K's Latest Musical Performance

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K gives the orchestra an A to duplicate at his recent concert.

K was the concertmaster at his 8th grade orchestra concert yesterday. He's downplaying his role, saying he just happened to be sitting in the front recently when their concert seating chart was created. He's so modest! It's a talented group and they played two pieces skillfully, both without a conductor.


The orchestra teacher just returned from maternity leave, with the most recent orchestra teacher filling her position while she was out. The substitute did a great job preparing the students - they were in fine form.

After the show, at which the 8th grade choirs sang, there was a dessert reception, where there were more goodies than you could shake a stick at. Or a violin bow.

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Fun Links
How low can you go? Oktavists can go lower.

Simple, yet complex, company logos from 1940 - 1980.

Tomas Vitanofsky makes inspired sculptures from metal scrap pieces. Really nice stuff.

You can buy the plans to build Colibri. But making it is going to be a challenge most are not up for.

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Catching Up for the Fall

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Let's start this off with some cats. Here we can see Rigby and Mesko wondering why I won't leave them alone so they can sleep.

School started, and I stopped adding to this blog. Here are a few things that have happened in the last 6 weeks.

M

M is the sax player the to the right as you look at this picture.
M marched at the Pioneer High Homecoming football game, his first time doing so. They did a lot of practicing, and looked great.



M also went to the Homecoming dance with his girlfriend, whose first initial is O. They both cleaned behind their ears and dressed up. I promised M he was in charge of distributing pictures. If you want one, let him know...

K
K continues to play tennis twice a week with his Rec & Ed team. He's also back for another year of Math Olympiad. This year his class has 30 students, which is his largest so far. A few other parents and I grade the homework, and it's all we can do to get done before the end of class.

MATHCOUNTS has also started up again, so he's joining that group after school once a week. Add in violin and piano lessons, and he's got a full slate.


This is the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad mascot, Weso the Owl. I'm told that Weso is a girl, in case you're wondering.
Science Olympiad planning has started up again. The event will happen on May 14, 2016. We already have schools contacting us asking for more information, but there's a lot to do to prepare. This is our new website, and it will grow as we build it.

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