Journal 2-A Tour of Loyola

After how surprisingly shocked I was at how smooth the previous visit with the Loyola students went, I had little to no anxiety prior to my second visit. Our task for the second visit was to perform a walking-tour of the Loyola Academy grounds, capturing photos for an upcoming project in our class. We began our tour by walking through the building, visiting the administrators’ offices, stopping at the cafeteria, and interrupting the other classrooms. We also stopped at Loyola’s near empty trophy cabinet which lies underneath the hard-to-miss mural of the Loyola Lions. Further along our walk, my group and I began to take more notice to the fact that the school itself was a church at one point. The ever so frequent stained glass, the extremely noticeable cross on top of the building, and the aged ecclesiastic name tags occupying some of the doors served as great reminders. After the tour, we asked our students what other places within the community are worth visiting to get a better understanding of the community and students we are studying. After 4th hour U.S. History ended, my group and I decided to venture into the area surrounding the school to visit some of the places our students had suggested. Our most notable "find" between the school and the community was the almost virgin-looking disco ball in the cafeteria. Students estimated it hadn't been used in over 30 years.