All Camelot 4^th and 5^th graders who received instruction from SDSU students completed a short reflection at the end of the class explaining what they had learned in the last 40-50 minutes. After reviewing their comments and discussing Camelot student reaction during the lessons, the SDSU students determined that their instruction had been successful and that Camelot…

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"We want to express our appreciation to everyone in Brookings and the surrounding communities who helped make the March 27th Impact Lives food packing event for Haiti a success. The food (285,150 meals) was shipped to Haiti as our funding needs have been met. We collected a little over $52,000. The total cost was $51,705.20. The food and packaging was $42,750 and the cost of shipping and customes was $8,955.20."

According to Camelot Guidance Counselor Kathy Miller, Camelot…

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What an amazing semester this has been!

Id first like to thank Mrs. Miller, Dr. Hunter and Mrs. Moeller!

I appreciate the opportunity to work with you guys at Camelot and on ImpactLives.

Thank you so much for allowing me to work with the students on the garden and putting together the succesful carnival! As well as getting to participate in events that normally during the semester I would have not taken part in.

Ive inspired students, saved lives and learned much more…

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So to reflect on two major points. First, I worked with two fifth grade girls on translating a parent letter discussing the Camelot letter program. I also worked with one of the girls with homework. We had a few misunderstandings including knight versus night and needed to explain those which was quite interesting to explain. We also discovered that dandelion wasn't in this young students English vocabulary so I explained that as well. It was incredible watching her learn and process new ideas… Continue