This week in Pathfinders, the kids continued their honors that they had been working on last week. This was the final week of braiding and origami. To get the origami honor, the kids had to illustrate a bible story that could be told with the paper animals that they learned how to make. They enjoyed the origami honor and had a great time last night. The braiding group finished up their lanyards last night. The groups did not make the crafts for anyone, but they did get to keep whatever they made. Next week, a few of the other staff including myself are in charge of planning a fun game night for the kids in celebration of the upcoming holiday. We had a few minutes to confer on what we wanted to do and what we thought that the kids would enjoy doing. Much of the fun will be improvised next week, but we decided on having a basketball game of the girls vs. boys (the girls wanted to see how well they would do against the boys) and some Christmas type snacks. The rest will most likely be a free time because kids at the ages that will be present will most likely be too hyper and will not cooperate much with any organized games. Next week will be a fun time for the kids and staff as we get ready to celebrate the real reason for the holiday.
In other news, my research paper and vision paper are...finished! This is very exciting because these two things have been taking up a lot of my time these past few weeks. I am hoping to get a good grade on both. My research paper is now stocked with many educational studies and statistics from journals and other book sources that will, hopefully, prove my point and sway my reader. Now this is not to say that everyone will change their minds about single-sex education because of my paper, I wish it were that easy, but I do feel that I did a good job in displaying my findings and showing the consequences of this type of education. I am glad to be done with these two papers as exams are approaching. Between now and Monday, I still have an AP Calculus, AP English, and AP Biology test to take, another paper due, a poetry journal, and a Spanish project. This break for Christmas is coming in the midst of the hurricane I call school. I am glad that Christmas is happening after all of this because it will really give me a chance to appreciate the holidays more. I am starting to get used to the workload and I am learning how to organize my time to get everything done in a timely manner. Overall, an eventful week for my project and for everything else in school. Onward to exams!
Hurray for you, Nick. You are passing multiple milestones and learning adult responsibilities in the process. Pathfinders sounds like an excellent program. I'm glad you chose to develop your senior project through it.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! for the research and vision paper completion. I look forward to reading and commenting on your research.