KAWELU WEEK, MAY 17-22
Next week is Kawelu Week. The entire school will focus on Kenya. I have received a lot of information from Mr. Muoki about Kenya, and that information will be sent to all of the different departments at school. All of the teachers will do lessons on Kenya that are specific to their subjects. I have received names of the Kawelu students from grades 4-8, so through the Language Arts classes, all of the students at Parkway will write letters to the students at Kawelu. The students at Boggy Creek and Ventura elementary schools will also write letters and draw pictures. I will take them to Kenya when I go, and I will bring letters back from Kawelu when I come back to Parkway.
Upon request, Mr. Muoki provided me with the prices of a lot of typical commodities in Kenya. I asked him to list those commodities in Kenya shillings. Our math students will be converting those prices from shillings to dollars.
The science classes will be doing lessons on climate. The reading classes will read and discuss two Kenya stories that Mr. Muoki sent to me. The health classes will do lessons about illnesses, ie. HIV, Malaria, Yellow Fever, etc.
The social studies and history classes will do lessons on social issues in Kenya, ie. Politics, Industry, Technology, Tribalism, Independance, and Economy.
On May 22nd, Parkway will host a Benefit Concert. Beginning at 10:00am, there will be a car wash. There will be 3 performance blocks on that day. Admission will be by donation. There will be a performance at 12:00 noon. This performance will feature the Parkway Advanced chorus, and performers from the community. There will be a talent showcase at 1:30. The Parkway combined choruses will do tribute to Michael Jackson at 3:00pm.
There will also be an art exhibit/sale, a bake sale, food and fun.
We are about $1000 from our goal, so I hope to see all of you come out and support this worthy cause.
Rechel
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