Field Trip Fun!

So because I haven’t gotten a real chance to explore the island as of yet, Mr. Diaz asked me if I would help chaperone the trip for the 10th -12th graders to Santa Domingo. Of course I said yes, so on Friday the 7th we packed into a bus and headed on our way. The bus claimed to hold 35, but after getting 30 students inside, there obviously wasn’t going to be enough room for more students or any teachers, so Mr. Diaz ended up taking his car with me and 3 students. I liked this better, because for a 2.5 hour drive, I would much rather be in a car then a bus for car sickness and knee movement purposes…

We got down to a hotel in Santa Domingo and spent about an hour and a half in one of their halls where colleges from around the island and a few from the states and Europe had displays and people to talk to about what their school had to offer. It was a smaller college fair that I’m used to, but they set ups were really nice. It was fun to walk around and ask the students what they wanted to do and where they wanted to go. Quite a few wanted to do certain things because they would get paid a lot… that bummed me out a bit. I did find a few that seemed not to care about becoming a millionaire and just doing something because they wanted to… They got to walk through the booths for about an hour then had a presentation given by several of the colleges represented.

After that we headed to one of the big malls. Everybody ate at the food court then had a chance just to walk around and shop. I got to go shopping alone, which was fantastic. I forgot how much I like to walk around and shop by myself! I got a fun necklace and found some super fun paints! I got in a little Christmas shopping as well! I went back to the food court and hung out with some of the kids while we waited for everyone. It was fun to sit and talk to them outside the classroom. Overall the day was really fun and I’m glad I got the chance to see more of the island.

That next Tuesday one of the K-5 moms brought tickets to the school that she had bought for all of the preschool students to go see “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” the next day. In the states that would have been a huge hassle and we probably wouldn’t have been able to go with such short notice, but that day all parents were called and a bus showed up the next morning to take us to the theater. I admit, I was a little nervous about taking my kids off campus because they had a tendency to go a bit crazy, but they were so good! We fit somewhere between 45 and 55 kids plus 4 teachers in a bus – that in itself was amazing. The kids really liked the bus ride itself. They were laughing and just having a good time driving around. We got to the theater and got our seats pretty easily. The show was a children’s production in Spanish, so that was really neat to see. It reminded me of Sarah and all the shows that she was in! The kids were really into the show and behaved so well during the entire thing! The kids had a great time and it was so fun just to go somewhere different outside of school!