5th

Ok now for the 5th post.
Since I see no prompt I'll just write about what actually happened.
I got to Next Step a little bit late (about 9... bus run late and there was traffic) but found that Wed was the first day of their unit (sort of like a quarter?) so they were having an assembly giving the kids awards for their work the last unit, going over rules, announcing who was going to be in which step this unit, etc. It was nice to see how truly intimate the school is- the whole school fits in the hallway of the 2nd floor of the Latin American Youth Center (the assembly was in the hallway). Once we got to class, we played a game to learn everyone's name and I must admit, it was fun to have my name written in the "teacher" spot on the paper where we wrote everyone's name down.
We started reading an article about people learning to read and write in Spanish (their native language) so that they will be able to learn to read and write in English. The English teacher does a really good job of developing worksheets for them to do before and during the reading to help them better understand it.
My only negative experience at the school really is with Micah, the volunteer coordinator. He really doesn't seem to know what is going on and it's really annoying- I hope it doesn't keep volunteers from coming to the school because the teachers REALLY appreciate the volunteers and the school is doing a great job with what they have and volunteers only help them to do a better job.
Hopefully our CSLP project will help them get more funding and more attention from the community.