A Boy's Journey: 2012

3/9/12

3rd Place - Teachers Award

Julian receiving his 3rd Place Teachers Award
Mrs. Moore; Science Fair Director

Julian received a [third place] Teachers Choice Award for Freedom Christian Schools' Science Fair 2012... Awesome!! :) His first, our first and definitely not our last...

I had the opportunity to attend the schools assembly, my daughter Cynthia stayed with my morning arrivals in order for me to attend. YAY Cynthia!!! It was fantastic to watch... they kids were completely jazzed. They were probably super excited because all their hard work was finally done.. Sigh... AND seriously paid off! I for one know what hard work they did because Ju and I had a very difficult time :)

The school had first, second, and third MONEY prizes!! $25. To $50. Bucks!! What an incentive!!

They also had 100% on their next science, bible, math and English test!! I felt it was such an amazing positive incentive.

They had 3rd - 5th grades, 6th - 8th grades, and 9th - 12th grades... first second and third place winners. I was extremely impressed.

This year they decided to have 'Teacher Choice Awards' for the others that wouldn't even come close to the main awards... That way each class had a first second and third place winners... I thought this was very sweet for those who also worked hard but didn't make the cut... mine included...

But I was really shocked when Julian’s name was called out for third place Teachers Choice Award... It was Awesome!! I really think he was completely taken off guard, he was totally beside himself.

The assembly was rocking with crazy elementary and young people... cheering on all these that received some sort of an award. I was proud :)

Not only did the school supply all these awards and monetary gifts they decided to make a full day of party and games. Freedom brought in a large movable truck full of video games and karaoke!! It was amazing!! The students were off the hook completely over the top... All I could do was laugh and enjoy watching all these children that worked so hard the last 5 months on these science projects screaming and dancing of a wonderful day off of just fun and games.

I was so happy for them and thoroughly impressed with the schools reward for all the hard work.

Way to go Julian and Freedom!! You are the bomb!!

JuLiAn turns 9

How in the world did I miss posting about Julian turning 9?! OMGdness!

Lol.... We had bought him a ice-cream cake and it was so yummy!!

It was just us; Danny, Cynthia and Sean... On one of Danny's trek to Washington, he found two wooden swords. Julian, with the crazy imagination that he has, was absolutely in love with those two wooden swords. I do have to say that his big brother Sean also loves those swords... As a matter of fact while Danny was BBQing last night Sean and Julian had a sword fight in the back yard... *Sweeet*

At 9 years... What are Julian's favorite things:

*He LOVES history

*He holds a strong B average in school; as a matter of fact he has been on B Honor roll every quarter. Our goal is to move up to A Honor roll :)

*His favorite color is green

*He is 4 foot 9 inches

*He goes to Freedom Christian School; Mr. Scott Moore is his teacher.

*He LOVES food

*He is very interested in Bible memorization and trying to apply it to his everyday life.

*He has a hearty laugh (just like his mother)

*He loves Lego games

*He is extremely annoying to Cynthia and Sean, lol

*He absolutely adores his dogs; Frances and Rosita

2/24/12

Science Fair ~ 2012

SOLAR POWER

Solar Grasshopper

Our first year at Freedom Christian School

Julian and I learn (painfully) all about preparing for a science fair.

Never having done one in my entire life (not even with my other two children)

I felt lost this whole preparing time...

BUT Freedom has amazing 'workshops' and an amazing support system

that if you don't get it together... It would be a fault of your own ;)

Julian holding his Solar Grasshopper

They begin the process of the science fair at the beginning of the school year.

Giving you 5 months of step by step goals to reach with each step being graded.

By February you should be well prepared with a final research paper

and complete display done when the science fair arrives.

I believe we missed a couple of those goals...

We will see by the result of his grade when this is all said and done.

Julian's display board at the fair

Im extremely happy it is all done, but I am proud of this lil man.

*WhEw*

I felt as if I was in school all over again, lol

A proud Julian.
We made it to the end with a complete research paper and board.

Julian did his on Solar Power and How it works. We ordered his little solar grasshopper (its body is made up of solar panels) on line through Amazon dot com. We experimented with the little grasshopper in direct sunlight, shade, overcast, at night, in a shadow and even with a strong flash-light to make it shake and move.

Writing in a log-book was a major chore... Mr. Moore (his teacher) told us to jot down every thing we did; to looking on line, checking out library books, every workshop we would attend to the time of day we had the grasshopper outside. Have you ever tried to write down every thing you ate? ChOrE... right?!? Well this was exactly the same concept... Keeping tract of everything we did with this project. It had to be done, it was a part of his grade to have a filled log book. We did it and it sits there on the table next to his research paper.

YAY!!!

My daughter sat with my nappers and gave me the opportunity to head to the school and take a peek at all the science displays in the fair... I took some pictures just for the purpose to share with you the amazing work these children did at Freedom Christian. I was thoroughly impressed and the thought ran through my mind; Ugh... Julian better have got this down for the next years to come, lol.

I loved the fact of the scripture reference the upper grades had to provide as part of their findings of whatever they had chose. Impressive?? Yes, very!