One of the many things that I love about volunteering at Westridge Elementary is having the opportunity to work with some of the best teachers ever!!! They have the kindest hearts ever & inspire, encourage, motivate, and teach me new things that I never would have expected myself been able to do.
TODAY was definitely one of my most favorites because I ended up staying over at the Elementary School for a half hour with finishing up stuff that I really didn't want to neglect or not feel a need to get taken care of. It was truly such an absolute treat having to staple so many card stock half sheets of paper onto these construction paper folders that I had made prior to writing all of the students names and numbers on them. I absolutely felt like one of the luckiest people in this world getting to spend a lot of extra time working on a project that I knew would never get finished unless someone was there to complete it. The third grade teacher who I did this project for is someone that I could literally take lots of time rambling on about forever, but these kinds of experiences don't necessarily happen all too often because I usually try to get as much completed as I can in the time that I'm there. Since they had a situation come up that needed to be taken care of right away and there was no time for them to wait for me to get out of their classroom and not have those folders all done. I definitely felt accomplished in having that opportunity to stay a little bit longer and do something that otherwise they would have had to worry about instead, but hey I was more than happy to help in anyway that I could possible. If you must know, I would have easily decided to stick around a little bit longer and finish up one of the other classes that I had just started working on. I kept telling myself about whether or not, I needed to leave a note behind for the third grade teacher which at the time I felt like was appropriate so at least they would know what had been done. After I had finished writing their note and letting them just be aware of what had been completed prior to them returning back to the school, because I did not have any idea when they were going to get back to their classroom. Luckily for me, I was able to get their door locked & head for home without feeling like I had not contributed enough with helping out. I am grateful to have lend a hand in something that doesn't happen all too often, because I rarely ever stick around at the school that late into the afternoon but it was so worth it!!! :)
I have really stepped out of my comfort zone multiple times throughout the years and truly learning to love being around kids, which to me will only continue to get better with time. I am grateful for everything I have been able to learn from the people who have helped to get me where I am today... because without your guidance, expertise, patience, kindness, support, friendships I don't know if I'd still be doing volunteering like this and just cherishing every moment that I can possible.
I would like to send a shout out to my favorite third grade teacher:
Miss Bonnett,
Thank you so much for an amazing day and I absolutely love working in your classroom!! You are truly such an absolute JOY to work with and getting to know you even better this year has changed my life. It has been so much fun being a part of your classroom and seeing your student's smiling faces every week truly warms my heart more than you know!!! They are a wonderful group of kids who are being taught by the best of the best "Queen Bee" ever and there is no question in my mind about that.
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