Camp City Year

Two weeks ago, during the school's spring break, we ran a camp at P.S. 112, a school right down the street from mine. The kids came from 8-5 and we played games and made up team chants and all sorts of camp type things. The term "camp" did cause some confusion, though, when one of the students had packed her things the week before, thinking that we were going to be sleeping in tents. We also got the occasional question about roasting marshmellows or campfires. Overall, the camp was a huge success. I led a group of 3rd graders all week and they were amazing. It was one of the best weeks I've had in City Year so far. It was nice to hang out with the kids in a different environment, one where the focus was to play and have fun instead of teaching them things like healthy choices or math or science.

The camp was for students from both P.s. 111 and 112 but they recruited heavily from 112 since that was where the camp was being held. The theme was Lights, Camera, Action and everything was adjusted to have a movie theme behind it. The kids even directed their own mini-movie on Thursday and played for the whole camp on Friday.

Because all the kids had to sign a waiver saying they could be video taped for the movie, I'm allowed to post some pictures. :)

Melissa on Spring Break!

(In the fountain from the tv show Friends)

Melissa came for her spring break which was about a month ago. She was here for 10 days so I took some time off work and we ran this city. She came to school with me a couple times, once to see what it was like and a second time to help with a big carnival that we put on for the kids. It was a great week and a half and so nice to have her here for a while.

The highlight was probably Crumbs, the best cupcake store ever. Other than that, we explored Central Park (where I found things I hadn't even seen before), ate at a specialty mac 'n' cheese place, went through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Natural History Museum, a PB&J restaurant, and a lot of other NYC landmarks.

Great trip... Miss her...


(Batman made of legos in FAO Schwartz)