Sunday, September 28, 2008

Quick Post

Not much to update since I just posted the two massive ones. I do want to update two things.

#1: A big thank you to all those who donated money towards the UNEB exam kits for the S4 students at my school. I made a trip to Kampala this weekend to put the money to use. After a long discussion with my Deputy Headmaster we decided that in order to ensure your contributions benefitted as many students as possible and would last for many years to come we decided on the following. Instead of calculators for the kids to use on the exams (as most of them actually have calculators or access to one) we decided to use the money to purchase books. Thanks to your generosity I was able to acquire 23 books for the school that the students (and teachers) will have access to and be able to check out from the headmaster's office for up to a week at a time. Here's the breakdown of the books by subject:

Chemistry -
3 UNEB question and answer books (questions from past 10 years' exams)
1 UNEB practical guide (experiment guide) with answers
1 OXFORD course summary for the syllabus with review questions and answers
1 Teacher's guide with 25 quiz's to use in classes

Biology -
3 UNEB question and answer books (questions from past 10 years' exams)
1 UNEB practical guide (experiment guide) with answers
1 OXFORD course summary for the syllabus with review questions and answers
1 Teacher's guide with 25 quiz's to use in classes

Physics -
3 UNEB question and answer books (questions from past 10 years' exams)
1 UNEB practical guide (experiment guide) - no answers
1 OXFORD course summary for the syllabus with review questions and answers
1 Teacher's guide with 25 quiz's to use in classes

Math -
3 UNEB question and answer books (questions from past 10 years' exams)
1 OXFORD course summary for the syllabus with review questions and answers
1 Teacher's guide with 25 quiz's to use in classes

I am taking the books back with me today on the bus and will be giving them to the school tomorrow and informing the students on how they can access them. These books will be a tremendous help to the current S4's (especially the UNEB question and answer books) as they have 3 weeks to cram. They will also continue to offer support to many students in the future, and serve as the foundation of our future library! Thank you Thank you Thank you. Pictures to come.

#2: Please welcome a beautiful new soul into the world. Cassidy Lynn Ross, born on the 23rd of September to Terence and Melissa Ross. Congratulations on your new addition. She will no doubt be as kind as you both.

1 comments:

Mary Cate said...

Hi Eric, I'm a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, finishing up my service at the end of November. My boyfriend and I are planning on traveling through Uganda for a couple of weeks and are looking for travel advice. I'd love to hear any input you might have. Right now we're planning on spending time in Kampala and Jinja, and beyond that we're pretty open to anything. Any suggestions? You can email me at marycatek@yahoo.com. Thanks a lot!