Grant, Sports and Cake

I got some good news on the grant my school and I wrote for the Parent Literacy Workshop. It was approved!!! Our budget is $3500 US, we are pumped! After 3 days of registration, we had over 50 parents sign up…crazy! The workshop will be in May and will focus on ways on how to support literacy in the home. We hope to spark a desire for parent involvement in the school and children’s education as well as establish a parent leader group made of those parents who take the initiative to get involved. We are designing a logo and t-shirts and will be making kits for parents to take home with materials and books. Everyone is excited and all the staff and teachers are helping in facilitating different sessions for parents to rotate to. And of course, there will be a lunch after so that will help with the attendance! More to come!

It’s the end of sports term at school. This past week was our District sports meet and we didn’t do well as a school but the kids had fun and did their best. While there are many disadvantages our school faces (no field by the school, no private coach, fewer students, etc)  I really enjoyed getting involved in helping coach our team – a fun side project this year – and cheering them on. At least we are participating and we just received word that two of our students have been selected to represent our district at Nationals. We should also have fun sports this coming week. The students get to play games like sack races, obstacle courses, lime on a spoon, etc.

Sister Thomas and I are become quite a team. Not only do we co-teach our gospel doctrine lessons at church, but our cake decorating is getting better. She and I made a birthday cake this morning, one of our best. We practiced making fondant roses…pictures below.

My neighbour downstairs has gotten a dog and consequently, a new friend for Ruby. His name is Mounty and he is one of those white, fluffy dogs that always look like they need a bath. We let them play in the yard, chained since he is a little too manish. He escapes a lot and talks to Ruby through the window in the middle of the night. Mama is not too happy about that…at least we won’t have any puppies, I’m too young to be a grandma!