Change in Plans

 A new change in plans, yet again! Lately I have been feeling really nervous and unsure of "healthy snack week" because I don't think that teenagers will have a positive response to my efforts in eliminating, or at least limiting, their junk food intake. If there's one thing I've learned in the past, it's that it is extremely difficult to make people care about something that they don't normally care about, much less something that I am passionate about. I don't really think that I can stop bad eating habits with one week of awareness- it's more of a lifestyle that people must be accustomed to. Instead, I want to have "healthy snack week" in the lower school only- kids are much more willing to try new things, especially if someone older presents the idea. I think I'll be more successful with younger kids.

This weekend, I plan on purchasing the potatoes in order to plant them next week with the 4th graders. I also need to test my soil, for my own educational purposes, so as to remedy whatever the soil's deficiencies are. I also emailed an organic farmer named Robin Gibson who agreed to come and speak to the elementary students during "healthy snack week" to promote an organic and healthy lifestyle. This week will begin on the 14th of March and end on the 18th. I talked to Mrs. Locke earlier this week to get the "ok" from her and she's on board! To hype the kids up during the week, we'll have a poster contest from 3rd to 5th grade and the class with the best poster, promoting a healthy lifestyle, wins a prize that I have yet to come up with! That's all the progress I've made so far...