Homework Due on Tuesday

All right folks, we had a good meeting on Thursday to:

    a) pick a team name,
    b) create a team logo,
    c) decide how to raise money,
    d) pick a project.

We divided into two groups of five, and had each group come up with two possible names.  We then voted on the proposals and decided on "Comet Warriors" with 5 votes out of 10.  So item (a) is done.  Congratulations Comet Warriors!

That left items b, c, and d.

For (b) we decided to let anyone who wanted to create a logo, and we would vote to pick our favorite design tomorrow (Tuesday).  If you have a proposal for a logo, please bring it with you tomorrow.

For (c) we came up with two plans for raising money.  Amy and Georgia are going to organize a Haunted House for the school's Family Dance night.  For tomorrow they're going to develop a plan describing where the haunted house will be located, what the hours of operation will be, who will staff it during the dance, how it will be laid out, what items they need.  Thank you Amy and Georgia!

The second fundraising plan is to ask the Parent Council for money.  Our Communications Manager, Nashaya, volunteered to write a letter to the Parent Council on behalf of the team, listing our expenses for the season and asking them if they could contribute.  Thank you Nashaya!

For (d) we identified four contenders for e-waste research projects: i) heavy metals, ii) silicon dust, iii) cell phones, and iv) computers.  We asked those most interested in each project to prepare a presentation for Tuesday describing the current state of handling that type of e-waste, and what innovation(s) they thought we might try as an approach to reducing, recycling, or re-purposing it.

The volunteers were:

Jadzia - Heavy metals
Olivia - Silicon sawdust
Lyla - Cell phones
Nick - Computers

We look forward to your presentations tomorrow!

And the secret work for this week is Gnoljan (a Swedish word pronounced nol-yan, and meaning "comet").  Actually that's not true.  It's a word I made up using the initials of the people who volunteered to have something done by tomorrow.  See you then!