And the beat goes on!! (...til the very end!)

We're continuing to make progress on the several salient projects that should carry us to the brink of graduation - most notably the 8th Grade Production (Friday, June 6, 6 pm) and our up-coming MySpace Workshop/Presentation (May 28th 6:30-7:30) To these ends, we have averaged about 5 to 8 "on location" shots per afternoon - all the while maintaining the mornings for our core academics: Math - both Algebra and Geometry - Spanish, Health & Fitness, and MySpace considerations.
The Production involves more and more applied technology these days as students film their segments and then edit them, using both iMovie and a new program we've purchased called "Final Cut Pro." We still have three fairly large "shoots" to orchestrate before we can focus completely on our final edit! We'll carpool to West Seattle's "Camp Long" midday next Thursday (May 29th) and then all day on Friday (May 30th.) We're definitely in "Little Engine That Could" mode when it comes to the Production!!
Our MySpace Presentation is coming along as well. Not only are we crafting and rehearsing the various segments that will come together to constitute what we envision will be an entertaining as well as informative event, but we're also continuing to hone our critical thinking and close reading skills as we work with articles and various online resources. Both Bert and I were favorably impressed with our students' ability to read, annotate and discuss meaningful points in our ongoing effort to wax "clear, cogent and convincing" in our preparations - as the lawyerly among us might say!
Thanks in advance to our carpoolers for next Thursday's "shoot" - "the Colleens" - McQueen and Tremaine-Nelson, Jean Carter, Anne Fote, Grace Schuman, Stephanie Solien, Anne Hartley-Willis...oh and Marja's van!! We couldn't do it without you!! Also, a reminder that all 8th graders should be delivered to "Camp Long" in West Seattle by 9 am on Friday, May 30th...and retrieved at 3:30 that same day! We leave those transportation arrangements up to you! (5200 35th Ave SW, Seattle 98126 (206) 684-7434...Google Camp Long, Seattle for directions!)

More as it happens...