In only
a couple of weeks, we will mark our 2-year anniversary of working in Jamaica.
Here are a few highlights of the first 2 months of 2016.
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| Grade 5 student 'reporters' |
Rural
Jamaican students don’t have much opportunity to do any recreational reading;
there is no nearby library and many homes don’t have books at all. I was very
pleased with a lesson plan I created using newspapers. The kids enjoyed being ‘reporters’
– they selected a picture in the paper, and then wrote a fictionalized story
about it.
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| Super Bowl 50 |
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| Pizza, Fries and Red Stripe |
Big Ups
("thanks") to CBS for providing a Super-Bowl-50 cable feed
to Jamaica. Pizza, fries and Red Stripes while watching our Broncos
win!
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| Levi is 6 months old! |
Grandson
Levi Anderson is 6-months old. We were even able to SKYPE with him (Irene sang
him a lullaby as he fell asleep).
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| Our 2-years of Peace Corps service conference |
We
attended a conference with all the volunteers from our group who started in
Jamaica in 2014. It was at the “FDR” – Franklin Delano Resort (lol!) in Runaway
Bay.
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| Peace Corps Jamaica volunteers - we all started in March 2014 |
Serena,
our ‘Jamerican’ dog, is always ready to play and show her love. She is also a
good watchdog – making sure that anyone (or any goat, chicken, or dog) that
comes near our gate is properly announced.
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| "Es mio!" - It's mine! |
The GSAT
(Grade Six Achievement Test) is administered in March. I made a deal with a great
Jamaican software entrepreneur (Edufocal.com) to license their training tool
for our school. We use our USAID donated
projector to engage the students in a ‘video-game’ approach to studying for
their critical exam.
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| Studying for the GSAT |
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| Valentine's Day 2016 |
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| Chow Mein & Corona Beer |
And…we
hadn’t had Chinese food for 2 years, so for Valentine’s Day we went out to a ‘fancy’
part of town for Chow Mein and Corona beers (they didn’t have any Asian brews).
We do get TV coverage of the U.S. elections here, and of course, we can vote by absentee ballot. This week is also parliamentary election week in Jamaica. We are careful to remain ‘neutral’ in our communities; it will be interesting if the labour party gains the majority from the current Conservative majority. Thanks
for following our posts – Walk Gud!
