This week was very interesting at both Columbine Elementary & Casey Middle because they both seemed to go in different directions this week. Last week we did not go to Columbine and this week the second graders had a substitute on the day that we worked with them. I think that the sub represented a sense that “we don’t have to do anything” to the kids because to some degree, they were out of control. We worked with clean child-proof clay this week and some of the kids put it in their mouths and were spitting it at each other. They seemed to have lost their interest in the actual design process which was a little disappointing because when we last went two weeks ago, they were on task and excited for the whole hour. In contrast, we accomplished a lot this today at Casey MS. I worked with a young man named David who has attended almost every day at Design Club so far. He began coming on both Wednesdays and Thursdays a few weeks ago and really has become excited about designing his community, that he named "D-Tville." I was astonished to see how much he had done on the Thursday of last week when I was not around. He added gardens with soil, a few homes, and roads to his sustainable community. He was excited about explaining the sustainable concepts to the CU students making films and he seemed to really take a liking to this project. Next week will be our final presentation at Casey and I’m excited to see how David presents his project that he has worked so hard on. He should really be proud of it, because I’m very proud of the progress he has made over the last several months.
Brett
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