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=Showcase Day=

Friday of Creativity Week (2/27/09) is Presentation or "Showcase" Day. Lunch will be 12:40p and chores at 1:30. On this day the students will be showing and discussing their work with other students, faculty, visitors, and press. In order to determine how best to organize Showcase Day we need to know the whats, wheres, and whens for each project group. Please add this information for your project below:

Native Garden
The students would like everyone to come see the new garden and talk to them about why we used native plants, what plants we used, and what we learned at Treesearch Nursery. The presentation should only take about 15 minutes but we can do it several times if needed.

Sci/Engineering
Open display of Newton's Cradles, Ruben's Tube, Hovercraft, Straw Geometry in Physics Lab all day. (Hovercraft may be in pavilion.) Continuously scrolling slideshow in Physics Lab.
 * 1) Chaos Tower Run-Off in Physics Lab at 8:45am
 * 2) Airplane Fly-Off in Pavilion at 9:15am
 * 3) Rocket Launch in JH Soccer Field at 9:45am
 * 4) Solar Oven Bake-off in JH Soccer Field at 10:30am
 * 5) Pirate Ship launch at 12:00

Homeless
**WHEN:** 8-9: Setting up, planning, practicing 9-10: Lety, Jose G., Cindy F. 10-11: Marixa, Melissa, Zach, Marisol 11-12: Daniela, Stephanie, Katia, Kelvin 12-12:45: Alex, Yessica, Samira **WHERE:** Tech Room **WHAT**: Continuous display and presentation of website, with discussion of group experiences and Q&A.

Photography for Social Progress (Pix4Progress)
8-9 Set up and final touches; prepare Artist Talks ALL DAY: Posters and book prototype on display in Old Girls Lounge (Carl's Classroom), artist talks throughout the day, possible ongoing video slideshow 9:00-10:00 Artist Talks on Animal Protection 10:00-11:00 Artist Talks on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention 11:00-11:30 Artist Talks on Immigration 11:30-12:00 Artist Talk on Drunk Driving

Film Festival
The students will have 5-8 short videos they would like to present (exact amount of videos produced undetermined, based on pace of students' progress). We will have various showings of the videos by the hour, on the hour: 9, 10, 11, 12. Showings will take place in South Classroom, Dale's/Susan's room.

Laughter
There will be a video presentation of our work at the day care at 9:30 and 11:30 in the North Classroom (Dave & Ryan's Classroom)

Dance
Dance performance will take about 10 minutes. Performances will be at 10:15, 10:45, and 11:15. Additional performances will be done as audience demands.

Gym Mural
We expect we will need Friday morning to work on the mural. Perhaps even the entire day. We would like to unveil late, perhaps after lunch. We may decide to unveil at graduation.

This Old House
Bicente will have one or more of his students taking some pictures of the work they've done during the week. They will present a slideshow in the library at ?.

Stained Glass
Presentation of finished fused glass mural and possibly some additional individual projects with explanation of the process by members of the group in the large art room or really any classroom if David or others need the art room. I'd guess the presentation would not take more than 20-30 minutes depending on the number of questions. Presentations at 9:45, 10:45, and 11:45..

Bayous

 * Where:** Chemistry Lab
 * What and When:** We will have a montage of pictures and videos showing continuously throughout the day. Students can also come and see some of the specimens we collected. A detailed poster presentation will be repeated at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30.

What's Cookin'?
Each group will be preparing, cooking, and serving during these presentation times. People will NOT be allowed to hang out in the display areas. Tables will be set up for the 30 minute tastings.

First presentation-9:30 am Fruit Carving and Soup and Bread Second presentation-10:30 am Main Dish and Sushi Third presentation-11:30 am Fruit Display and Dessert

Sculpture
The sculptures will be placed in various locations around campus. We could give a short presentation on the method and results (~10 minutes). We will give 3 presentations (9:15, 10:15, 11:15) that are about 5 minutes long and will be held in the 6th grade classroom.

=Evening Duty Schedule=


 * ~ Night ||~ Location ||~ Duty ||
 * Tuesday || Movie1 || Brian ||
 * || Movie2 || Dale ||
 * || Roam || Ryan ||
 * Wednesday || Movie1 || Carl ||
 * || Movie2 || DH ||
 * || Roam || Michael ||
 * Thursday || Movie1 || Jeremy H ||
 * || Movie2 || Evelyn ||
 * || Roam || Jeremy D ||

If a movie ends early we can play night frisbee with decent weather.

