A Day in the Life of a City Year Corps Member

My normal routine:
8:30 am 8:40- First Circle and class prep
8:45 am 10:40- Class time (varies depending on day) Home room/ Math/ Prep Period (I.E: Gym/Music)
10:45 am 11:24- Recess (running games for the kids to play)
11:24 am 11:39- Lunch
11:39 am 12:30 pm-Working Lunch (tutoring kids)
12:30 pm 12:54-Second Recess (running more games)
12:57 pm 1:30- Social Studies Class
1:30-3:00- Varies
3:00-5:00- After school programs (Monday:Art/ Cheerleading Programs Tuesday & Thursday: Starfish Wednesday: Starfish prep and meetings)

Fridays: Not In School

Today is a different day from my normal routine. I have to plan an event for Starfish Opening Day. My team wants it to be a big deal. So I have spent the day thus far folding invitations and writing the names of the starfish on each and everyone. My class has calmed down quite a bit since I got here. Today I walked into their math block and was surprised to see each and every one of them working and helping each other so much so that they barely needed me at all. They asked questions about some things but most of it had to do with external programs and not so much the work.

Ari, 19, corps member, Drinker-Biddle team at Pastorius Elementary