Aviation Trip Continued

We’ve spent all of Saturday touring different parts of Seattle:  Pike Place Market, the University of Washington, the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field, and the Seattle Center and Space Needle.  Most of the day was rainy, which is typical Fall Seattle weather.  Fortunately on Friday, many of us were able to get outside to enjoy some sunshine and views of Mount Rainier. 

Below are some pictures from our touring Seattle.  There will be more details to come from our students when we arrive back in Dayton.  In fact, they are working on their reflections at a local Starbucks while we wait for our 11 PM (that's 2AM Ohio time) flight home.

Aviation Day 1 Pics

Below are some pictures from our first day at Aviation HS.  

The Robotics team gave a presentation and a demonstration for our students. 

Students participating in Science Olympiad discussed their projects.

Some of our students participated fully in the Culture Club's Halloween event.

Aviation High School

Greetings from Seattle!  Eight of our students and five of our staff are participating in an exchange with Aviation High School just south of Seattle, Washington.  Despite a cancelled flight, and a long day on Thursday (arrived at the Dayton Aiport at 4:00AM), we arrived at AHS around lunch time on Thursday.  Our students had an opportunity to share some information about DRSS, and also heard information about AHS from their students.  Each of our students are staying with host families, and shadowing the host student during the school day today. 

Anna Marie Bowsher sat down with me to share a few thoughts about her trip so far.

What has stood out to you so far in our visit to Aviation High School?

Many of the students here have a lot more to do after school.  Students are involved in sports and other activities – some at their home school and some at AHS.  So, they are up a lot later than what I am used to trying to get all of their homework done. 

AHS invited us to attend a few after school events this week.  On Thursday, we attended the  Culture Club’s Holloween event.  Later on Thursday, the Associated Student Body (ASB) hosted a potluck event for us that included food, games, and karaoke (look for the upcoming release of a video of Rickey Fultz singing on youtube).  On Friday, we are attending a Spaghetti Dinner that is a fundraiser for AHS’s robotics team.

Why has your host student chosen to attend Aviation HS?

Emily chose Aviation High School because she wants to be a pilot.  Her classes here all connect to the theme of Aviation in some way, which she likes.   This school is also smaller than the other high school she would attend.  At AHS there are 400 students instead of the 1800 students at the other school.

Emily makes a 45 minute trip (each way) to Aviation High School each day.  This includes getting up at 5:45, for her mom drop her off to catch a train.  She then gets a ride with a senior that drives from the train stop to the school. 

What are some similarities and differences you notice between DRSS and Aviation HS?

The school atmosphere is similar.  There aren’t any clicks really, but students still hang out with a smaller group of friends.  One thing that is different is that freshman and sophomores are in classes a lot of times with juniors and seniors, where most of our classes at DRSS are with students at the same grade level. 

For more information about Aviation High School, their website is http://www.aviationhs.org/

Posted by Dr. Boyd and Anna Marie Bowsher

Music

We have some interest in starting a music group or ensemble as an after school club at the Dayton Regional STEM School.  There are a couple of WSU graduate students that will be leading up this initiative.  There will be a fee involved, but we will know more about the cost once we know how many students will be participating.  A sign up sheet will be available at the front desk.  Parents should direct their child to sign up there by November 5.

Dr. Boyd

Parents meeting

Below is the link to the notes from the parents meeting tonight.  I apologize for not capturing everything here in the notes.  Last month I had a parent that took notes for me, but the link below is my attempt to capture the discussion after the fact.  :)

Dr. Boyd

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1xPMbnHuqsfqMpYTW2BvnIBrMhC5_fafI85dLq9uzFbk&hl=en&authkey=CKed6pgC

Guide to Online Math Resources

Below is a link from the American Mathematical Society that has a guide for online resources for high school students.

http://www.ams.org/programs/students/high-school/high-school

Dr. Boyd

Fundraiser, dinner out, DRSS gathering,...

Below is some information about the next fundraiser (as well as a social gathering) being organized by our parents group.  Hope many of you can join us on October 21...be sure to mention DRSS.

Dr. Boyd

Picnic

Thanks to all who were able to attend the picnic on Sunday.  We had over 200 people attend!  Thanks especially to Ellen Montgomery-Robinson for taking the lead on this event.  Below are some pictures from the day - thanks to Mr. Brewster for the photos.

Dr. Boyd