When I was a Rose Service Scholar last year, the A+ program at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School had a few options to choose from when it came to deciding where to spend your afternoon. When I arrived this week, I learned that they had expanded the number of options available, I thought I would sit in on the Chinese language class. A few students were ambitious and wanted to learn Mandarin. A PhD student from Cornell runs the program and creates an interactive power point and worksheet based on upcoming events and subjects. This week we learned how to say “My favorite ____ is”, with topics including food and holidays. I was especially impressed that younger students (those in second and third grade) were also participating and spelling out the pronunciations phonetically. My absolute favorite part, as well as the students’, was when the teacher had the volunteers help her into her Halloween costume: a blow up dinosaur.