Highlights of the Dec 20th Meeting:
- Attendees Included: Crafty Rachel, Serena Patel
- We discussed overarching design tools and relevancy, outlined an approach for design.
- We began to develop a list of classroom activities and began to map to dates.
- Cal Collaborators were invited to author content about the project for the Blog
- Agreed on an overarching area of scope in the partnership
- Discussed scholarship requirements and suggestions for ESW students, AMT training and certification for ESW scholars and craft work and classroom activities.
- Begin to compile a list of classroom activities and dates. Brainstormed on activities in two groups “Big Kids” and “Little Kids”
Highlights of the Dec 27th Meeting:
- Attendees Included: Vanessa, Wanda Stewart, Crafty Rachel, Serena Patel
- Three Scholarships were confirmed
- March Build Day Go/No-Go decided as a “GO”
- Discussed information needs for March Build Day – build goals and funding, firm deliverables for funding, logistics for the day – food, parent and teacher engagement, tools, site coordinators.
- AMT to host, possible to do multiple dates
- Rachel to work with AMT approach AMT community for assistance in Promotion.
- January 15th Workday – Confirmed as a “go”
- AMT has booth for table top activity
- Activity ideas – voting/collaboration – draw your dream garden, color a garden, draw a chicken coop, vote for your favorite. Stretch Goal – compile a look book from results.
- Work Day Project ideas – build a path, construct benches, worm bins,.
- Visual Language Design: Rachel to post to blog in lieu of a presentation.
- Classroom activities will start – Feb 7th. Wednesdays 3-5th Graders, Thursdays 8-Noon 3rd and 5th Graders. Sessions will be 100 minutes. Fridays, Start Feb 2, Kindergarden and First Graders 1:15-1:45. Sessions will be 30 minutes.
- For classroom activities bring feedback and capture new ideas from participants.
- Need to develop a facebook page for the garden project.