This week in English class Sarah and I gave a presentation about Alaska. We taught some Alaskan animal vocabulary and showed Dan Evan´s photo book to give them an idea of Sitka. Also this week the kids are making cards for the school´s donors. They are writing half of it in Spanish and half in English. The first graders take the whole hour to copy the message, but turn out cards with impeccably high cuteness levels.
This evening we visited the dormitories and distributed the clothing we brought up. Being from Sitka the amount of cold weather clothing was a little more than needed in this climate, but the children were thrilled to get new clothes. They were also really excited to see us up there, so we´re hoping to go up at least once a week to play with the kids and help out. Usually there is only one woman up at the dorms at night with the fifteen children there, and as if that couldn´t wear out a normal person, she teaches a class of thirty kids during the day. She´s an amazing woman and it seems the children really like her.
This last weekend we painted all the large areas with the help of the renter. Sarah and I are still painting a little every night and besides the floor collecting paint drips, the place is really looking better.