Week 9

Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 Today we were taken on a journey through U.S. history. Rewinding American History allows us to view our country with a different perspective, watching the daily struggles of Americans in the same land we live in today, but before the luxuries of...

11/20/2019 Update

Dear PEP Families, Welcome to the first email for PEP’s Winter ’20 family members!  There is a lot to cover, so let’s get started … To read about day-to-day activities from the guys’ perspective, read the class’s Weekly Journals & Monthly Newsletters here:...

Week 8

Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 Today in class we had Toastmasters. The Toastmaster meeting was facilitated by Mr. Toastmaster, Jonathan G, who did a fantastic job today. The speakers who spoke gave their speeches on our fourth speech topic, “How to Say It,” out the competent...

Week 7

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 As we woke up to this beautiful Monday morning, some of us got ready to go to Toastmasters or Computer Lab while the rest of us stayed behind in the dorm. We started our day with a cup of coffee to get our minds ready to do some studying. Some of...

Week 6

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 Several of us attended Toastmasters this morning while the rest of us spent our morning in the dayroom. Toastmasters is a public speaking course we take in order to overcome our fear of public speaking. We have to be prepared to speak in front of...

Week 5

Monday, October 14, 2019 Today half of us had the day off from PEP and used it for some much-needed rest and study time. The other half of us had Toastmasters. Toastmasters is a class that helps us develop our public speaking skills. In Toastmasters, we have 10...

Week 4

Monday, October 7, 2019 Today as we got into the classroom, we picked up our badges and went to our assigned seats. Everybody was so eager to yell “To the back off the room!” as we kicked class off. Our fearless emcee started dancing, and then when he got to the...

Week 3

Monday, September 16, 2019 After starting out with a prayer, an executive began to teach us Chapter Four in our Living in the Village study guide. We learned about three basic life insurance policies. The first policy we learned about was term life – it is the...

Week 2

Monday, September 9, 2019 We had Toastmasters in class today. It was an awesome class. We talked about all sorts of things; we even got to say things like what type of animal we would be if we could choose. Some people said they would choose to be tigers, owls, lions,...