Working up a sweat

Hello, it's Rebecca again. We've been hard at work here in New Orleans - everyone arrived here safely (yay!), and then we got started right away at KIPP Central City Academy. Some of the work so far has included labeling, laminating, book sorting, bulletin board making, and alphabet book copying. Since this will be the first year that KIPP has first graders, we have been helping put together the first grade classrooms. Here we are getting all those books sorted in the science lab.

Today, a few of us worked at Happy Times Preschool and after evaluating the school and giving suggestions for improvement, we cleaned up two book/toy areas and threw away old materials. The kids said it looked nice when they came back in from playing outside :) Take a look at the area Joan and I worked on:

Tomorrow a few of us will also be visiting Royal Castle Kids Preschool, so hopefully we will be of good help there as well. We've all been enjoying our time here, getting to know each other in the evenings and taking in the sights of New Orleans. We'll keep you posted the rest of the week!