Mission: Inspection was a success

This week at Pathfinders, an area coordinator from Charlotte came here to inspect our club and the way that we run the program.  There are 10 areas that are inspected in a typical inspection: drilling and marching, opening ceremonies, devotion, classwork, uniform, courtesy of the kids, etc.  Everyone showed up in their Class A uniform (though some were late) and were polite to the leader and paid full attention.  We started with the opening exercises (pathfinder pledge and law, aim and motto, pledge to flag, song, prayer, and devotional), then went down to the gym for the uniform and marching inspection.  We scored perfect 10 on the uniforms but scored lower on the marching because some of the kids turned the wrong way one time. Then, the kids started the Flower arranging honor and constructing things for the younger kids to use at the Seventh Day Adventist camp in NC.  In the end, we had the kids say the pathfinder pledge and law in Spanish.  Overall out of 100 we scored 101 because we got some bonus points for the spanish and other miscellaneous things.  I have talked with the director and I will be teaching the Heredity (genetics and inheritance) Honor sometime in the near future to the older kids.  I am preparing by reading what I need to know and refreshing on the basics that I need to teach.  I will have a definite date soon.

Inspection! What?!...NO!!

This week at Pathfinders, we opened with pledge, law, and prayer and then got down to work.  This week, we continued the Spanish honor with the kids learning la ley (law) and el voto (pledge) in spanish.  The kids seem to enjoy learning how to say these parts of the Pathfinder program in Spanish.  I will put the pledge up in Spanish and in English at the bottom of this post.  After the Spanish practice, the kids went down to the gym to practice marching and for inspection.  Inspection is coming up next week and we always want to score high (highest is 105).  Usually if the kids score 100 or above the staff treats them to pizza and ice cream, so that gives them an incentive to work hard and try their best.  The inspector will come to our club meeting and observe how we do our opening exercises (pledge, law, prayer, etc.) and then how we march.  Everyone will be in full dress uniform so that is our Class A which includes the sash and scarf and dress shirt and pants.  I will post how we do on our score next week. Wish us luck.

Voto (Pledge)

Por la gracia de Dios (By the grace of God)
Seré puro, bondadoso, y leal (I will be pure, kind, and true)
Guardaré la ley del Conquistador (I will keep the Pathfinder law)
Seré un siervo de Dios (I will be a servant of God)
y un amigo de la humanidad. (and a friend to man).

Español (Spanish) and Marching

This week in Pathfinders, we started the Spanish and Drilling and Marching Honors.  I am not the teacher of these two honors but I am helping out in the background. My honors will be coming up soon. We will have another staff meeting either this week or next week.  The Spanish honor was originally thought of by the staff so that the kids could learn a little bit about different cultures.  The main things that the students will be learning how to say are the Pathfinder Pledge and Law, Aim, and Motto.  They will also be learning some other vocabulary words that will help them to be able to converse about the bible.

Afterwards, we started the drilling and marching honor.  In this honor, the kids learn the basics of drilling and marching.  The kids will learn how to march in time, stand at attention, turn, and do other moves such as column marching and cross marching.  The kids usually enjoy the time that they spend marching because they have fun doing it.  It is also good for the staff because we can tire out the children so that they are not as hyper.  This honor will continue for two more weeks.  One main reason for this honor is because we are going to have an inspection coming soon.  In an inspection, the area coordinator comes to our club meeting and watches how we work and gives us points on if our uniforms are correct and our marching techniques.  We want the kids to be well prepared for the inspection that will take place in the end of January.

Overall, this week was an eventful and fun week for the kids.  In other news, school is back on track and graduation is coming soon! Otherwise no new updates besides my project.