Day 1
We couldn’t have hoped for a nicer day for the start of our program. After an introductory session, which began outdoors as everyone was arriving, there was Theatre, Chemistry, lunch at the cafeteria (aka, the Pit), a magical illusion show with “Magic Tom”, then back to the Chem lab. In the last session we went to the computer lab to explore the computing environment, get login information and register for the message board http://novamagicschool.proboards39.com/.
Each student posted a message under the “integration and reflection” category. There's been some serious activity and this has continued posting beyond our 3-4pm session. It looks like the enthusiasm that we saw last year is going to carry over into this year!
We have an amazing group of scholars enrolled in our program and a great team of counselors: Kim, Melissa, Andrew, and Adam (part-time). Adam is also doing web support. People who observed for a short while thought that the scholars already knew each other – even though most of them had just met!
Here are some reflections from Day 1:
“I would say that the group is off to a good start in terms of making new friends, especially for the first day!”
“This is so cool!”
“This is really, really fun. Chem was the coolest, because where else can you make a penny look silver or gold, create Goo, make metals and
liquids turn different colors with just a shake, or play with dry ice?
Anyway, I can't wait to get started on some of the other stuff.
“My brain is overflowing with ideas. I'm glad i'm working with such a talented group of people, and all are very fun to be with.” :)
“Magic Tom was Crazy Good!!!!!!!”
“I think the theatre part will be fun because I like acting”
“Lunch was sooooooooo much better than at my school”
“Today at Chemistry I learned a very cool trick. The trick is to make a penny look like it is made out of gold. What you have to do is put a penny in a zinc solution and let the zinc coat the penny. After that, you light a burner and pick up the penny with prongs and put the penny back and forth through the fire to fuse the zinc and copper to make it into brass which makes the penny look like a gold coin. I can't wait to show my friends and family.”
“I can see why people long ago would try to trick people into believing a copper coin was really gold. I would never know.”
“Our lessons aren't our only weapons. Not only are we armed with creativity, but this group has a whole platoon of different talents.
Right now each of us has a surface-to-air missile of personal strengths just waiting to be launched into the program!
[ ...] So if you didn't understand my military metaphor, what I'm trying to say is that we all have our individual talents-- art, theatre, music, whatever-- that we bring to the table, and we should work those into the program as well as our lessons.”
Each student posted a message under the “integration and reflection” category. There's been some serious activity and this has continued posting beyond our 3-4pm session. It looks like the enthusiasm that we saw last year is going to carry over into this year!
We have an amazing group of scholars enrolled in our program and a great team of counselors: Kim, Melissa, Andrew, and Adam (part-time). Adam is also doing web support. People who observed for a short while thought that the scholars already knew each other – even though most of them had just met!
Here are some reflections from Day 1:
“I would say that the group is off to a good start in terms of making new friends, especially for the first day!”
“This is so cool!”
“This is really, really fun. Chem was the coolest, because where else can you make a penny look silver or gold, create Goo, make metals and
liquids turn different colors with just a shake, or play with dry ice?
Anyway, I can't wait to get started on some of the other stuff.
“My brain is overflowing with ideas. I'm glad i'm working with such a talented group of people, and all are very fun to be with.” :)
“Magic Tom was Crazy Good!!!!!!!”
“I think the theatre part will be fun because I like acting”
“Lunch was sooooooooo much better than at my school”
“Today at Chemistry I learned a very cool trick. The trick is to make a penny look like it is made out of gold. What you have to do is put a penny in a zinc solution and let the zinc coat the penny. After that, you light a burner and pick up the penny with prongs and put the penny back and forth through the fire to fuse the zinc and copper to make it into brass which makes the penny look like a gold coin. I can't wait to show my friends and family.”
“I can see why people long ago would try to trick people into believing a copper coin was really gold. I would never know.”
“Our lessons aren't our only weapons. Not only are we armed with creativity, but this group has a whole platoon of different talents.
Right now each of us has a surface-to-air missile of personal strengths just waiting to be launched into the program!
[ ...] So if you didn't understand my military metaphor, what I'm trying to say is that we all have our individual talents-- art, theatre, music, whatever-- that we bring to the table, and we should work those into the program as well as our lessons.”
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