Countless Hours in the School Yard

There are many kids in the Edublog community and we all have different experiences in our international lives. For me, I spend more hours at school some days than at home. This is not just because my siblings and I engage in many different activities like basketball, karate, or soccer but our school is also a safe play where can hang out with our friends after school hours. To begin with my day on a regular basis starts like this; I get to school at around 7:50am and head to library to finish up any leftover from the night before or just to get some extra sleep. Then after 15 – 20 minutes when people show up, I go outside and find my friends talk until the bell ringing at 8:25am. Next, our regular school day is off. The bell to inform us our hard day of work is over goes off at 3:20pm. Finally, after a hopefully productive day, I head to Shady Shake, our on campus restaurant, and get a snack and have some down time before it’s time to go to my next activity. This season is basketball at my school so at about 4:15 it’s time to ball! After test, notes taking, eating, mental breakdowns, bar spitting, and footwork drills, it finally time for me to go home at 6:15 pm.

It may seem like a lot but I love beginning activity and having something to look forward to. What’s your school day like and your favorite part of the day?

Count Out Three Challenge

For this week’s blog challenge we had to go to different three different blogs and then on the last one comment on the account.

I commented on 3 post in total. First on Aylssia who wrote 10 facts about herself. ( https://kidblog.org/class/vilasnieves/posts/8zp3wczsoye9z3jwzr5vr1ya1 ) I commented on the format of blog because it was really fun and inviting .

Then I commented on Georgio post about Images and Attribution (http://gzlin.edublogs.org/2016/11/08/week-3-images-and-attribution/#comment-6 ) He had a lot helpful information.

Finally, the last post I commented on was Molly’s post and she had a lot of short stories. ( http://molly45yps.edublogs.org/2016/09/15/the-dream-that-came-true/#comment-31 ) Molly is really talented at writing and I mentioned that to her.

 

JagArts Performance for the School

This November I preformed in my schools art display night called Jagarts (our mascot is a jaguar). Each art class whether it be drawing, music, or movie making works on a project to present to their fellow classmates and parents. This is meant to be a night for the artist where they can show what they have been working on for the past 8 weeks. The process leading up to the night can be stressful, but the end result is usually very rewarding. Also, it is a fun time to see what your friends have been working on in other class.

For my performance I preformed the song “Summertime Sadness” by Lana Del Ray with my two other friends, Jennifer and Jagga. The process of selecting a song was tedious and experimental. We had to keep in mine our different talents, the ranges, and keep in mind what the background music would song like along with our voices. My group had probably went though about 10 songs before finally choosing “Summertime Sadness”. However, the day of our final rehearsal, we knew that we had chosen the right song.

The antipation was rising as the hour got closer to our performance. My group had got together to do one last rehearsal in the bathroom before it was time to go on, but their had been an interuption. The fire alarm had gone off and everyone, parents, students, and teachers, had to evacuate to the field. Lucky, it had been a false alarm, maybe some prank. By the time we returned it was time for us to stand center stage. Nerves were still filling my body but it was go time and the performance turned out really well. Overall, I would say that Jagarts was a success. 6732501771_3e53e04dd5_q

Genius Hour Reflection

My topic for the first Genius Hour was to research how commercials are made. Though this was my 3rd choice after a failed two attempts at other topics, I’m glad I choose this as my final topic.  I choose how commercials are made because I have always had an interest in the entertainment industry and want to become a A.E when I am older. So, researching how commercials is right along that type of profession. Also, I thought it would cool to learn how commercials are made since there are so many and their everywhere.Surprisingly, I learned a lot during this process. To begin with, I learned that all commercials are made in a similar way but just the amount of talent and funding varies. Also, that it could take a couple of months to finish a final product.However, even though I learned a lot about the industry, it did not help me grow as a person. I think this is because it was more for entertainment and I didn’t have the mindset of growing as a person. To continue, my project it didn’t really help the community. I think this is so because in order for it to help it would have to relate to someone in the film industry. However, since I presented to my classmates I think they found it interesting but it didn’t help them advance in any way. Finally, what I learn in this Genius Hour will help my community/ world because it will give me a professional way to express my ideas through commercials. Since,  I have learned the steps, I will just have to get the fundings.