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September 4th – Observations

Art, Culture, Socratic, ,

Attached are some photos from the day, starting from the first hero’s walk (notice the first photo of Coach Carpenter on the lower left!

Thank you to Ms. Abigail and Ellie for these observations:

– Ellie took ownership of her new space and acted as a community-minded running buddy by being the first to volunteer to oversee/brainstorm room cleaning tasks

-Jack showed good leadership and listening skills when he volunteered to take a turn moderating the question session.

-Charlie, during art, relayed a story he’d read (about a girl who claimed her eyes were the biggest things in the world because they could contain everything she’s seen) that added dimension to the task at hand.

– Ellie would like to add that Pace was a great Socratic discussion leader during the part of the day when we broke into two groups to ask and answer questions from the question  box

The First Day of Acton Academy Middle School

Culture

Thanks to Kenzie and Mason for agreeing to be our first classroom reporters.  Below is their report:

September 4th 2012

The first day of school has arrived, along with many new Acton eagles. They are ready to start their new Journey: A hero’s journey. This morning we got to get to know everybody and learn more about each person by asking them simple question about themselves. In art we learned the basics of making a self-portrait . *remember to bring a baby picture by Thursday!!!* And to kick off the day, we got started with Khan Academy. That’s all for today!  Hope you had a good summer!!!