The Summer Learning Institute took a break during this week, so not a whole lot was going on. I really just helped around with some small tasks. I lent a hand in re-stocking the pizza area by adding new toppings and folding delivery boxes. When walking around the children’s wing with a couple really cool employees, they pointed out one of the fabric pizza doughs stuck in the ceiling. This made me laugh too hard because I realized how talented kids are at throwing stuff all over the place.  

I had done this specific task a few times before, but I also helped staple, hole-punch, and alphabetize students’ release forms into two binders. One is for the Education staff to keep, and the other has copies that the front security desk holds on to. These babies were packed!! I could barely close them. 

Great news is the 10- to 13-year-olds had their new teacher come in! She had previously taught at the summer camp last year and came in with her mom this week to collect as many materials from the crafts closet as possible to prep her curriculum. I searched around with them for as many items as possible by looking at her printed lists of what she needed. She and her mom were super nice and very well organized. 

Unfortunately, she couldn’t find everything listed, because the other teachers had practically cleared the closet. What she did find she stored inside bins and placed them up high with a bunch of notes claiming her territory.