Guatemala 2008: Drama

It was also found out that I did drama and speech team throughout high school and so I ended up helping out with the high school play which was The Princess Bride. Before hand, I helped with little tasks like painting or filling in if someone was missing. During the actual performances I did make-up and helped with some quick costume changes. The students in the pictures are some of the students whose make-up I did.

Guatemala 2008: Monterrico

For one of our excursions we went to the Pacific to the beach of Monterrico. Some of the highlights (in addition to the beauty of the ocean) were taking a boat down a canal to get there and releasing babt sea turtles at sunset. We also saw, very distantly, some whales.

Guatemala 2008: Coaching Volleyball

So the secret got out that I played volleyball in middle school and high school, and the school was in need of a coach for the middle school girls to do volleyball. Quickly Miss Nelson became Coach Nelson.

Coaching turned out to be a blessing-- I was able to get to know the girls and some of the parents of the girls well. Also, I had to learn to be strict and firm even when it was easier just to let things go. Through coaching I learned a lot about myself and about middle school girls!

Guatemala 2008: Student Teaching Overview

For my student teaching, I worked at Christian Academy of Guatemala in the capital, Guatemala City. It's a US school abroad that is aimed mostly at the children of missionaries. The student body is about 250 students total and the students a from the US, Canada, Guatemala, and Korea.

During my time, I taught various Spanish classes (it's an English-speaking school). My classes included: once a week exploratory class with the kindergarteners, a preparatory class for the AP Spanish exam, a upper elementary Spanish class with advanced students, a middle school class with beginning students, and a high school class with intermediate students.