11 November 2009

Activity Week (1)

As we mentioned in our last post, we had our Activity Week here at Woodstock. If you remember last year's report, we did some white water, rock climbing, biking, and similar activities. This year, we had a completely different agenda. Starting with a hike down the hill to Dehradun, we spent all of our mornings interacting with students that had disabilities. Most of our time was spent at a school for the developmentally disabled. Many of our students have never had any contact with people such as this, so it was a great chance to see a diversity of abilties. Here are a few pictures of our students playing games, talking, and just hanging out with these children.


We also had a great time sharing with these special kids.
Our trip had some other parts to it that we will discuss in later posts (think Indian water park, Tibetan Stupa, and Leprosy colony), but we wanted to end this entry with a picture of our last event with our new differently abled friends. This dance party was a big hit and Beth really cut a rug with some of the girls from the school.
It was certainly a different experience from last year, but it was a great one.

Dave and Beth

1 comment:

Mindy said...

Dave and Beth--
I was surprised to find some staff names that I recognized when checking out the Woodstock School online. (Just in case, you don't recognize my name, I worked at BFA from 2004-2006 at Liel dorm.) Anyhow, I'm considering going back to a boarding school since I loved being a dorm assistant at BFA. Can you tell me how you've liked Woodstock? What drew you there? Does it pay enough for to live on? or do you still raise some support? I hope to hear from you. You can email me if that would be easiest: mindyhocking@hotmail.com.
Thanks much. Take care.
Mindy Hocking

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