Thursday, June 28, 2018

photography II

Course Name: Photography II
Grade/Year Taken: 9th
Graduation Credit: Arts (.25)
Teacher of Record: Misty L. Brown
Prerequisite: Previous experience with digital photography
Text(s) and Materials Used: NHMU Nature All Around Us photography contest guidelines, Utah State Fair 2018 Photography submission guidelines.

Course Description:  This course is designed to challenge the student to produce original, well composed digital photography works under specific guidelines relating to subject matter and formatting.  The construct is intended to build the student’s organizational skills and ability to follow multi step directions within the artistic process.    
Course Content:  1.) The student will produce 3 original works to be submitted to Nature All Around Us Photography contest NHMU (Sept 4, 2018).  2.) The student will produce an accomplished portfolio of work to be submitted to the Utah State Fair meeting all requirements for judging (Sept 6, 2018).

Types of Assessments Used: Participation and engagement Adherence to the specific guidelines of each assignment  Creativity and originality of composition

Grade Based On: A. 100-90 B. 89-80 C. 79-70 D. 69-60 F. 59-0 Participation = 40 NHMU Portfolio = 20 Utah State Fair Portfolio = 40

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Monday, June 25, 2018

R and B Home School High via NCAA standards

In April I posted (one more year, a school post) about the decision we made last Fall to give Beach another year in middle school verses starting 9th grade a year "early".

What a wonderful decision that was!!! We had an amazing year.  But guess what? That is year is over and the 9th grade has already started with a summer photography course (June 24-Sept 26).

Now that she is in high school we will be following the guidelines set down by NCAA.  Under those guidelines all of her classes and credits need to be fully accounted for.

I will be including the class descriptions and assignments in our home school posts.  Something I haven't done since about 2nd grade when I used to include my complete curriculum in my blog.

The number one reason I will be doing this is for my own record keeping.  The second, is to share our experiences as home schoolers following NCAA through high school.

Course descriptions and other straight up paper work posts will not be posted on my facebook page.  I don't think my friends and family want to see all that.  BUT If you are interested those types of posts they will be tagged by the label: NCAA.  Or you can subscribe to get the blog via a gmail account so all the posts come straight to your inbox.

Sometime this week I will put out Beach's 9th grade class schedule and the school year calendar along with the course description for the Photography II course using the NCAA course description templet... but right now it is time to leave for gym!


Sunday, June 24, 2018

summer school


This is officially Beach's first day of 9th grade.  Pretty fitting first day of school pic of Beach out on the J trail in the middle of it all <3 Welcome to R&B Home School High & Art: Photography II (.25) Summer Quarter 2018.


Beach's first assignment is to enter 3 photos in the Nature All Around Us Photo Contest NHMU due Sept 4, 2018.  Second assignment is a portfolio of work for the Utah State Fair due Sept 6, 2018.


E. Beach Ries 
Jordan River Trail 

venturing out



A sampling of the Little Giants spent Friday evening at Venture Out, 
a free weekly community fair and movie night.  We didn't stay for the movie- way too late for us!
It is always fun to see the girls together outside of the gym. They are so dynamic!  
Everywhere they went they had watchers.  
The big slide.
The Bubble Pit.
Each of their big personalities simply shines.
They are completely uniquely themselves. 
They work hard and they play hard.
But they never take themselves too seriously.
The big water slide put on by the fire department.



They spent almost an hour at the playground!
The big dance party out on the lawn.
The PERFECT dinner <3 on a perfect night.
The petting zoo.  


What a wonderful night <3