The time is upon us

I'm super excited, but also pretty nervous, because it's our first time hosting The Apple Tree at our new location. I'm really looking forward to working with you guys! Here are a couple things you should be aware of before Monday hits:

1. This Monday/the day after tomorrow/June 23 is the first day of The Apple Tree. Make sure you show up by 8:30 (Room leaders by 8:00, we've got a few important things to discuss)! Sign in will be in the lobby area. Don't forget that signing in is important for your volunteer hours.

2. Cereal will be served in the cafe (use the "secret passage" entrance, as the main entrance will be locked) until 8:50, giving you enough time to finish eating by 9:00. Once 9:00 rolls around, everyone will be called to the main sanctuary. We will go over some ground rules for the students, along with any other announcements, and split up into classrooms. Weekly schedules will be posted throughout the entire church. 

3. Throughout class time (~9:30 to lunch), we will be calling students AND teachers to the lobby by grade to take portrait photos. Probably not the best day to dress down, as the photos will be printed and posted in the lobby.

4. There will be NO AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES the first few days because we need to finalize and confirm which classes are available (as in which classes have teachers) and students' choices. Once we have all that finished, we will be assigning designated activity leaders. Everyone who is not an activity leader will be helping other students find their next activity. We'll go over this in more detail during our first weekly volunteer meeting.

5. Speaking of weekly volunteer meetings, they will all be held on Wednesdays at 12:20 (this might change, but we'll let you know before that happens). That means our first meeting is 6/25 at 12:20. Location TBA (it's going to be at church... I just thought I'd clarify because I just know somebody is going to ask...)

6. As you all know (or should know), our church is under construction right now. All of the classrooms are completely functional at this time. The only thing really missing is the carpet, which is still on its way to LA (shipping is reaaaally really expensive, and expedited shipping is even more expensive). You will notice day by day (or maybe week by week) a lot of progress being made in terms of completing the construction. This is all just FYI.

7. Last but not least, here are the classroom assignments! They're organized by grade/classroom, and the room leaders are bolded. If there is only a first name, that means nobody but you has that name. We added last names for disambiguation.

Kindergarten:

Lily

Grace Lee

Ruby

1st Grade:

Hwang Min

Esther Bae

Yeleem

Justin Lim

Colleen

Grace Kim

Esther Cha

2nd Grade:

Andrew

Judy

Jenny

Jane

Jeffrey

3rd Grade:

Hyunnie Park

Min Joo

Kathy Sung

Harold

Sam

Daniel Lee

Joyce

4th Grade:

Honey Lee

Alice

Cindy

Kevin Lee

Andy

5th Grade:

Christine

Daniel Choi

Geuntae

Jean

Ben

David

Jun

6th Grade:

Shin Young

Min Seo

Kevin Kim

Han

7th Grade:

Jonathan

Eunice Choi

Hannah Lee

Patrick Lee

8th Grade:

Danny

Min Woo

Eunice Lee

Korean-speaking:

Min Kyung

Kathy Kim

Pyeongan

Bryan