From Student Blogger Abigail

Today was our first day of CAM.
What we did was talk about Raleigh's past and colored old photos and wrote a 1-2 sentence letter to someone you know based on the photo. I think this will be a great class.

What is culture?

We spent quite a bit of time during our first program session discussing what was/is culture. We discovered that culture is really an integral part of our everyday lives. Culture is reflected in the food that we eat, the clothes that we wear, the things that we do for fun as well as the artistic traditions and trends of anywhere people live, work and play.

We made lists of the kinds of art, food, activities and classes that our participants like.

Art:
drama, drawing, dance, photography, installation, sculpture, singing, painting, music

Food:
cheese, macaroni and cheese, chocolate cake, chinese food, greek food, caesar salad, caprice salad, shrimp, yellow cake, spaghetti, sushi, pickles, pizza, lasagna

Activities:
taekwondo, shopping, walking, sports, being outside, shootin' hoops, playing with pets, taking photos, playing the piano, watching tv (specifically animation), cooking, painting

Favorite Classes:
art, social studies, spanish, language arts, gym, science, history, reading, math, auto shop

New Recruits!!!!!

We are super excited to get to know our 2010 program participants this afternoon! Our theme for this year is Raleigh's culture and entertainment. We have already lined up visits with musicians from the NC Symphony and NC Opera as well as our good buddies over at the Raleigh Urban Design Center.

Urban Design Center Visit

On February 10th our after school program visited the Raleigh Urban Design Center. UDC staff presented information on some of the current development projects happening in downtown Raleigh.

We talked a lot about what a makes a building "green".
Using renewable resources as construction materials
Using geothermal, hydroelectric, methane and other energy sources

Hey do you know what LEED stands for?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

*Post by Thomas

As promised- here are the students photos of water themed images in downtown Raleigh!

By Thomas(above)
By Sloane(above)
By Sam(above)
By Rebecca(above)
By Noura(above)
By Nik(above)
By Lydia(above)
By Kyle(above)
By Jordan(above)
By Jessica(above)
By Hannah(above)
By Gabi(above)
By Erin(above)
By Emma(above)
By Danielle(above)
By Collin(above)
By Chesson(above)
By Brantley(above)

Watch out!

We have unleashed the Moore Square Middle School madness to the streets of downtown Raleigh! We will post some our student photos early next week...

Thursday January 29th

Today we started our marble tile transfers and learned more about global water use. Do you know how much drinkable water we actually have on this planet? Not much. Our photo blogger Jessica took the photos below...