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Orientation Day 1

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Orientation Day started with a bang! Imagine 25 nervous but excited teens walking into an OpenWorks classroom having no idea what to expect. They were greeted by Kristina Berdan and Chaz Walters who tried their best to make them feel right at home and prepare them for a rigorous 7-week program.

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The goal of Orientation Day 1 was to get to know each other and begin to build the BAI community. We started with our Mindfulness Practice and our Morning Pages (we would continue to do this for the duration of the program).  After a mindfulness morning, a pre-survey, and ground rules and regulations, we really started to have some fun. We practiced Artful Thinking (this is a process “…Where teachers use works of visual art and music in ways that strengthen student thinking and learning in the arts and beyond…” (source: http://www.pz.harvard.edu/projects/artful-thinking).

This was followed up by a draft of their “Where I’m From/ Where I’m Going” project with their choice of expression. They could “answer” these questions in the form of a movie poster, a poem in two voices, or using postcards creatively.

Students ended the day by decorating their writing journals!