Day 15,16, and 17

Wednesday was our first day of Easter Holiday. We had to decide what type of service project we wanted to do. Down from Pedro’s there is a shelter for dogs. A few of us decided that it would be fun to take the dogs out each day we could to give them exercise and to get them out of the cages. That day we walked to the Saga Animal Shelter to talk with the owner to see if we were allowed to walk the dogs. The people there were so friendly and willing to let us help. We are supposed to start Thursday at 9 A.M. Thursday we got up to walk the dogs which was very fun. In the states I probably would not have done this ever in my life time so I was very excited about participating down here. The dogs were all friendly and approachable. Surprisingly most of them could walk on a leash without pulling too much. While we walked them one of the workers would clean their cages and refill their water bowls. Later that day we worked on creating a spreadsheet for our school and teachers so that they could enter their grades easier. So far we have completed one service project and are working on two others. Friday we walked the dogs as well as worked on the grade book. The grade books were a lot harder than I expected them to be. Because there is only one computer at ACES most of the time they give their grade books to Vanessa who works in the office, and she enters the grades into the computer and makes copies of all of the exams. However, Dr.Renee wanted all of the grades to be put on a spreadsheet to make it easier to track students’ progress. However, with their only being one computer accessible to internet in the school and two computers the teachers would have to wait in line. So we created a way that they could put their grades in however, we were suppose to go back and do term one and two and set up three but because my class is two standards in one class it was difficult to figure out an efficient way. This was a long and frustrating process because I am not very fluent in excel, however, by the end of the day I learned more about the program and ways to set up grade books in the future.