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.