Monday, December 20, 2010

Great year for Mendota Jr. High MESA!

So far this year  Mesa has been very exciting. Most of the students are looking forward to the competitions, prelims, the Saturday academies, banquet, and for the trips we get to go to.

Our leadership team has been very successful in encouraging students to do their best we all try to set good examples for the rest of the students we’re all working very hard in getting things done and making commitments for Mesa. We’re hoping for a great interesting year with the students that have never been in Mesa.

Leadership Retreat

Once the school year began we had a parent night which was very successful in many ways we got the parents interested in Mesa and got them informed in what Mesa’s about and about how important it is for their children and how they get to attend four Saturday academies and about their career path. So far, we made bridges out of marshmallows and toothpicks. There was a small competition between students and their parents. We’ve had over 50 members so far.

 Parent Night
                
We were fundraising by selling chocolate boxes and selling stuff at a school dance. We also were giving prizes to the students that sold chocolate boxes. We sold things like chips, nachos, and popcorn etc.

 Prize Winners
                          
The first thing we got to work with was mechanical drafting for about five weeks. It was very challenging for most students but they still did their best. We also got to have competition working on windmill, which was very successful. Our next competition is bridges we’ve been working on them for about one week.

The first Saturday academy was fun everyone was excited and interested in what new activities there was this year although, most students were looking forward to going to the first three academies we had a lot of fun. Most students try to attend four Saturday academies. Everyone is getting prepared for prelims they’re all ready for competition. It takes a lot of work and commitment, but we could handle it. We hope to have a wonderful year in Mesa, and hope to join next year.

Saturday Academy Group

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