Day 5: The fullest "half" day

On Wednesday, we returned to all 5 sites for a half-day of work.  Most sites continued the work from the days prior, but a few tackled some novel work assignments.

At Joe Hartman, construction ceased for a day in order for us to lead 40-minute classes for the students.  Students were grouped in teams of 5 to lead songs and arts/crafts activities for the students.  Each group taught two classes: one in the lower grades (K-2) and one in the upper grades (3-6).

Nayar, Maaz, Jenna, Ben, Ms. Martins & Samm

bring "snow" to the DR

Seline K., killing it on the kid front (and back)

Priya & Michaela pictured in back

Meanwhile over at La Lechosa, our most talented artists gathered together to create a mural.  They painted a beautiful tree with handprints as leaves.  Although it rained intermittently--each time effectively erasing all of their work to that point--the determined team still managed to realize their vision in just a few hours.

Michaela B, Wat alum, putting finishing touches on the mural

Our artist-extraordinaires

That afternoon, our team gathered together for a short dip in the ocean, returned back to Casa Pastoral for dinner, and promptly headed out to root for the local Toros!

Right to left: Olivia, Clare, Matteo, Seline, Ethan & Avery

Almost the whole gang!

(AKA our team is so big this year that we hardly fit into a single photo!)