i got a job at an elementary school, called North Rock Creek/Korte, in the kansas city public school district.
they have a website: http://www.kaboom.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.kaboom.org/nrckorte
a couple of times a year, they have a wildlife/environmental studies camp in warrensburg, mo, which is about an hour and a half from kansas city. the one for this semester starts this sunday. and guess what? i'm going along, too. as part of the job.
next week, everyone will need to send john e-mails and phone calls because i won't be there for him to talk to.
if you would like a view of the school, follow these steps:
1. go to http://maps.google.com
2. type in "2437 S Hardy Ave, Independence, MO 64052"
3. in the top right corner of the map, you will see the buttons 'map', 'satellite', and 'hybrid'. choose satellite.
4. the school is actually located a little bit south east of the green arrow. you will have to zoom in on the map in order to see it. (this can be done with the mouse roller or the zoom scale on the left of the screen)
5. now, south east of the arrow, you will see an oval-shaped parking lot. just south of that is the school building.
located behind the school building, and behind the parking lot, are things like an amphitheatre, a log cabin, and a little wooded area that has benches and a path where the kids can go to read if they want. i think they've started calling it 'the secret garden'. pretty cute, huh? i don't think you'll be able to pick these things out on the map, but it's still neat to see a bird's eye view of the school.
so, even though this job is not going to be luxurious or high profile, or even well-paying, i think that it will be a great job. it is important to me to make connections and friendships with people. it is hard to do that if i only see them once or twice a month (at most), which is what happens with substitute teaching. i think that if i were able to sub everyday in liberty, i would end up making more than i will make at this full-time job. but i think that the life i will have at this job will be better than the life in which subbing plays a substantial role.
all about our milkshakes
- john/laura
- we like to go the park, play, go to crema for treats, and to have fun.
3 comments:
Hooray for you! I'm happy for you if you are happy that you got the job and I know you will be great with the children. What is John's cell phone number? I can't call him if i don't have it. Hope you make it ok at camp next week.
Vivian's kids had $8850 in hand today...she's going to be bald by Friday...she said she was wearing her hair all gelled up sticking straight up tomorrow and that on friday it would be pink and green. Love you both!
john's number is
513
238
7431
the actual URL to the school website is
www.kaboom.org/nrckorte
the way you say "i'm happy for you if you are happy" makes it sound like i'm doing something pitiful.
i guess you don't mean it like that, but it sounds like 'i don't know who would be happy with that job, but if you like it, then good for you'.
i guess you probably mean something else, but it's hard to get over the way it sounds initially.
I'm sorry! I did NOT mean for it to sound that way! I think it is going to be a lot of hard work, but I do think it is going to be a lot of fun for you. What I think is ironic is that it sounds just like a job i would have loved to do when I was younger and you used to tell me that you were never going to be like me. Like I used to say...you can't always fight genetics!
I had already found the school website last night and checked it all out. Looks really neat!
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