Hockey and Soccer and Radio Shows!

Howdy everyone! Sorry for such a long break! The past few weeks have been insane up here at the Hurst! First of all a huge congrats to our Mens and Womens Hockey teams who both went on to their respective playoffs in Rochester and Wisconsin a few weeks ago. The games were amazing - and the fan support was unreal! We rocked the Mercyhurst Ice Center (MIC) Friday, Saturday and then again on Sunday to rally a win over Holy Cross.

Next up - Soccer Club! We are currently in full swing getting into Spring Term - which is why I've been so incredibly busy! We are in charge of the soccer intramurals this year which is great because we are helping them revamp the process a bit to make it a bit more streamlined. We start our games NEXT WEEK! Crazy! Intramurals are free, co-ed and you have to have one girl on the field at all times, we play 7v7 including a goalie, and play in the evenings after classes have ended. There are playoffs at the end concluding in a championship game - prizes included!

My team winning 3rd Place at the Fall Equinox Tournament!

We are also planning our Spring Equinox Tournament! This is a fundraiser for the club, and we host a tournament for students to participate in and win great prizes. This is separate from Intramurals where we plan the games tournament style and it is all one on one or two weekend nights.

Finally - we are also going to an International Friendly Tournament down at Slippery Rock University in April! I'm so excited for this, because we will get to play teams from other schools all around the area and across the state! This will be a fun and competitive tournament which will be a nice change from our regular pick up games, which aren't really very competitive.

And finally - I've been Clinical II placement for the past 3 weeks now and love it. I taught my first full lesson on Monday and it was great! We read a radio-play as a class and then the students were given several options of an assignment to complete. My co-operating teacher and my supervisor had really positive things to say about my lesson - which is great feed back and is making me way less nervous about actually student teaching in the fall!

Right now I'm off to lunch with some friends at the Laker Inn, and then playing soccer with the club tonight - because it's gorgeous outside!!

So if you're somewhere where the weather has been fantastic, get off the computer and get outside and enjoy it!

Later Lakers.

Last Spring Term!

Hey everyone!!

Spring term has just gotten started here at the Hurst! I came back up to Erie well rested and ready for Spring after spending a wonderful week in Marco Island, Florida relaxing on the beach with my friends!

We built a giant sand fort :)

As I mentioned in my previous post I am taking Clinical 2, but I'm also taking Pedagogy and Practice of Middle Level Education, as well as Language and Literacy II. The Clinical 2 class is one of my most important classes - I spend this whole term going into a local middle school two days a week and have a seminar on Friday Mornings.  Pedagogy and Practice focuses on teaching methods that we can use later in our classrooms. Language and Literacy II is a class that looks at how to teach kids to read, write and focus on how to promote literacy in all classes.

I really like my classes this term and am super excited to see what I will learn! I'm headed to dinner with my roommates shortly - it's Breakfast for Dinner in the cafe! :) Can't wait!!

Catch ya later