INKBLOTZ: My Inkblotz staff published their first ever print issue on Monday! Last year the group was exclusively electronic. However, in hopes of increasing circulation, we have transitioned to hard copies. This transition has meant undertaking all sorts of new things (like layout editing and more careful cropping). In the end, my students pulled off a nice 6 page magazine that got passed around through all the English classes. One excellent student video editor made a nice promotional film to air at our student assembly introducing our year's theme. Our editorial staff decided to focus our issues on a Ying-Yang theme---seven deadly sins vs. fruits of the spirit. Each issue includes one of each. Overall, I was proud of their first issue and know that their work will continue to get stronger and stronger as the year continues.
PHENOMENAL WOMEN: One of the high school counselors and I are sponsers for this new group. Basically the goal of Phenomenal Women is to build community and a sense of support within the females on the high school campus. Through a series of events, we hope to help students build relationships with each other and with staff. We have 10 student leaders who are amazing and helped us host our very first ever event Wednesday night! We had a girls night in where we cooked together, did nails, played bonding games, had some discussions about what it is like to be a female on TCIS's campus, and watched a chick flick. In the end, we had about 40 high school girls and 4 staff show up. For a first event, it was quite a success! See a few pictures below:
Cooking together:
Nail polish buddies:
Toilet paper fashion show:
Small group discussion time:
One of the music videos we made:
A short video of the girls at the end of the night:
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