We've been here for 2 months now, and I cannot say that I'm 100% satisfied with our progress. There have been many phone calls, emails, and group meetings within our group and within the community, but I have yet to say that we are making a difference in the lives of the students at Boyd. My group members did get a chance to work at the community garden a few weeks ago, which was great. But, we have run into numerous communication difficulties and time conflicts that our inhibiting the realization of the rest of our project.
Although we haven't accomplished many tangible goals yet, on the bright side, we have taken advantage of this time to build our relationships as a group and truly brainstorm about how to make our project even more innovative and meaningful. So far, we've added some new ideas to our plate of possible projects and we are currently working to get our "green" in-class presentations started. Some of the new ideas that we've been bouncing around are "green" lunch buddies and "green"/craft recesses. I was able to get in contact with the principal at Boyd, Mr. Grandon, about both of these ideas, and he is excited for us to come to Boyd and see them through! As little as 20 minutes ago, Mr. Grandon gave us the "go ahead" to set up a table this Friday at Boyd during recess. I'm beyond excited about this, and hopefully it will be the start of many more "green" recesses to come.
This project has been more work than expected, and has unfortunately taken a bit more time than I had anticipated to get started, but I know that it will all be worth it in the end.
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