The weekend of June 16-17 marked an important event on our school's calendar. It was the first grade-wide overnight field trip our school has ever organized. I am proud to say that I was actually the one who organized it! I won't lie, it was a lot of work and I sent some long days at the school making sure all payments were in and figuring out ways to help the children of our low income school fundraise for such a costly trip of $191.00.
There was one definite perk to being the one who organized the trip. I didn't have to chaperone a particular group of students, because I needed my hands to be free to speak with our tour guides, and also to be the adult in the case we had any child misbehaving. Fortunately our kids were really well behaved and I was told this by many people throughout our trip. The kids got to visit places such as: 5th Ave, FAO Schwartz, Times square, Harlem, Ground Zero, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Planter Hollywood(free dinner)
The trip provided me with tremendous insight and inspiration. It reminded me another great reason to be a teacher. Not only is a teacher a person who gives information, but it's a person who offers experiences. This weekend, I had moments where I just stood on the sidelines and watched the faces of all the kids(50), fellow teachers(5), and parent chaperones (14) and I thought to myself if no one says thank you, this is the reason I did this. Their enjoyment was my reward, my thank you. I love my profession:)!
You can check out some pictures I was able to take here and there from the bus or walking around. Enjoy!
Love,
Ally
PS- Here's the link to my NYC pictures and the link to my school:
http://picasaweb.google.com/allysonsaunders/NewYorkCity
http://www.prospecthillacademy.org/
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