Day 7 - Volleyball Clinics, a Basketball Clinic, and a Basketball Game
Today we woke up EARLY - breakfast at 5:00 and on the road at 5:30 to head to an elementary school to lead PE classes. In San Jose school starts at 7 AM and there is a TON of traffic, so we had to get on the road early to make it there on time. On the drive over, most students and staff were sleeping, but Señora Harrison mentioned it took us 30 minutes to get through a one mile stretch of road due to school traffic! When we got to the school we unpacked and got ready for our first of three volleyball clinics. We were taking over the PE classes for the day and were able to teach a class to the 2nd - 6th graders in three different groups. Every group that came into the gym was so excited to play volleyball and learn something new. Our first group were the smallest kids - 2nd and 3rd graders - and while they are SO cute, volleyball is a little bit tough for kids that age/size and they were beginners. As we increased in age our job teaching got a little bit easier and clinics were a l...