=Suggested Movie Titles= It would be great to choose movies that emphasize creativity and problem solving! Billy Elliot? Lord of the Rings?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Susan) O Brother, Where Art Thou (Susan) Paprika (anime, a little racy, Susan-- let me know if you want me to bring any of these in) Miracle at St. Ann's (Michael) W (Michael) Dances With Wolves (Brian) God Grew Tired of Us (Brian) The Express (first black Heisman trophy winner)(Craig) Traitor (Don Cheadle)(Craig) The Great Debaters (Denzel)(Craig) Bella (Craig) Amazing Grace(ending the British Slave Trade)(Craig) Lord of the Rings (expanded version)(Craig) The Corporation (David) The Weather Underground (David) Vietnam PBS series (David) Civil War - Ken Burns series (David) Ghosts of Rwanda (David) No End in Sight (David) Il Postino (Dale) (Ask Carl - they may have seen this already) Motorcycle Diaries (rating PG-13? Dale) Billy Elliot (Dale) Nice choice! Braveheart (Dale) The Kite Runner (Dale) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Dale) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dale)

Old Stuff...
On these pages we'll identify and manage the actual projects that we plan to do the week of Feb 24th. These "selected projects" have been taken from three sources: students' brainstormed ideas, faculty ideas, and students' written surveys. The projects are grouped into general categories or themes. Some important points:


 * These "selected projects" are not the be-all and end-all; in other words, some may go away and others may be added.
 * Having said that, we want to start project planning advisories, so the later we add projects the more difficult - not impossible - it will be to organize.
 * Faculty/Staff are (still) encouraged to propose/attempt projects in which they have a strong interest, e.g., a hobby. (Remember, there is time to add to the list below.)
 * We need all faculty to at least be comfortable with and at most be excited about the projects they will be facilitating.
 * Student-generated project ideas have been included, so we have met this goal and students can claim ownership.
 * **Individual projects can last less than 3 days, and, therefore, a group of students can do more than one project. But the same group of students must remain with the faculty/staff for the entire 3 days.** (It's just too hard to organize otherwise.)
 * We want each facilitator to plan an extra project (or two) in case you get done early. (Better too many than few.)
 * Need to figure out what boys will do 7pm-9pm. Suggestions for work with boys: character/residence life program, perhaps involving showing films and discussing relevant issues. Do we have any candidate films?

Next steps:
 * 1) **We need faculty/staff to identify the project(s) they want to facilitate by 10/20. DONE .**
 * 2) **Facilitators provide project __description__ by 10/20.** **DONE ****.**
 * 3) **DTF make student sign-up sheet by 10/23.** **DONE ****.**
 * 4) **Students sign-up for projects at Advisory on 11/7(?). We'll advertise the final list of offerings ahead of time.** **DONE ****.**
 * 5) **Students choose 1st, 2nd, and 3rd project choices. (Sorry, kids. No guarantees.)** **DONE ****.**
 * 6) **DTF accept students for each project by: discretion, seniority, GPA.** **DONE ****.**
 * 7) **DTF review the sign-up lists. (Some projects may be dropped, due to low enrollment.)** **DONE ****.**
 * 8) **Facilitators complete Blank Project Details sheet for their project(s).** **DONE ****.**
 * 9) **DTF announce project groups.** **DONE ****.**
 * 10) **First planning session during advisory on 11/21.** **DONE ****.**
 * 11) **Project groups determine bus/vehicle needs.** **DONE ****.**
 * 12) **Project groups determine computer needs.**
 * 13) **Project groups determine video camera needs.**
 * 14) **Project groups determine funding needs.**
 * 15) **Figure out what to do with boys in the evenings.**
 * 16) **PE assignments**
 * 17) **Friday schedule**

The "Creativity Presentation" from the first day of meetings (8/11/08) is located in Moodle in Chinquapin's [|Teacher's Lounge] area. Beware it may not look and behave the same as presented 8/11, especially if you run it on a Windows or Linux machine with something other than the version of PowerPoint the author had.