8th grade tutors!

Another afternoon tutoring at C3, a local after-school program run by YouthWorks alums. C3 works with both Marvell Elementary and Marvell Academy to target high-need students for after-school tutoring and mentoring.

Our 8th graders help tutor on Tuesday and Thursday - they listen to elementary students read, quiz them on math facts and are terrific role models and leaders.

First Day of Community Service

"Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today was our first day of after school community service! Ms. G and two 8th graders tutored and read with elementary school students at a local after school center.

Go service!

KWL - NYC

Today at our NYC meeting we did the first two columns of a "KWL" (Know-Want to Know-Learned) chart with our kids, the subject being obviously New York City. The kids were in groups of 2-3 and came up with one answer/question for Know and Want to Know to share with the group. Here's our list:

Know:
- 9/11
- Statue of Liberty
- large population ("overcrowded")
- New Years Eve Parties in Times Square
- hometown of Notorious BIG
- BET and 106 and Park

Want to Know:
- What is 9/11? (different group)
- What does Ground Zero look like?
- Why don't people drive cars or live in houses?
- What is the fashion like?
- What is the purpose of the Empire State Building?
- What kind of jobs do people have?

Modern Students

In preparation for our trip to NYC our art class is studying artists featured at the Museum of Modern Art, beginning with Henri Rousseau. Rousseau was originally a toll collector in Paris who taught himself to paint and became a player on the fin-de-siecle Parisian art scene. His large tableaux of "imaginary jungles" have been both criticized and celebrated for their dream-like qualities and child-like naiveté; Rousseau never left Paris but studied animals and jungle flora in library books and at the Paris zoo.

Like Rousseau, we decided to paint places we had imagined but never been in conjunction with a study of watercolor and perspective.

Featured Artists: Shindawia, "Desert/Mountains;" Henri Rousseau, "The Dream;" Freddonia, "Plains;" Rayneisha, "New York;" Candace, "Desert;" Katy, "Beach Sunset;" Derrick "Hotlanta;" Moesha,"Las Vegas;" Tyeshia, "Mountain Home"