This week's assembly was hosted by me and Huston, the other World Teach volunteer at the high school. We made a power point presentation for the two assemblies. "The Hall" was filled at the first assembly with only 8th and 9th graders, at the second assembly with 10th, 11th, and 12th graders (there is a large drop out rate after grade 10). My portion of the presentation focused on HSTAT and "a day in the life of a HSTAT student." I almost incited a riot when I showed pictures of our students not wearing uniforms. They were interested to hear about students who do not speak English at home who take all of their classes in English- the students at Ocean View have the option of taking all classes in Afrikaans (their first language). The picture below was taken during mine and Houston's 2 minute dress rehersal...
The school was given 4 Smart Boards by the government- they are super nice because, unlike mine, they are mounted on the wall and the projector is set from the ceiling. The school board was taking a long time sending people to set them up, so I did a professional development session about them and how I have used them and have been working with individual teachers on implementing them in their classrooms. Above is Ms. Johnson, who teaches Math, Physics, and Natural Science and is also the surf coach!!!
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