I had a very interesting CE class- they were fascinated with the humor of death (I told them that it was a lot less fascinating to adults than to students). But they came up with some funny poems, some ridiculous stories and we laughed a lot. I was definitely proud of them and their parent presentation.
So far in CE, we have written in our journals, making sure we talk about a goal and a discovery we have for the day. We also created acrostic poems with the work CREATIVITY (our theme for the week). Today we talked about the elements of story and created our own using the Titanic, the phrase "We're all gonna die!" and the adjective "ugly." Enjoy the CREATIVITY of Michal's CE class!
Meghan S.: Some goals that I have for myself include being able to draw better, make new friends, try new foods, learn new things.
Create Whatever!
Recreate images in your own way!
Express the REAL you!
Always think outside the box!
Truthful to yourself
Individuality is OK!
Versatile attitude
I will be MYSELF!
Tell your story
Your choice
by Chloe and Dolce
On a dark windy night the Titanic was priceless. Nobody could ever call this glorious view ugly, but that didn't last long for the indestructible Titanic sank into nothing. It if wasn't for the glacier, the Titanic would e still in the seas with its beautiful and priceless view. Now I'm just looking to the seas writing this story and I hope somebody reads this. I can still hear the voices in my head over and over again "We are all gonna die!" was what the people were saying. So now I"m going find land and inform people about what happened and I can rest for some time to forget all these horrific memories.
by Teresa
Can be expressed any way
Rainbow of personality
Everyone has a creative side
A way to find out who you are
True to yourself
Incredible!
Very easy to experience
It can be anything that you imagine
Terrifically in style
You can't be without it.
by Sarah and Meghan
Once upon a time at Vanguard University, there was a whole bunch of cheerleaders that came to cheer. There were all very competitive with each other. Everyone of them wanted to be the best at everything... who had the best splits, who had the longest hair, and who could do the best cartwheel. Then one day, a boy cheerleader came along. He was better at everything. He had the longest hair, the best splits, and a very pretty cartwheel. All the girls were mad, so they all got hammers and broke the boy cheerleader's bones. Now, he is not a good cheerleader anymore. He was really upset, so he posted terrible pictures of all the girl cheerleaders on facebook. He wasn't finished with his revenge though so he cut all the girls' hair off and with all the hair, he made the longest wig ever, so he had the longest and prettiest hair every, making him the best cheerleader ever!
by Abby (inspired by the cheerleaders outside our CE classroom)
Choosing the unexpected
Risk taking is key
Exclude nothing
Always reach deeper
Think outside of the box
Imagination is the foundation
Various ways to express it
Improvise with WHAT YOU HAVE
Try your best
You are creative.
by Camryn, Ha and Caitlyn
Day 2: Ok so yesterday night we was the NCI... the show was based on 4 different choreographers and their ballet dances. My absolute favorite was Wendy's dance, "Something about Sundays." I observed that there were five couples and 1 single guy. I believe he felt lonely until he met somebody. The setting was a cafe on Sunday. My second favorite was about dancers, oops, I mean writers imprisoned in Korea. So anything, that night I took my three minute shower. Skillednessessess OK the bed are so uncomfortable! My back hurts like crazy. But that's OK. My goal for today is to meet at least 3 new people and my discovery is that I should've brought an blanket, pillow, sweats another jacket and another pair of jeans. Ah, who cares. I'll be fine. My discover, I can take a 3 min shower.
-Caitlyn
"We're all gonna die!" yelled Ryan. "I've starving and we're gonna die of hunger!" "No we're not, we're almost home!" said Jewel. They were on their way back from the beach on a sunny afternoon. Ryan, Jewel, Jacob and Sonia had all gone to the beach that day and were planning on going back the next day. They were all going to go on a boat to a little island in the Atlantic Ocean. "Let's go!" screamed Sonia. "We're going to miss the boat if you don't hurry!" Everybody rushed out the car and drove off to the dock. By this time it was already noon. Ryan, Jewel, Jacob and Sonia were all good friends. Ryan and Jacob were tall, while Sonia and Jewel were still five feet tall. "This is an ugly boat, Sonia." said Jacob. About half way through their ride, there was a huge thud under the boat and the engine stopped. Everyone stopped talking and looked at each other. When all of a sudden a a shark breaks though the bottom of the oat, making a gigantic hole in the bottom. The boat starts sinking like the Titanic. Luckily , the little island was visible from where the boat sank. Jacob, Jewel, Sonia and Ryan swam up and started for the island. But on the way there was just a pool of sharks. Everyone just floated there... To be continued!!!!
-Josie
Create a new way of life
Really interesting to know
Exciting
Awesome
Teriffic
Interesting
Victory starts with creativity
Ideas are from being active
The arts define creativity
You only live once.
