TECABOCA!!!

(TExas CAtholic BOys CAmp) This is where I have been for the last 3 days; in the beautiful hill country of Texas, spending time with the wonderful CYSA Corps. I’m with the McAuliffe Middle School team. I’m very excited about that fact. The school is 95% Hispanic and a large majority of the students belong to migrant families. The dropout rate is San Antonio is 49% so there is a large need. There is also a significant gang problem in the school. We’ll be helping out with a math tutoring program in the morning plus tutoring and mentoring our specific kids. We’ll also be providing after-school activities and clubs centered on athletics (and maybe a creative writing/book club). Everyone is so pumped up and enthused about their teams. Tomorrow we get to go into the community where our school is located and do some community asset mapping. Tomorrow night we’ve invited the whole corps to get together at Fatty’s Burgers and More for some fun karaoke. I can’t wait to have more about our school to write about tomorrow. It is suppose to have great facilities and be out in the middle of nowhere, but I have no other details as of yet. Life is good ; )