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A Day in the Life of a GRACEr

A day in the Life of a GRACErThis is how a typical day of a GRACE student looks like!

5:30am - Alarm Goes Off
5:40am - Alarm Goes Off Again
5:50am - Get out of bed, Get Ready for School
6:30am - Grab a Quick breakfast and coffee while chatting with other community members
7:15am - Arrive at School and prepare Classroom for Students
7:25am - Grab another coffee from the faculty lounge
7:30am - Morning Duty in the Cafeteria

8:00am - School Day begins
9:00am - Planning Period and Bathroom Break!
9:30am - Attempt to rouse the students with an exciting lesson outside
11:30am - Lunch

12:00pm - Teaching, Teaching, Teaching!
3:00pm - Dismissal
3:30pm - Faculty Meeting/ Find a sneaky way to work on thesis

4:30pm - Grade papers, clean up classroom, head home
5:30pm - Class at UST/ Cook for Dinner/ Work on Lesson Plans
7:00pm - Community Dinner, complete with hilarious stories from school, idea sharing, and helpful criticism

8:00pm - Community Prayer Night
9:00pm - Work on Thesis
10:00pm - Work on Lesson Plans and Grade papers
11:00pm - Pray Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours with Community
11:15pm - Grade papers/Work on Lesson Plans/Write Thesis until no longer able to stay awake...
12:30am and beyond - Bedtime

5:30am - Wake up and do it all over again.


Reasons to Join GRACE:

  1. Make a Difference
  2. Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
  3. Community Experiences
  4. Spiritual Formation
  5. Professional Development
  6. Experience the Great City of Houston at Its Best 
  7. Learn How to Cook! 
  8. Grow as an Individual
  9. Life-Long Friendships
Never a Dull Moment!
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