Ask anyone at HOPAC what the best day of the year is, and inevitably they will tell you it is International Day. The excitement builds all week, as students celebrate Pamoja Week. “Pamoja” means “together” in Swahili, and Pamoja Week is essentially Spirit Week. Student council decides on themes for each day, students (and teachers)…
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Jesus Wants to Know YOUR Story
Friday is my favorite day of the week, but it isn’t just because its the last day of school before the weekend, though that is a bonus! This year, there are a number of incredible things about Fridays, such as the fact that my first class on a Friday starts at 10:50 a.m., or that…
The Little Moments
Its hard to believe its been almost a month since I last posted! Time flies when you’re having fun, I suppose! Earlier this week, I read an (awesome) article by Ann Voskamp talking about the intense life we live in the everyday: Why in the world disdain the small? It’s always the smallest strokes that add…
#Life
Six weeks ago, when I first arrived back in Dar, I never dreamed that I would feel so completely at home here. Jet lag made for a bit of a rough transition, but now that I’ve settled in, I am enjoying life to the fullest. School As I write this, my tenth-grade IGCSE English Literature…
Moments
What follows is a collection of moments, glimpses into my life since returning from my summer holiday in the U.S. a month ago. Some are funny, some are serious, some from school, and some from play. This is #life. He walked into the room, said hi, and sat down across from me. He was average…
HOPAC 2014-2015: Day One
Its a wrap. The first day of school is done and over. And all in all, it was far less chaotic than I expected. Maybe its because I’m getting better at planning with the advent of my fourth year of teaching, but I find that unlikely. In all reality, it is simply helpful to be…
Year Two
I arrived back in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania late Tuesday evening to begin year two of life in Tanzania as an English Literature teacher at Haven of Peace Academy. Aside from the the inevitable jet lag, depression, broken motorcycle, and setbacks that come with extreme culture and time shifts, I am starting to get excited about…
Street Children & Football: Faith Filled Friday Link-up
All year, Dan Kappers and I have been co-teaching the grade 9 Service Learning class at HOPAC. Throughout the course of the year, students researched and wrote about problems in Tanzania and their possible solutions. As a culminating project, students split into groups to write two more specific research papers on problems they saw in…
Responding to Disagreements
Last week, I sat down at the snack bar for lunch with a group of fellow teachers. I work at a Christian school, but that by no means eliminates disagreements. The topic of conversation for the day was set by one of the teachers who was expressing his surprise at how many of the students…
Video: Teaching at HOPAC
Check out the new HOPAC teacher recruitment video–its a great glimpse into what its like to teach at HOPAC! Haven of Peace Academy – Teacher Recruitment from Modlab.tv on Vimeo.
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