At Shining Rock’s summer camp, we planned on having a blast engaging the kids’ minds, even if school was out. Activities ranged from building rockets to attempting science projects to going to the pool just to play. We normally…
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Another Great Story from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
When I first started working with this student, I learned he had a stressful home life. When I would work with him, he would just stop in the middle of his lesson and start talking about something that happened…
A great story for AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
I was at home one night worrying about not having a Big for a little girl in third grade. The little girl, DD, was living with her grandparents because her mother was in the hospital waiting for a liver…
A “Great Story” from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
L is a sweet (but very stubborn) first-grader that I have been working with for a couple of months now. We work together three days a week on math and reading. From what I can tell, after talking with L,…
A “Great Story” from Americorps’ Project MARS
Putting a smile on people’s faces is very important to me. Being kind to people is also important to me because letting my light shine shows others that there is indeed hope in this world even if in their…