Student Coucil 2009-10

Today we went over who gets to run for what postion, i really like how everyone is raising their hands and working together rather than acting like a mob. Marjorie and I are running for prz and vp respectively. I'm excited, we laid the groundwork for activities at the last meeting and now we can get started as soon as the votes are in. I'm scared because we have some really tough competion and I really want to win because I love this school so much and I really want to give back to it as much as I can.

PROMMM!!!!!!!!!

Prom was a huge success!!!!! we got completely setup except for the baloons which came late. I could blab about how much fun i had but that has nothing to do with the committee....

most fun yet

I think this last hike was the most fun yet. We saw som old light houses. We got to walk along 70ft cliffs desperatly hanging onto protruding shrubbery as the ground kept falling from beneath our feet. We got to run throgh 1.5 miles of bushes which tore my legs to ribbons and covered my ankles in ticks. We got to walk in the rain and through an incredibly creepy abandonned army base that scared me. We got to be followed by swarms of mosquitoes for a mile and come up with funny nicknames for eachother. We got to run on the beach and chase seagulls. All this we did while making great time, with me at the front 90% of the time until... The last 100 ft noah just started runnin and then miles started runnin but i wanted to win so i started runin, but we were on sand and got tired after 25 ft. and continued walking another 25 then run 25. Then we get to the bottom of this last hill to the patrking lot and i was in third with noah in first so i started running and passed him but then he passed me again so i grabbed his backpack and threw him backwards into miles who apparently in the process odf falling pushed noah back up so that he ran the last 10 ft and beat me. but im the real winner.

prom committee

It has been mostly the same situation during the past week, getting in decorations and putting stuff together. Last weekend I folded the invitations and put them in the envelopes, but I couldn't help out after school yesterday because it was my last tennis practice. I didn't realise that most of the work was in the beginning with fundraising.

Hiking

We hiked from Dennis to Brewster last time, it was the best hike yet. We start out on our usual terrain and it was a beautiful day. Then we got to the Brewster flats, so we got to walk along the beach for a good while, it was beautiful. Then we followed some normal terrain for a while again before switching to the marsh, dum dum duuum. We had to walk across this huge expanse of marsh land and we couldn't cut through because it was so wet in the middle and every time we turned a corner there was another stretch waiting. So since we definitely weren't gonna lose each other in that place I just started walking really fast, just to see how fast and far I could go, I was really booking it, I was even outwalking our guide so I had to keep stopping and waiting up for him so I could check that we were supposed to keep going. I definitely did the best on this hike out of any of the others, it has gotten easier every time since I started.

S.T.A.G.E. - Learning Outcome 2

I achieved learning outcome 2, undertaking new a challenge. I have never done anything like being the scenes work for a real play. I took theater in 10th grade but I didn't do so well with the actual acting part. Then I helped out at the haunted house but that wasn't a play. This time I was really taking part in the costume design and keeping things going back stage.

S.T.A.G.E.

I had planned to help out as a stage hand for the afterschool drama club, but instead I ended up becoming the head of costumes and partial directors assistant. The outcome for me was a better job than id even wanted and the chance to give everyone else a helping hand so we could put on what was most definitely an excellent performance. I felt important because i got a snobby title like costume liaison but i mostly just had a lot of fun watching the actors and everybody. I had to make sure that everyone had the right costumes and looked good before going out and i was ms. hikes assistant in a way, i also sold tickets and refreshments to the customers. I perceived that there was a lot more going into a simple performance than i had ever known but i was grateful gto be a part of it. I think its a great activity and everyone should get the experience. This activity taught me a lot about theater and i feel i really helped out a lot. My goal was ok, i just didn't know what to expect. One time Kathleen forgot her costume so i whipped her up one right on the spot and she liked it even better than the other. I think doing helper work like that is always a good experience that everyone should go through.

CHAIRity Event

I had planned to contribute a chair to the Falmouth Artists' Guild Masquerade Chairity Bash to raise money for the Falmouth Artists' Guild. I designed and painted a chair that was sold in a live auction at the Falmouth Artists' Guild Masquerade Chairity Bash, where I also served food. The outcome for me, and those I was working with was that my chair sold for $40 that went towards the Falmouth Artists' Guild, and everyone loved the food I was serving and the fact I was serving the food. I felt great to know I had sold something and that the money was going to help our community and also because everyone was so happy to see me and the food. I interacted with my mom who helped me get the chair, told me how to prime it, and helped with the smaller details like the writing around the rim of the chair which my hands are not yet deft enough to accomplish. I interacted with my adult supervisor Carlyn and the caterers who prepared the food, and I interacted with the guests by serving them and socialising to make them feel more relaxed. I perceived that the chairs by more well known artists sold for more and that people seemed to loosen up as the night went on and accept the food more when offered. I thought the activity was a lot of fun and a great experience because it was good to get used to interacting with people at events, especially fundraisers and it was fun to see everyone in costume. This activity meant a lot to me because I've had to drop art in exchange for 2 sciences and it felt good to be doing something for art in the community. The value of this activity was that I took part in helping bring art to the community and we raised a lot of money so we can keep on making art a part of life in our community. This activity benefits everyone, the people who bought the chairs, the guests who had a good time, the Falmouth Artists' Guild, and the whole Falmouth community who will be able to enjoy art more and more with the better facilities we're working to provide. This activity met learning outcome 2 because painting a chair was definitely a new challenge for me, I had only painted canvas previously and it took a lot of work and time and paint to get it all together. This activity also meets learning outcome 4 because I had to work with my mom, my supervisor, and the caterers to put this all together. My goal was set just right because even thought it was a challenge I still managed to create and sell a chair that raised money for the Falmouth Artists' Guild. My only difficulty was getting a chair and I almost dropped the activity when my mom offered me hers because she hadn't done anything to it yet. I learned that sometimes if you're relying on other people to get something done you need to remind them because they have troubles of their own to worry about and too late sneaks up real fast, a great life lesson. Also, having people walk around and serve food brings any event to a whole new level, good thing to know for throwing parties.