SOI

This week in our SOI advisory we interviewed our last major interview for the documentary we are filming about what it means to be open minded. Now all that is left to do is shoot various candid interviews of other students in the hallways about how they think open mindedness effects people and what they think open mindedness means. Through these interviews i have learned a lot about both how to organise the production of a film like this but also I've learned more about open mindedness and different cultures, which was something i did not originally think would happen.

Spirit day sound

On October 30th, i successfully set up the sound system for the Spirit day festivities that we held at the green. Through this i proved to myself that i would be able to do this in future school productions. I was slightly nervous volunteering to set up the sound at first because if the sound system didn't work, it would have been my fault. But now that i've successfully set up the sound on two occasions i am much more confident and am looking forward to setting up the sound system for the other school productions this year.

Open Mic night, sound guy

For the open mic night last week i took on a new challenge, because Alex Setzko graduated last year, nobody else knew how to set up the sound system. I had some previous experience with sound systems so i volunteered to help out. I did eventually get the sound system to work after finding the right cables with help from Connor Reed. I took a major risk volunteering to set up the sound system because i had never done it wthout the help of someone who was more experienced then me. Now, because i have figured out how to work the sound system, the student council wants me to help out on Friday 10/30 for the spirit day festivities.

Sturgis Organic initiative.

in our advisories for SOI we have been primarily discussing how we should move forward in constructing our documentary about open-mindedness. Recently, because we have been having open discussions about the documentary, i believe i have achieved learning outcome number 7, considering the ethical implications. In these discussions i have to help our advisory come to a decision about the documentary that everyone can approve of, to do this i have to figure out ways to pull ideas and being careful not to exclude anyone from the discussion.

Greek Club 10/29/08

Last week in greek club we worked mainly on vocaublary. We already translated one story in the Athenaze book and we thought it would be useful if we learned some first declension vocab words now to familiarise us more with the language. This will greatly benefit my to my final goal for this club because i am learning vocabulary that will help me eventually improve my translating skills for Greek, a task that is new to me as of joining this club.

Sturgis Organic Initiative

This week, our SOI advisory we discussed the idea of open-mindedness in regards to the IB learner profile. Eric and I volunteered to work on making a documentary about what open-mindedness means to Sturgis students and how we can be more open-minded. We'll also explore situations where open-mindedness would be useful. Also, this week in SOI we held our first bake-sale of the year. We sold organic tea and baked goods.

Greek Club 10/8/09

Yesterday in Greek Club we practised first declension nouns for most of the class. Now, i feel confident that i have memorised the endings used in the first declension, this will help me achieve my goal of being able to translate and read ancient Greek texts. In class, we also began working on the second declension to familiarise ourselves with it. Hopefully, by next week, i will have memorised that declension as well.

Riverview guitar lessons

Liz and i have talked about what we will be doing at the Riverview school this year. She will be unavailable until after field hockey is over so we agreed that we will start up lessons for this year when that is over. Also, this way there will be more time for the riverview school to collect more participants for the lessons.

Sturgis Organic Initiative

So far this year in SOI, we've discussed the possibility of serving hot tea in school. Eric and i have been set in charge of finding out how we can get tea for the school. Eric works at a tea shop in Mashpee so that should be a fairly easy task for us. Unfortunately, this week i have been out sick with a fever, so i will need to talk to Eric this weekend about what he has found and see where i can help. Also, in SOI we have discussed the possibility of purchasing commuter mugs to sell to students with the SOI logo on it.

Greek Club 10/1/09

This week i was unable to go to Greek club because i am out from school sick. I'll make sure i didn't miss anything by talking to Lydia tomorrow.

Greek Club 9/28

At Greek club on thursday, we continued to practice pronouncing words using the Ancient Greek alphabet. Because i was in the club last year, this was review. But it was also beneficial because I proved to myself that i still remembered the Greek we learned last year. This year i hope to move faster and to be more ambitious in my efforts to learn Ancient Greek

Hiking and backpacking club 9/12/2009

On September 12, we hiked a 10 mile hike on the outer Cape taking us from Necomb Hollow to Highland Light. This hike proved to be very difficult but also a great learning experience for us as we weren't being lead by someone who had done the hike before. We had to use our compasses and maps to guide the group through the trek. We did get lost a few times and although by the end of the hike we were all dead tired and slightly irritated with each other, we all came out sharing a once in a lifetime experience. Although during the hike i wasn't completely having a great time, i was glad i went because i proved to myself i could complete an arduous 10 mile hike. Furthermore, not only did i get to enjoy the wonderful views of the outer-cape beaches, i also was able to mark a bit of progress towards my long term goal of fitness. Unfortunately i will be missing the next hike on the weekend of the 25th to the 27th, i do plan on exercising and preparing for hikes in the future.

Greek Club 6/1

Last Thursday we had our last Greek Club meeting of the year. Essentially, we tied up what we had been doing all year. Next year we hope to advance further into ancient greek vocabulary. I personally will attempt to translate more to improve my skill. My main goal will be to make next year more productive than this year in Greek Club.

Guitar Tutoring 6/1

Last week i was not able to go tutor guitar because i was sick. I did help Liz teach the guitar students by telling her certain scales that we had worked on. I hope that on June 3rd i will be able to move forward with my students and learn even more guitar chords and move them closer to learning a simple song.

Guitar Lessons 5/22

Earlier this week, Liz and I went to the Riverview school to teach guitar. This week, two more students showed up so we have a total of 3 students. Right now we are concentrating on getting them all to the same level so we can teach them together more effectively. During this lesson, I learned that it is much more effective to teach by visually showing and writing down the notes that are to be played is much more effective than just teaching with one of those techniques. Learning for these students seem to progress much faster when the students learn with multiple types of visual aids. I also was able to teach one of the guitar students a few chords a crucial step in further progression in learning guitar.

Open Mic Night - 5/22

Our Open Mic night was tonight, we went to the music room at 4 pm to start setting up and stayed to clean up afterwards as well. A substantial amount of people showed up for the occasion. Through this activity we have learned that the amount of advertising we do for the event directly effects how many people come. If we do more Mic Nights next year, we will advertise for a longer period of time before hand in order to get even more participants. We also played a good set list ourselves which we had been preparing for all week. Overall the Mic Night was a tremendous success and we will donate the money we earned to Nicaraguan orphanages at a later date, hopefully very soon.

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