By Anna Saclolo
Mini-School meetings are held on Tuesday mornings at 8:15 a.m. This is the time of the week when all of the students come together in room 216. The staff are very open to tell the students about up-coming issues for the week. Such as … alumni news, letters from former Mini-Schoolers and people we’ve met across the states on trips with Mini-School, any problems that have arisen, also student of the week! Although the meetings seem quite repetitive, it’s partially due to a lot of the students short attention spans. The rules come up often as well.
Some of the students don’t care that there is no food/ pop in the class rooms. That is probably one of the reasons why the meetings slightly repeat themselves.
At times the meetings are full of noise and very chaotic, when energy levels are high. I’m sure the teachers get stressed. By the end of the meeting air cools. Even though it may be loud and irritating at times, it’s a good thing Mini has the meetings. It brings all the students to the same level and we seem to communicate as family. The meetings also set us in a mode to whatever tasks need attending for the week. I know that if it was not for the Mini staff I would be lost.