January Big Doings Report, Pt. II

	JANUARY 2014
Identity Projects	complete projects
Identity Exhibitions	rehearse
Athletics & PE	plan travel (U of M, Eastern, AAA); identify Ann Arbor school for AAA
Place out of Time	select character
Lit Publications	edit explorers selections; decide format; select identity pieces
Work Crews	second rotation
Americans	single project (5-8)
Student Gov't	set goals; survey; Robert's rules of order
Detroit	determine itinerary
Cities Books	select and begin reading six Cities novels; create coursepack
Spring Trip	web research & calls

The pace of the Lit Publications work slowed in January, one concession to the truncated schedule, given the looming cold deadlines of Exhibitions. Writing Workshop time has been devoted to key exercises, developed by Jason, on particular areas of the craft, with work time following, both on the exercise at hand and on other student work. The week of February 10-14 will be largely devoted to bringing these projects up to speed. We also have time set aside in early February to work with our friends from U of M's Sweetland Writing Center.

The kids have made a smooth rotation into the next round of Work Crews. Here are the current assignments:

CREW	ADVISOR(s)
Books: Mike	Dan & Saara Crane
Greenhouse: Jianmarco & Saul	Dr. George
Kindergarten PE: Jonathan	Shan Cook
Building: Maya & Aristea	James Collins
Recycling & Kitchen: Trent, Nico & Lily	Nick Taylor
1-2 Homeroom: Ryan	Elaine Neelands
Office: Denali	Karen Bayoneto
1-2 Music: Isobel	Josh Grekin
Grounds: postponed till spring	--

The project on American Identity is, at present, being hatched in the 5-6 Humanities class. It will be driven by the work I do on Wednesdays with Jason and Sam's homeroom group, with additional material drawn from the Infinite Mirror exhibit at the university. Here's the exhibit.

Student government has met twice, and begun work on a middle school survey and on goal-setting, but I postponed two meetings in order to make up some lost time on project work.