June

Just a quick update for today- I have about 3 blogs i have been meaning to write. Soon i will get them up, but for now, a fast recap.

Last week, my 8th grade students graduated from St. Cecilia and I completed my first year of teaching. This week the JVs and I are on break until June 7th when the JVI staff and JVs from Pohnpei and Majuro arrive in Chuuk for a 5 day meeting. It is the middle of my 2 year commitment and the end of 2 years for some. After our meeting, on June 14th and 17th the 2nd year JVs will be leaving us in Chuuk to return home.

On June 18th i will be traveling to Pohnpei, another island/state of FSM. There I will be participating in my summer placement. I will be teaching with a program called HAP, that assists elementary school students in preparing for Xavier High School, the Jesuit High School in Chuuk. I will live with Katie and Josh, 2 JVs in my class who live and work at Xavier. The three of us will stay together in the Pohnpei JV house as a summer community. I return to Chuuk on August 2nd when I will begin my 2nd year here. Soon after, Jessie and I will welcome the two male JVs who will live with us and teach at Saramen Chuuk.

That is all the news for now, please excuse the brevity. New pictures from March-May '08 are going up on my Flickr account as I type.

Kinamwe,
Caitlin