SEEK Fall 2017

Today, was the final day of SEEK for the semester and the big Family Night Presentations, what a great night!

I am teaching a two semester High School Chemistry class called "Friendly Chemistry" again this year.  I'm really enjoying teaching the class. I like working with the high schoolers.  My Socratic approach to teaching took a few by surprise at first but based on the thoughtful thank you notes I got this year, I'd say its growing on them in a good way.

Lance took Study Hall first hour, which he used to take his weekly Greek Vocabulary tests and socialize a bit.  Then second hour he ran around with his friends in a PE Course.

Jared had the semester of his life!  First hour was a wonderful Drama Class.  He ended up being the spokes person for the class presenting his wax museum presentation of Louis Bleriot (first man to cross the English Channel by plane) to the whole assembly to encourage everyone to attend family night.  At family night he was one of the most visited statues and his friend Nathan had to protect him from too many people pressing his button :-)  Here's the link to the video of the assembly presentation:

Then, as if that wasn't enough, the whole class put on an incredible lip-sync presentation of the "Newsies" broadway play.  They that had the whole house in an uproar of applause afterward:  Here is a picture of the cast, followed by a link to the whole incredible stage show:

Then for second hour, he had an equally engaging class about Architecture, taught in part by my good friend Carey and therefore including his best friend in the mix.  He became a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright by the end of the class (kid has good taste) and gained a real interest and appreciation for architecture.  During the class they did a lot of hands-on modeling and even had an Architect for a guest speaker.

Titus showed how smart he was by taking an Apologia Anatomy and Physiology Class, designed for 5th graders (he's only a 2nd grader).  His teacher took me aside one day and said "Don't ever let him fool you, he's super smart.  He remembers everything.", point noted.  For his other class his took a fun and active PE Class to get all the wiggles out before Anatomy.

This was Amber's first semester taking structured classes at SEEK.  I admit to being a little worried how'd she do but my worries were completely unfounded.  Here first class was "Adventures in Etiquette". I figured why not, it was worth a try and I think she did come out a bit more polished.  However, note that in the Family Night Presentation picture above that she went on stage without shoes, Chris joked he wanted his money back.  People said nobody noticed with her beautiful dress.  

Her second class was a literature and crafts class that she really enjoyed.  It was taught by a mom she knew so I wasn't as worried about his class.  She brought home a bunch of adorable projects.