Guest Blogger: Greenie
Due to Kate’s generosity of sharing and her artful way of creating a blog, she has offered me an opportunity to be one of the contributor’s to the journey being taken this summer by her, Joey, and myself. It is an understatement when I say that I am grateful for these two teachers and the contributions they are making to Tuskegee. They have earned appreciation from everyone at the school. My role has moved from active teaching to coordinator and it is a pleasure to watch Kate and Joey share their masterful talents with the children and teachers of Tuskegee as I work behind the scenes with director and founder Charles Yarfoh.
On Monday, it was back to teaching and Kate jumped right in with her amazing math skills and had to schedule her lessons because so many teachers wanted her in their classrooms. Her lesson on clocks with Class ones was amazing and even though she said she had never taught clocks before, it was obvious she knew what she was doing.
Joey continued working with students on the bookcases, guiding them and encouraging them to take risks in thinking and learning.
Today, Kate met her scheduled visits to teach in Class 4, JHS 1 & 2. She is working with base 10 blocks and the students are loving her approach.
As a yearly project, I brought items for the students created by Parker kids. This year I had kits for heart-shaped bags that held handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs are a necessity and required part of the school uniform. In fact the students sometimes have to show that they have a clean handkerchief for the school day at the school morning exercise. What’s this? Morning exercise? At Tuskegee morning exercise includes saying the pledge to the Ghanaian flag, singing the national anthem, sometimes the school song and a prayer to bless the day. Another project from Chicago was school supply pouches that were put together for older students. These pouches each held colored pencils, protractors, pens and erasers for the students. Parker PM director Stacey Newmark and her daughter Molly lovingly organized and filled these pouches for Classes 6, 7 and 8. The sister school connection has now moved from Parker students to Parker faculty to Parker families.!
I am so appreciative of this summer’s experience with teachers like Kate and Joey. I am grateful for their talents and for the effect it is having on the school, students, and teachers. Charles Yarfoh is extraordinarily grateful for the support Dan Frank has given to make this connection so meaningful.
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