Watch DOG

I spent the day wednesday volunteering at school. There is a program called Watch D.O.G.S. at this school and several schools across the country. The D.O.G.S stands for Dads Of Great Students. The program was started in response to a school shooting in Arkansas several years ago and has expanded nationwide. Having an adult male in the school has curbed violence in the schools tremendously. Our elementary school has had a dad there every day of the school year which is an amazing feat!

The kids were very excited to have me there. I had lunch with Chas and Katie and watched Emma's musical class. I also got to read a story to Chas' class. My role was to just be a presence in the school. I wandered the halls, delivered notes to classes and stamped lots of kids hands with my DOG stamp. The stamp had a picture of a dog bones with the word Watch Dogs. When I stamped the Kindergartners hands, one kid looked at it and said 'Words and Bones' which made me giggle.

It was a fun way to be involved at the kids school. I got to talk with the adminstrators and teachers about our kids in an informal way. We miss our school in GA but are glad we landed in such an excellent school here in WA.