Nov 2, 2020
Week 9 10/27-11/2 Between a visit from a city council member, arrests, Halloween parties, and a new game, this week was filled with events to learn from and enjoy! From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: To prepare for our studio for our election next Tuesday, we...
Oct 26, 2020
Week 8 10/20-10/26 From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: We had a productive and jam-packed week back in the Spark Studio! The Heroes jumped right in on Tuesday and got to work. I was amazed at how many of them, of their own accord, headed to new materials and worked...
Oct 12, 2020
From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: We made it through our first session! Thanks to all who attended our Exhibition. It was genuinely a beautiful experience for me to watch the Heroes give studio tours to their families. I reflected on that first morning of school...
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Oct 2, 2020
Week 6 9/29-10/5 From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: We had lots of opportunities for life lessons this week. Our big focus was on boundaries – when someone asks you to stop doing something, you have to stop. We want our Heroes to know that their words are powerful...
Sep 26, 2020
Week 5 9/22-9/28 Of course no one is perfect and we still have many rubber bands to stretch and challenges to overcome, but the progression we are seeing in both studios is beautiful… From the Spark Studio From Miss Anna: This Tuesday we put our Heroes to the test –...
Sep 21, 2020
Week 4: 9/15-9/21 As adults at CHOICE we struggle daily on our own Hero’s Journey. Not stepping in and fixing or solving or planning for our young heroes is a daily challenge for us. This week both studios saw the benefit of letting the heroes lead the way! From the...
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Sep 14, 2020
Week Three: 9/8-9/14 Despite winds howling, trees falling and power outages elsewhere, we were safe and cozy together at school this week. I was grateful we were able to maintain normalcy and have some fun while the winds blew! Most of all, I was grateful all of our...
Sep 5, 2020
Week Two: 9/1-9/7 As we came back together for Week 2, both studios met together for the first time and talked about apples! Apples??? We are all like apples; we all look very different from the outside, but we are all stars and have seeds of potential on the inside....
Aug 31, 2020
Week One: 8/25-8/27 Tuesday morning I watched 27 quiet and brave young heroes walk through the studio doors; individuals full of hope, anticipation, fear, nerves, and more than a little anxiety. Thursday afternoon I watched 27 loud and brave young heroes leave the...
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Jul 21, 2020
In Utah, Pioneer Day is a big deal. It commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young, the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, arrived in the US territory that is now Utah and declared, “This is the right place.” This came after traveling a...
