For my first week at being at Carondelet, I was able to meet a lot of good well behaved students.  The 3 freshman classes are very respectful and polite.  They like to work together and its actually a pleasure watching them.  I have been putting the girls in different groups for every lab so far, so they can meet more than just their table mates.  The outcome has been a positive one so far.  I saw many girls outside of the classroom talking to each other about the projects that we had done.  It is an exciting time for them and myself to beat this school.  I can see it in their faces and expressions. 
In the APES class it has been a blast.  These students are very excited about environmental science and so am I.  I decided to do  Mineral Mondays, so every Monday I will bring in a new miner or rock and I will talk a few minutes about it.  Last Monday I brought in an obsidian, and the class was highly impressed.  It got them thinking about rocks and minerals which I think is great. 

My first week so far has been great, and I actually am looking forward to coming to work everyday. 

-Mario