!)

"Scott Lane is a public K-5 elementary school and one of sixteen elementary schools in the Santa Clara Unified School District. The school serves a richly diverse population. Students, families and staff combined at the school speak over 17 languages. About 65% of the students are English learners. Scott Lane offers a K-5 Transitional Maintenance Bilingual Program that prepares students to be academically and socially successful in English and Spanish and fosters pride and respect for cultural and linguistic differences. Scott Lane specializes in differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students. Children with special needs are mainstreamed into the regular classrooms." (Direct link)

We have a school requirement to fulfill 10 hours of community service each year as a freshman, sophomore and junior. Well guess who got tied down and realized she owed a whopping 10 hours by this Friday... yup; that'd be me.

Well anyways, I decided I would go do my time at Scott Lane Elementary (I went a few times last year and the year before.) For the most part, I remembered enjoying my time there but it wasn't until I got there that I remembered how much I LOVED these kids! They are so awesome- I hardly even felt like I was doing community service! If you ever have some free time- go see them! The only care they have is being first in line for snack or being the next lava monster champion. They are also quite beastly at Dodgeball- it's become quite the tradition to play a few games when Harker kids go to visit them. This isn't any little kid dodgeball either- come prepared to get worked! All in all, you have the opportunity to affect a person's life- to influence them by simply showing them attention and listening to them. The staff is extremely inviting and are always open to new faces to keep the kids occupied. If you go to Harker- shoot Kerry an e-mail: she drives a small group every Wednesday and I'm sure she'd be more than happy to save you a seat.

Oh and I saw this commercial tonight... Fit's the purpose- :) enjoy