Alice's Corner 9-03
In the month of August I was the presenter in the first week. I won’t bore you with details except to say I talked about me. The second week I was gone.
We heard a presentation from Cade Johnson our exchange student from Brazil.
His father Dallas and his paternal grandmother Alice were in attendance.
He lived in a suburb of San Palo. He attended the 10th best school in Sao Palo. Most of the children attend private schools. He had a problem with the language his first two months. Then suddenly it clicked. He now does math problems in his head in Portuguese. He attended a total of 20 classes a week. The instructors came to them. They did not change class rooms. Most of the classes were taught three times a week. Their school year was from February thru November.
He loved the food. He gained 20 pounds.
Their main meal was at about 2:30 pm. Their breakfast was generally a sandwich. Dinner was a catch as you can.
He went on a couple of side trips with other exchange students. One of his favorites was the Amazon and Rio de Janiero.
In a talent show he placed 3rd with his trombone.
He saw a protest that was about the poorly funded public school system.
He had a hard time adjusting to coming home.
Today, the day after Labor Day, Dan Contorno gave a great presentation on the expenditures of the Marana school district. He is the Chief Financial Officer.
His primary presentation was on the solar system bmplemented in the school district.
In 2010 at the height of the bad economy the district lost the “soft capital. A bond helped fund all of the improvements in the school district.
Their slogan was “promises made-promises kept”.
Through the funding the district now has many improvements.
We need a chairman to chair a fund raiser where we will raffle a corvette. Randy has found one for $10,500. We could raise much needed money for the foundation.
This coming Saturday we will be boxing food at the Marana Community Food Bank.
The President’s induction dinner held at the Kino baseball stadium was a blast! Maeve threw out the first ball. In the press box where we were sitting a fly ball came in through a window. It barely missed Kyle, Maeve’s husband, bounced hit George in the hand only to be retrieved by John Dooling. He presented the ball to Pedro Acosta our exchange student.
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