Monday, June 18, 2012

Time Flies

This has been a tremendous year of growth for us all in 9-1. I cannot believe how quickly the end of the year has arrived, and looking back over the year, I am amazing at the progress made by each member of our class, myself included. In history, we traveled from the caves of Africa to the tournaments fields of medieval times. We learned about meteorites, oysters, the Great Pyramid, and trebuchets, taking a small part of each home with us (a larger part, in the case of the trebuchet). The boys have become better writers, leaders, mathematicians, readers, builders, collaborators, historians, creators, athletes, problem-solvers, citizens, and friends. They have worked hard, made mistakes, reflected, and persevered with success. I could not be more proud of a group of young men, ones who will be strong leaders of the school next year in Tenth Age. I look forward to morning visits as they take the walk to their classrooms and updates on their summer adventures. This has been an incredibly special class, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of it all! Thank you for sharing this year with me.

I thought this video from the first day of school was a sweet reminder of how much we have grown throughout the year.
Feel free to watch any of the videos our vimeo site from this year, watching them certainly shows that time flies when you are having fun!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Music Class Composers

In music class, Mrs. Elliott had the students collaborate with one another to write and play their own music. Below is a video of one of the group's performance. Terrific job boys!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Harris Burdick Reading Class Project

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
We have spent the last two reading classes working on our Harris Burdick project. Harris Burdick is a mysterious illustrator/author who disappeared without a trace after passing along his illustrations, never returning with the matching stories as promised. For years students and famous authors alike have been writing stories based on the images. We read the introduction to "The Chronicles of Harris Burdick" together on Thursday, and will share our stories as well as read exerpts of famous authors' interpretations during our final class on Monday.
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Trebuchet Project

The boys have completed the next step of their trebuchet project. I was especially impressed by their eagerness to partner together to complete this step without needing assistance from me!