Happy Holidays, everyone!
With 2011 quickly approaching, we would like to offer just a few updates with information and the progress we’ve made thus far. We’re happy to share that we’ve received our initial placements in the U.S.; Rachel will be in 5th grade learning support at Charleroi Elementary Center and Jackie will be in 3rd grade at Mifflin K-8, within Pittsburgh’s public school district. We are currently in the process of working to solidify our travel plans. As of now, it looks as if we will be departing on March 17 and returning on May 3. Over the last month we’ve met with several professors, professionals, and various boards to help spread our vision and the goals we’ve set to achieve on this initial journey to India. The outpouring of support and levels of excitement shared by everyone have been simply incredible. Not only have we received gifts to help us achieve the financial goal necessary, we’ve also received many of the materials necessary to create a rich sensory-filled curriculum for the children in India. Last weekend, we met with Dr. and Mrs. Kennedy to explore the explosive amount of literary resources, transdisciplinary manipulatives, and experiential knowledge which they still possessed from Dr. Kennedy’s teaching career. With the help of the Kennedy’s, we will not only show students the various concepts for exploration but they will be able to interact with stimulating materials to help define a better, more personalized, understanding of the concepts at hand. As the days pass by, the excitement continues to build for us and we’re working to be as prepared as we possibly can to help make a difference in the lives of the children we will soon meet. Our next steps in this journey are receiving the immunizations needed to travel and securing the travel arrangements. We ask that you continue to help us spread the word, share our blog with friends & family, and continuously lift our names in prayer as we continue our own preparation.
We would like to extend a special thank you to these generous donors, for they have helped greatly in our efforts to finance this experience:
The Student Association, Incorporated’s Board of Directors
Ms. Khadijah Al-Amin
Dr. Connie Armitage
Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Colelli
Dr. Teresa Lee Powell & family
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Harkins
Tammy Harris
Casey Connaway
Hands & Feet Ministry
Happy New Year!
Jackie & Rachel
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