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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Michelle Excels During 1st Semester At UNC -Greensboro


Michelle has made great strides in her college career these past few months. She made the big transition to transfer from a community college to a 4-yr university - The University of North Carolina Greensboro.

This is a school that was originally chartered in 1891 and currently has over 17,000 students enrolled. It has a beautiful campus that is situated in downtown Greensboro. It also has an excellent School of Education which led to Michelle's decision to come here to complete her degree.

After completing her first semester at UNCG she made both the schools Dean's List and Chancellor's List.

She has continued that academic success during the summer as she has successfully completed 1 summer session and is in the midst of her second summer session.

Why all the work? It is because at the end of the summer she will be a Junior and able to gain entry into the school's College of Education and pursue her major in Elementary Education.

She is doing a great job at adjusting to college life and she is certainly putting in the effort to do well. The results definitely bear that out.

Although she got her first taste of student teaching in the Spring (more like student observing), she will start the student teaching as part of her classwork in earnest during the Fall. She will also start to get into more classes in her major which should be interesting.

We are very proud of Michelle and what she is accomplishing.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Madison Completes 7th Year of Dancing With Year End Recital



It's hard to believe that it was 7 years ago that Madison started taking Dance at the On Stage School Of Dance. The years have flown by and she has gotten progressively better with each successive year.

The year end recital was again held at the historic Carolina Theater in downtown Greensboro, NC. Madison and her class performed three numbers at the recital, representing the three different dance styles that they studied: Jazz, Tap, & Ballet.

The first number was performed to the song: I Believe:





The 2nd number was performed to the song When You Believe:





The final number was performed to the Jonas Brother song Year 3000:





We were very proud of the performances and how much she continues to improve.
Soon it will be time for year 8 to begin.

A Big Day For James - Being Confirmed At Covenant Church United Methodist

During a busy May, one day may have stood out from all of the rest: the day that James became Confirmed at Covenant Church United Methodist in High Point.




















He had a year long series of classes and events leading up to this important day, where he got to make the choice for himself whether or not to join the church.




















The day was made extra special by the fact that so many family members made the commitment to travel to NC to be there for James on his special day. He had more people coming to be there for him than anyone else that day, and it was extra special due to the distances travelled.




















Thanks to all who were able to come and be a part of this day that James will remember for a long time.

Southwest Middle School Spring Band Concert


The 6th Graders at Southwest Middle School performed an amazing feat this year. They came into the year with no experience playing musical instruments and came out of the year with an impressive sounding, cohesive band.

I'm sure a lot of the credit goes to the Band director Stephanie Linville, but I also give a lot of credit to the students who obviously put in a lot of practice time in order to do so well.

The Spring Band Concert for the 6th grade band consists of three performances. Fortunately we have captured video clips of all three. Pay special attention to the handsome Tenor Saxophone player, also known as James.

The Performances

The First Piece is entitled Etowah by Brian Balmages





The second piece is entitled At Daybreak by Robert W. Smith.





The final piece is called Renaissance Festival by James Curnow.





After this amazing Spring performance I am sure everyone is looking forward to seeing how much progress they will continue to make in 7th grade.


Friday, July 10, 2009

Catch Up Weekend

Welcome to Life in JT's World "Catch Up Weekend!"

This weekend is the time that events over the past 3-4 months that have waited patiently shall finally get their due. You will get updated on Band Concerts, Dance Recitals, Camping Tales, Baseball exploits, College Life after 40, and life as a budding media mogul.

Stay tuned as updates will come out all throughout the weekend, as I am determined to get all caught up.

Wish me luck.
 
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