Arts, Environment and the Child: Walking the Wheel of the Seasons

Project Reflections

Date Place Reflections
01/18/06 TESC (Longhouse) It was a nice experience to meet with students and teachers to do some planning for the Lunar New Year. We discuss advertisement and the possibility to have sponsors. I have been posting poster in the Shelton area for the Lunar New year.
01/20/06 TESC (Computer Center, Mac-Room) I had the opportunity to assist my classmates in the Computer Center on their web sites. I know little about Dreamweaver and Photo Shop programs; Hirsh asked me to volunteer. I like to learn about web design so I was happy to assist.
01/20/06 Evergreen Elementary (Shelton) Today I meet with Mrs. Pegg (the teacher of the classroom that I'm volunteering), we schedule the times for me to come to volunteer. I start a garden project with this class last quarter and I determent to finish it this quarter. If you want to no more about the garden Click here.
01/21/06 TESC (computer center) After class Hirsh, Tom and some members of the painted word meet to talk about the editing of images for the Painted Word Site. I had some training on editing images on Photo Shop.
01/23/06 Evergreen Elementary Today I was able to talk to the class and refresh their mine about our garden project, there were very excited to continue. I grade math papers for Mr. Pegg.
01/24/06 Evergreen Elementary On my free time I made about 22 Journals for Mrs. Pegg's class, I gave these journal to the students. I told them to draw or write on their journals, I also showed them my nature journal. The students were inspired from my drawings in my journal.
01/25/06 Home Today I did no go to work so I take this opportunity to edited the images for the Painted Word Site.
01/26/06 Evergree Elementary I did volunteer at the Evergreen Elementary school, for in activities for parents after school. I was a part of a panel for involving parents more in their child's school and how to help students at home.
01/27/06 TESC (Computer Center) Today I was able to meet with the Painted Word group to edit and upload pictures and text to the Painted Word website. I was nice to work with a group and shared skills.
01/28/06 TEST (Computer Center) Lunar New Year Catalog. I learn something about the computer INdesign program.
01/30/06 Evergreen Elementary Today I help Mr. Pegg in her class room. It has been fun working in her class and the students are very anxious to finish the garden project.
02/01/06 TEST (Longhouse) I was happy to be part of the planning committee for the Lunar new Year Celebration. It is amazing what a community can do.
02/04/06 TEST (Longhouse) Today was fabulous, I like the smell of fresh air in the morning, specially by the Longhouse garden . I got early to campus and took couple of minutes to contemplate the garden in the longhouse, I can still listing to the water stream and smelling the natural atmosphere. I knew that it was going to be a go day. The celebration was great. Inspired me to look deep on to my self and family to follow in example of the performers to dedicated time to culture and folk thinking.
02/11/06 Evergreen Elementary I been working in this garden project since last quater. This is a memorial garden, for a Evergreen Elementary student who died last yer in a car accident. This Saturday I had the opportunity to work the ground for cultivation.
02/11/06 home Working the ground for a vegetable and herb garden. I love to work in the garden my father and grandfather shared this skill with me.
02/13/06 TESC (Computer center) I had the opportunity to get together with the Painted word group and discussed and get trained to made the catalog for the Painted Word exhibit.
02/15/06 Evergreen Elementary We work in the garden's flower beds
02/18/06 Brother's home Today I had the opportunity to build a flower bed and a bench with the help of my brother. We build these things of donated materials. After we build the main parts of the bed and bench we finish the assemblage at Evergreen Elementary. It feels good the progress in these project and I can way to be finish. This is a special garden because is a memorial garden.
02/19/06 Computer Center Abi worked and the Painted Word Catalog and I bring the art down of the liabreary's outer wall.
02/20/06 Evergreen Elementary Today My wife, my Youngest dougther and me, stain the flower bed and the bench for the memorial garden. we also plant some flower bulbs.
02/23/06 Evergreen Elementary I start filling the flower bed with soil.
     
     
     

 

 

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