Excited for the future

We again had many kids show up, most of whom were returning from last week. I guess a little bribery goes a long way. On my way into the middle school I heard someone calling me and was surprised to see one of the kids from last semester. I asked her how she had been and if she knew the design club was still going on. I was stunned to hear that she had never heard of it at school. We had sent out numerous flyers and made announcements in the school, and yet many students were still unaware of the program. It sounds like the school isn’t doing their part in advertising.
Anyway, she was very thrilled to hear it was still going on and said she planned on attending everyday until the end. It just so happened to be that on the same day the landscape architect had come in to get the kids ideas and directly implements them into the school. All of the kids were extremely excited to see that they really were helping to design the school and that their artwork would be a permanent feature in their new school. They all listened intently as the architect brilliantly explained what her plans were thus far and what she needed their help with. (And in language that any kid could understand too!) The kids all came up with some beautiful and original ideas. They took this day very seriously and worked very hard to come up with the types of ideas that everyone would be happy with.
The girl from last semester was born in Mexico and really wanted to incorporate some of her heritage into the new school. (Many kids at Casey have a Hispanic background) She came up with two great ideas for this. One was recreating a smaller version of a Mayan temple that would also serve as a fountain. The other was to have a learning wall where there were different blocks for each country giving a little bit of information for each, and a nice picture. So far, every week just gets better and better. I’m excited to see what next week will bring!

Sam