- Adrian, Thomas and Sam
They saw that the indestructible ship did snink and to some extent, this is true. But you know the old saying "don't judge a book by it's cover." So I'll tell you the real story, to start off it was a warm summer morning of which my great grandfather had the pleasure of boarding the ship "Titantic". He had presented the officials with his ticket and walked onto the ship's beautiful interior, inhaling all of its features. He, however, quickly noticed what he thought to be a small experimental bomb strapped to the mantle of the grand fireplace. He was right, but after another glance he siply decided it was a weird clock. It would bleep and coitnue to count down isntead of up..... to be continued!
-by Jacob.
"We're all gonna die!" Harry Potter screamed after Voldermot put his curse on the Titanic and now the mighty ship was plunging straight into the ocean. Harry Potter started running all around. Panicking and rubbing hsi scar as the pair it caused him started increasing every minute. His messy hair was flying and blocking his sight as he continuously tried to flip it out of his eyes. He was amazed at how foolish he was in dropping his wand into the water. This was a life or death situation for Harry, since the Gamemakers in his seventy-fourth annual hunger games' was to kill him with a traffic death to entertain the Capitol people. At the moment, Harry was extremely jealous as he saw Edward Cullen walked by him at perfect peace. OK, he was wrong. They were all gonna die, except Edward, he was a vampire. He couldn't die again. The ship suddenly tilted even more. It was impossible to think of a way to survive now. Just as sudden as the ship had nearly flipped, it went back to its original position, flat on the ocean, floating at peace at though it hasn't hit an iceberg at all. He knew that the game was gonna get as ugly as possible after this calmness.
-Ha
Meghan S.: Some goals that I have for myself include being able to draw better, make new friends, try new foods, learn new things.
Create Whatever!
Recreate images in your own way!
Express the REAL you!
Always think outside the box!
Truthful to yourself
Individuality is OK!
Versatile attitude
I will be MYSELF!
Tell your story
Your choice
by Chloe and Dolce
On a dark windy night the Titanic was priceless. Nobody could ever call this glorious view ugly, but that didn't last long for the indestructible Titanic sank into nothing. It if wasn't for the glacier, the Titanic would e still in the seas with its beautiful and priceless view. Now I'm just looking to the seas writing this story and I hope somebody reads this. I can still hear the voices in my head over and over again "We are all gonna die!" was what the people were saying. So now I"m going find land and inform people about what happened and I can rest for some time to forget all these horrific memories.
by Teresa
Can be expressed any way
Rainbow of personality
Everyone has a creative side
A way to find out who you are
True to yourself
Incredible!
Very easy to experience
It can be anything that you imagine
Terrifically in style
You can't be without it.
by Sarah and Meghan
Once upon a time at Vanguard University, there was a whole bunch of cheerleaders that came to cheer. There were all very competitive with each other. Everyone of them wanted to be the best at everything... who had the best splits, who had the longest hair, and who could do the best cartwheel. Then one day, a boy cheerleader came along. He was better at everything. He had the longest hair, the best splits, and a very pretty cartwheel. All the girls were mad, so they all got hammers and broke the boy cheerleader's bones. Now, he is not a good cheerleader anymore. He was really upset, so he posted terrible pictures of all the girl cheerleaders on facebook. He wasn't finished with his revenge though so he cut all the girls' hair off and with all the hair, he made the longest wig ever, so he had the longest and prettiest hair every, making him the best cheerleader ever!
by Abby (inspired by the cheerleaders outside our CE classroom)
Choosing the unexpected
Risk taking is key
Exclude nothing
Always reach deeper
Think outside of the box
Imagination is the foundation
Various ways to express it
Improvise with WHAT YOU HAVE
Try your best
You are creative.
by Camryn, Ha and Caitlyn
Day 2: Ok so yesterday night we was the NCI... the show was based on 4 different choreographers and their ballet dances. My absolute favorite was Wendy's dance, "Something about Sundays." I observed that there were five couples and 1 single guy. I believe he felt lonely until he met somebody. The setting was a cafe on Sunday. My second favorite was about dancers, oops, I mean writers imprisoned in Korea. So anything, that night I took my three minute shower. Skillednessessess OK the bed are so uncomfortable! My back hurts like crazy. But that's OK. My goal for today is to meet at least 3 new people and my discovery is that I should've brought an blanket, pillow, sweats another jacket and another pair of jeans. Ah, who cares. I'll be fine. My discover, I can take a 3 min shower.
-Caitlyn
"We're all gonna die!" yelled Ryan. "I've starving and we're gonna die of hunger!" "No we're not, we're almost home!" said Jewel. They were on their way back from the beach on a sunny afternoon. Ryan, Jewel, Jacob and Sonia had all gone to the beach that day and were planning on going back the next day. They were all going to go on a boat to a little island in the Atlantic Ocean. "Let's go!" screamed Sonia. "We're going to miss the boat if you don't hurry!" Everybody rushed out the car and drove off to the dock. By this time it was already noon. Ryan, Jewel, Jacob and Sonia were all good friends. Ryan and Jacob were tall, while Sonia and Jewel were still five feet tall. "This is an ugly boat, Sonia." said Jacob. About half way through their ride, there was a huge thud under the boat and the engine stopped. Everyone stopped talking and looked at each other. When all of a sudden a a shark breaks though the bottom of the oat, making a gigantic hole in the bottom. The boat starts sinking like the Titanic. Luckily , the little island was visible from where the boat sank. Jacob, Jewel, Sonia and Ryan swam up and started for the island. But on the way there was just a pool of sharks. Everyone just floated there... To be continued!!!!
