2/21

Career Day/Spirit Day was awesome!

What a blessing to have learned so much from such wise, hard working people.  Many thanks to the parents who came out to share their careers with the student body.

Our day began with a chapel service, where Mrs. Aguero reminded us how we can have a fruitful Lenten season: We should be exercising the discipline of trying to be the best Christian we can be: by  reading scripture, praying, sacrifice, good actions.  Jesus did so much for us, we can do something for Him.

We enjoyed listening to a couple who own two CrossFit gyms. They relayed to us how they love glorifying God with the work of helping people to become the healthiest they can be. Then, a police officer showed us all her gear and how she helps children in her line of work. We also listened to a prosecutor whose job is to prove that someone committed a crime. He prays before he begins his day to make the best decisions at his job. We then heard from Mrs. Overby's mom who owns a bakery in Bakersfield. She joined us on Zoom and showed us all around her bakery. We then "decorated"  our own cakes (by drawing on a cake). 

We also managed to squeeze in some History in our day and we learned about the famous athlete Jim Thorpe, the first Native American to win a gold medal in the Olympics for the US. Thorpe was the best athlete of the first half of the 20th century, winning medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon.  He did this wearing two shoes that he found in a dumpster because someone stole his!  We love learning about people who have overcome some kind of adversity. 

I loved the careers that my students dressed up for.  Rosemary and I seemed to match a little, with our real estate aspirations. ;)  All in all it was a great day.