Violet Senior Project

 5/23/22 3:15pm Finally had a day of Senior Project that wasn't related to the art show which was a super nice break. In the morning I made a special cake for Jills daughters birthday party. Then for the first class of the day, Digital Photo, we went to the Meeting House to do an art show critique. We also did this for the second class of the day, Recycled Art. This involved having the students find what they deem as the best in the show. We had them find one from each of these categories: 3D sculptures, drawings/paintings, and photos. We also had them give feed back on the term about their likes and dislikes. The last thing we had them talk about was what effort grade they thought they deserved. We met in a circle and each student gave their answers on these questions. Looking forward to tomorrow even though I sad its the last day with Jill! Hours: 4  Total Hours: 53

 5/22/22 8:30pm Total Hours: 49 Week two of Senior Project was hands down one of the most tiring weeks of my school year. The combination of teaching, the art show, and sports definitely wore me out. I am still not sure about the whole teaching thing, but I think this week I was more successful and prepared than the first one. After setting up the art show, I can say the art teachers that do the work for it are some of the most under-appreciated for sure. I had no idea how much work it took to set it up. This week was full of a tone of work and I continued to learn about being a teacher. Jill was unfortunately still gone for the first part of the week, which meant I was on my own again with teaching her classes. I felt far more prepared to take on this week though with last week's experiences and knowledge. The classes went much smoother because I was more confident in just telling students to knock it off with the annoying stuff and do their work. I took on a different mentality a...

 5/20/22 7:15pm Today was the last day before the art show, which meant that we had to finish a lot for it. However, today was also Jill's busiest day with classes. We started the morning off with Textiles, where we worked on finishing art show projects, and got them into bags to bring over to the show. We then went to assembly and met her advisory. The second block was Digital Photo, and we took the class on a field trip to Blue Loon and Dunkin because they all had finished their art show work. The third class of the day was Recycled Art. Anyone who had projects left to bring up to the art show did, while Jill and I finalized all the labels. We then went to set up any art left and labeled all of the pieces as well. After school, the art show was from 6-7 which I spent welcoming people and checking in kids from Jill's classes.  Hours: 7 Total Hours: 49

 5/19/22 3:15pm  Today was Jill's first day back, and I was super excited about it! However, because the art show is tomorrow we had to do a ton of work to get everything ready for that. The first class we had this morning was Recycled Art. We set all their stuff up in the Meeting House and made sure that their labels were correct. After this Jill, Kate, and I hung up the paintings there. We then went to assembly with Jill to meet her advisory. Before the art show, all the labels have to be printed and stuck on little holders. This is what I did for the remaining time before lunch. After lunch, we had Jill's Studio Art class and we finished matting all the paintings and printing the labels. This took all afternoon and went into the next class because we also had to mat art for other classes. The last thing we did was hang up all the newly matted art.  Hours: 6 Total Hours: 42

 5/18/22 1:30pm Today was a busy task-filled day that was mainly still prepping for the art show and organizing. For the first part of the morning I organized photos. Then when the Digital Photo class came in we brought them up to the Meeting House. Kate and I hung them in groups which involved matching ones that highlighted and brought more to the photos when together. After we hung all those up I had to organize past art that we took down to make room for Friday's art show. Slocumb gets very overcrowded with past artwork so it has to be cleaned out. While on the phone with Jill we split the art up by dorm so that I could deliver them. I walk around to each dorm drop off the art pieces. I am super excited for Jill to come back tomorrow. Hours: 4 Total Hours: 36

 5/17/22 3:30pm The art show is coming up at the end of the week which means that there is a lot of prep work to do. I started the morning off with a Digital Photo class, and they helped move art from Slocumb to the Meeting House. There is a lot to do to get everything set up in the Meeting House. Kate has been working hard to get all the matting done for these paintings and photos while I get the class to collect their work. We also put table cloths over the tables Kate was so nice to set up yesterday. For the next part of the morning, I printed all the photos from Digital Photo that have been decided for the art show. This was a long process because printing photos onto the special paper takes a lot more time than just regular printing. After this, I went to a meeting with my advisor, Kelly, and some other teachers, about the health and wellness of students. We talked about why students are so unmotivated to come out of their dorms. It was an interesting discussion. The last thin...