Arts-X-press is a summer arts immersion program for 7th and 8th grade students created by the Pacific Symphony in celebration of Cole Carsan St.Clair. 150 students are nominated by teachers throughout Orange County to come together for 5 days of creative exploration each summer. The program has two goals: 1) To expose students to all 5 performing and visual arts; and 2) To foster respect for and interest in each student’s individuality, talents, interests, and background.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

From a Counselor's Point of View pt.3

Welcome to another blog of From a Counselor's Point of View. Its just me tonight the one the only Mr Jacktastic = ) all the other counselor's just put your kids to bed and are now asleep too. Today was one of the funnest days for the kids and staff. Lets from the beginning we woke up today and of course my Suite beat YoYo's suite for bing the first up and ready to go. (They dont call me Mr Jacktastic no nothing) And altho im glad that the boys are all getting along we started to see that they were just hanging out with each other so i gave them a challenge. I told them that i wanted them to meet two new people from other suites and to my suprise they did it all day they were mixing it up and making new BFFN's (Best Friends For Now) After lunch we took the bus to Lagunan and the students really jumped right into the arts. Asking questions on the back stage tour asking the local artist questions about their work. In the workshops they all really gave it 100%. After that the counselor's were able to see the talent show preps and let me tell you your kids got some talent we are all blown away. After that we were able to take a wonderful and exciting walk back to the festival and take a better look at the art that was out. But of course the highlight of the day was watching the Pagent of the Masters show. I wish you could see their faces. They all were blown away i believe that the backstage tour and then seeing the show itself really helped them see just how much work goes into a show that big. After the show the counselor's took the kids back to the suites for a little one on one with them to get their feed back i dont know about any one else but i know that my boys could not stop talking about it. Tomorrow as you all know is the parent performacne i hope you can all come. Its also our last full day and im really sad that our time together is coming to an end. We have one last blog of From a Counselor's Point of View i hope you can all read it. Night Night

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I feel you jack. This jacob just sayin i miss the magic and you know it was 1 one of the best expieriences in my life i hope all the counselors were ok with the BO CONTROL. Give all the counselors a shout out from

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