Sonata/Sonatina Festival Honors Recital

Haley earned a spot with her 'Superior +' in the Honors Recital.

Video link of recital AFTER the competition:

https://www.facebook.com/myiesha.taylor.39/videos/vb.828434475/10153241732664476/?type=2&theater

Speeches and the Peabody Award for Doc McStuffins

Artemis Speech - Appreciation speech given by Haley Taylor Schlitz and presented with the Peabody award nomination for Doc McStuffins helping the show WIN the Peabody Award!!
#PeabodyAward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfnyvY-obA

STEaM as the Persuasive Speech Competition WINNER presented by Haley Taylor Schlitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTnL7Kn926E

Hope farm

This community service project was so much fun!!  In addition to our Jack and Jill Chapter raising $10,000 for our chosen charity, HOPE FARM, Inc., via our biennial Golf Swing fundraising event, we rolled up our sleeves and thoughtfully interacted with the people.

We had the pleasure of collecting donations, spring cleaning our own closets, and compiled a great stack of excellent merchandise to take to Hope Farm to set up a boutique shopping experience for the mothers and sisters associated with Hope Farm.  

Haley was SUCH the LEADER!!  She helped organize the merchandise, staffed the check-in table, took "reservations" and kept track to "held items."  It was fantastic to see her peers relying on her, looking to her for direction!!  

ASTHMA talk

The Presentation SlideShare:

http://www.slideshare.net/MyieshaTaylor/asthma-47405628

Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBBGm0rTNL4&feature=youtu.be

ACT day

After months of studying and preparing for this exam, today is ACT day.

Orchestra Audition

After weeks of preparation, Haley auditions for a spot on the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.  She is *much* better with the pedal harp than she was last year, but leaving nothing to chance, she brings her A-game.

Music Practice - La Gimblette and Presto

Children's Cluster

Children's Cluster is always chalked full of magnificent educational opportunities and great socialization with peers and friends.  This year the conference was held at Great Wolf Lodge. 

• Workshops included, computer programming and animation sponsored by UT Dallas.  
• African Drummers and dancing - cultural education and African geography lesson.
• The Children's Defense Fund Freedom School hosted an interactive literacy discussion.
• Interactive "Mad Science" was the highlight with bubbling potions and "magical" science experiments.
• Emergency medical technician spent time talking about safety:  seat belts, helmets, and using good judgement in public.

And THEN, there was plenty of snacking and waterpark fun with Jack and Jill friends!!!

Spiritual focus time

Potato plant and art faces

Its spring, but it doesn't yet feel like spring.  Anxious to see something bud and grow, we decided to do the timeless "potato sprouting experiment" as we await warmer weather.

Mathcounts

Awesome Math has started a MATHCOUNTS club.  Its a bit far from our home, but the schedule works well with our "regularly" scheduled class time.