November 16, 2012

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." ~W.T. Purkiser

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Back in October, I auditioned for the Terrace Plaza Playhouse's performance of Scrooge: A Christmad Carol.  This is something I told the students about as I feel it important that (a) They realize we teachers have a life outside of school; and (b) They know that there truly is a reason I'm teaching at an art school.  Anyway, I was cast as Fred, Scrooge's nephew.  When the students found out I'd be performing, they wanted to know how to come see it, so I'm posting that information here.  This is in no way an assignment or requirement, just something fun you could do as a family if you wish.

The show runs from November 23 - December 22.  It does play every Friday, Saturday and Monday at 7:30 at the Terrace Plaze Playhouse, 99 East 4700 South, Ogden.  It is a show that typically sells out, so if you are interested, I would recommend calling and getting reservations, 801-393-0070. 

I am in both casts of the show so you could come any night and I would be performing, however, I am only Fred every other show. My performance schedule as Fred would be as follows:

Friday, November 23

Monday, November 26

Saturday, December 1

Friday, December 7

Monday, December 10

Saturday, December 15

Friday, December 21

Again, this is not by any means a requirement, just sharing information. Thanks so much!!!

"Though Christmas has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it." ~Fred in Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol

November 9, 2012

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~Aristotle

Primary Children's Delivery

As cautiously optimistic as I was that I might be able to hand deliver a few of the toys we collected, it just wasn't possible, though, I still came away from the delivery with a story to share.  When Mrs. McGuire and I arrived at Primary Children's we were greeted by an employee and a volunteer.  It is the volunteer which truly brought joy to my heart.  As I was filling out the form above, she was going through the boxes, to see what all we'd brought, and my goodness, it was like Christmas for her.  She told us about how she had just made the rounds delivering very similar things.  She was able to give us a secondhand account of the smiles that these toys will bring to the faces of so many children.  She just couldn't believe that there were so many toys sitting there in front of her.  She was elated by the fact that she would be able to deliver them to the kids, and help brighten up so many days.

 

Though it's her that gets to be the one that delivers them, it would not have been possible without  each and every family who helped contribute to the cause.  I just want to say how truly thankful I am for how well this drive went, and how big a difference we will be able to make because of it.

 

I did take the time to stamp the school's return address on every letter we delivered, so my final hope is  that even just one of the recipients will write back and give the children some form of recognition for what they did, but even if we don't get a single reply, we can walk away from this knowing how big a difference we made!  There are 256 children that will have a brighter moment on a rainy day because of us, and for that, to have been a part of that difference, I am truly thankful.

November 5, 2012

The last day of the term is very rapidly approaching!  Only two days left in Term 1!  The only subject where you will see any new scores will be Science.  I will be giving them a work day during rotations tomorrow to get a handle on any missing assignments they might have.  However, I'm cheating a little with Science as I want to get all of Microorganisms on Term 1.  We will be taking the final microorganisms test  on Thursday.  That is the only score not in gradebook yet that willbe for the first term.  With that in mind, they will be bringing home a study guide on Wednesday to study for the test that we'll be taking on Thursday, so please make sure they study as there will be no time for retakes.

Beyond that, just know that things are moving along as usual.  Once the gradebook has shifted so I can enter grades for term 2, I will get that updated.  I do have quite a few scores already that will be counted, however, I will not start counting the "5 days" on those assignments until after I can get them into gradebook.

I will close by saying how wonderful a job I think our students did on the Egyptian Wax Museum.  They were super cute!  In random selection, here are a few of the pictures I took from that day.

"Live and follow rules. Don't be like my father Ahkenaten." ~King Tuthankhamun