August 6, 2017

I am headed to Wanblee today. The blue Mazda is loaded with only a place for me to sit. There have been a few changes to my plan for my sabbatical. I will be teaching fourth grade until a teacher can be hired. It has been a long time since teaching fourth graders (over 30 years). I prayed for the opportunity to really impact my teaching and return to the classroom, I guess you should be careful what you pray for. This will be a new adventure every day.  

Wanblee is located on the eastern side of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. It is a small town in rural South Dakota, very different from all that I am used to in Omaha. Crazy Horse School is a K-12 building with about 350 students building-wide. I will be spending the next 2 weeks in opening workshops and setting up my classroom similar to teachers across the country.