summer plans

I have two weeks of school left, and this week I have two days off for various conferences and other student activities. Summer break is in sight! For PC I've had to detail my summer plans - how I will occupy my three months without scheduled work at the school. I did that and have sent it along to them, and figured I would put it up here as well, to give an idea of what a summer looks like for an education PCV in KZ. Enjoy, and feel free to come visit during any of the weeks I'm at site.

Summer Schedule:

Week 1 – June 2-8
Work at school #8: training next year’s Olympiad participants, classroom organization.
Mon: Sports Club; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club; Sat: American Corner (AC) Club

Week 2 – June 9-15
Work at school #8: camp preparation
Mon: Sports Club; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club; Sat: AC Club

Week 3 & 4 – June 16-28
Petro English Department Camp

Week 5 – June 29-July 6
Shuchinsk Russian Language Camp
July 4-5 Travel to Almaty
July 5-6 Vacation in Almaty

Week 6 – July 7-13
Vacation
July 7 Vacation in Almaty
July 8 Travel to Astana
July 9 Astana
July 10 Arrive in Petro
July 12 AC English Club

Week 7 – July 14-20
Mon: Sports Club; Tues: English Picnic with the Montgomery’s; Wed: Trip to visit Tim in Yavlenka; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club; Sat: AC Club

Week 8 – July 21-27
Mon: Sports Club; Tues: English Picnic with the Montgomery’s; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club;
July 26 – Travel to Kokshetau, Visit Medet
July 27 – Travel to Balkhash, Visit Drew and Alex

Week 9 – July 28-August 3
July 28 – Travel to Almaty
July 29 – Parents leave
July 29-August 4 Teacher Training Institute in Almaty

Week 10 & 11 – August 4-17
August 5 – Travel to Baravoe
August 7-17 Baravoe English Camp

Week 12 – August 18-24
August 18 – Arrival in Petro
Work at School #8: Tues: Sports Club; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club; Sat: AC Club

Week 13 – August 25-31
Fall Planning at School #8
Tues: Sports Club; Thurs: Movie Club; Friday: Teacher Club; Sat: AC Club

As you can see, I'm hoping to start a sports club (really just playing soccer once a week with students during the summer). Also, Mike is planning a movie club that will show and discuss various movies with the help of movie guides given to us by Uzbekistan PCVs. My work at the Professional Development Institute will continue with a teachers' club where we'll do current event articles and discussions. And of course, our American Corner English Club will continue the weekends that we're in town. I will probably keep teaching spanish as well, which I started three weeks ago with a class of about 10 students from various schools around Petro.