Dan and I with our form 4 class and the trees they were about to plant!
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This past week, Dan and I taught the form 4 (grade 12) class at St. Justino. At first I was nervous to be teaching the oldest students in the school, but this quickly became my favorite class so far on project. Dan and I were much more comfortable with the curriculum this week, so it made it easier to be relaxed with the students while teaching. There were only 28 students in the class. They were curious, gracious and lots of fun. They challenged Dan and I with some really great questions. Thursday when we were teaching HIV, we didn’t get through the whole curriculum (We finished teaching it on Saturday), because we had half an hour of students raising their hands with one question after another. It was the best part of teaching this week. This class had had the YESS/QHO training in 2007 when they were in form 1. One of them asked me if I knew the trainers from that year, because she still remembered them. That was the same year that a YESS club was formed at St. Justino. One of my students is the chairmen of the club this year. She told me a lot about how their club is run, so we can assist other schools in starting a YESS club. To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of their club, they are planning to publish a magazine this year. Saturday we returned to this school for an outreach day. We held a mobile VCT in the school for the students and their community. A VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) is a service that provides HIV testing and counseling. We also planted trees with the students and picked up garbage around the school since it was world environment day. It was so nice to get to chat a bit more with some of the students outside the classroom. I will definitely miss this school. A week goes by so fast!
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