-Josie
Create a new way of life
Really interesting to know
Exciting
Awesome
Teriffic
Interesting
Victory starts with creativity
Ideas are from being active
The arts define creativity
You only live once.
- Adrian, Thomas and Sam
They saw that the indestructible ship did snink and to some extent, this is true. But you know the old saying "don't judge a book by it's cover." So I'll tell you the real story, to start off it was a warm summer morning of which my great grandfather had the pleasure of boarding the ship "Titantic". He had presented the officials with his ticket and walked onto the ship's beautiful interior, inhaling all of its features. He, however, quickly noticed what he thought to be a small experimental bomb strapped to the mantle of the grand fireplace. He was right, but after another glance he siply decided it was a weird clock. It would bleep and coitnue to count down isntead of up..... to be continued!
-by Jacob.
"We're all gonna die!" Harry Potter screamed after Voldermot put his curse on the Titanic and now the mighty ship was plunging straight into the ocean. Harry Potter started running all around. Panicking and rubbing hsi scar as the pair it caused him started increasing every minute. His messy hair was flying and blocking his sight as he continuously tried to flip it out of his eyes. He was amazed at how foolish he was in dropping his wand into the water. This was a life or death situation for Harry, since the Gamemakers in his seventy-fourth annual hunger games' was to kill him with a traffic death to entertain the Capitol people. At the moment, Harry was extremely jealous as he saw Edward Cullen walked by him at perfect peace. OK, he was wrong. They were all gonna die, except Edward, he was a vampire. He couldn't die again. The ship suddenly tilted even more. It was impossible to think of a way to survive now. Just as sudden as the ship had nearly flipped, it went back to its original position, flat on the ocean, floating at peace at though it hasn't hit an iceberg at all. He knew that the game was gonna get as ugly as possible after this calmness.
-Ha
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| Mairen, Brendan, Jessica, Amythest, Hannah, Bailey, Annabeth and Josie- my children :) |
That evening we went to go see the NCI performance at UCI. I loved- a perfect combination of ballet and slightly more modern dance, as well as some great music. I really enjoyed a piece in which the stagehands choreographed version of a night out at the bar, including the cat fights, over-drinking, fighting, throwing up, weird dancing, etc. I laughed so hard. I also really enjoyed some of the mirror image dancing they performance and the costumes.
The next day we went to the Great Park for Circle Painting. I missed the beginning of the activities and the directions so was a little confused when a woman painting next to me looked over at my design and exclaimed "woooooow!" Later, I discovered that the three "yeses" of Cirlce Painting are: yes to silence, yes to breathing and yes to wow. Well, thanks random lady. Wow to you too.
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| Darci! |
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| glamour candid shot |
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| triplets- Abbe, Gemma and me |
Let's be honest, folks. The best part of the concert at the Great Park? A tie between the glowing balloon and the fact that THE CONCERT WAS OVER AT 8:30 AND WE WERE IN BED BY 10:00 PM.
Festival of the Arts day was typical as usual. The kiddos had a great time making their artwork and we were lucky enough to this time get white scratch paper, which I hadn't seen in a long time. The kids loved Pageant as well- I was able to get my family group over to talk to the director, narrator and the sound mixer, which gave them another element of the backstage tour.
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| Sarah |
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| Chloe and Josie |
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| Mairen |
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| counselors Claudia and Jessica |
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| Four generations of AXP- Mo, me, Eddie, Mindy |
Eddie always asks me to sing with him so I spent my break on Tuesday "kickin'" it in my Blue Converse kicks and practicing "One Moment In Time."
This is Jacob, our little shredder of the week. He didn't talk much, always covered himself up with the hat, sunglasses and the looooong hair, but man, could he play the guitar. And was fascinated that we used to call Steve Maughan "Stevie Ray Maughan". I call this picture "Artist At Work".
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| me and Kameron |
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| silly CE class |
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| Brendan was in my CE class in 2008 |
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| so was Mindy |
The talent show was phenomenal- pianists, singers, original songs, a tap dancing, piano playing, viola playing trio of girls who also sang, a little boy singing "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga, a skit with 11 girls and two boys fighting with light sabers while their friends played the "Star Wars" themes. Also the party was rocking. It was such a great night.
We came back to the admin suite from the party to find that Leslie had left us all gifts of wine. What a perfect was to end the week. Thanks Leslie! Your son was one of my favorites!
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| Hannah, Annabeth, Camryn, Bailey, Cari, Gianna, Rachel and Liam |
This group of kids was incredible. We are all exhausted, drained, totally fried and over caffeinated but at the same time, thrilled we had such an inspirational, talented and creative group of kids. After a bit of a rest, I'll be ready for next year!
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