NEWS FROM THE OFFICE2013 Harmony ScHoolHoliday FollieS

Friday, december 20th at6:30 p.m. in the Harmony GymSuggested donation: adults $3, 18 years old and younger $1The Middle and High school will be selling refreshments & gifts before the show and during the intermission, so bring extra spending money!

PleaSe noTe: all STUdenTS mUST leaVe ScHool By 3:00 P.m. on Friday decemBer 21ST UnleSS THey are in THe aFTer ScHool or early cHildHood ProGramSWinTer BreaK- The last day of school before winter break is December 20th. We will return on Monday, January 6th.

PiP HelP needed- We are looking for parent volunteers to help clean up on the day of the Follies on Friday, Dec 20th. We need help right after school, at 3pm, to clean up the school before the Follies. We also need a big group to come in right after the Follies to help clean up the school again. This will include helping to put away all the tech stuff used for the show. Please contact John at officemanager@harmonyschool.org if you are able to help.

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$23,000 already raiSed ToWardS “claSSroom cHallenGe” FUndraiSinG Goal oF $60,000!You should have all received some information last week about a fundraising drive the Parent Fundraising Committee is doing for Harmony Scholarships and how you can take advantage of Indiana Tax Credits if you make a donation. if you did not receive this information or if you would like to talk to me i will have a table set up in the hallway at the follies. We have a goal of raising $60,000 by the summer and we are excited to announce that so far we have raised or have committed over $23,000 from parents and grandparents!A donation of any size (above $5.00) can now be done by credit card. If you still want to do something in 2013 it needs to be done by 12/31. The credit card directions are: Step 1: Go to: http://scholarshipsforeducationchoice.com/donors/Step 2: at Bottom of Page click “donate online”Step 3: Scroll down, fill in the “Donor information” section on the form, and press “Submit”Step 4: Scroll down and select “Gift Type” – credit card, debit card, etc.Step 5: Select amount, Frequency, and Select designation (“Harmony School, Bloomington”) and click “next Step”Step 6: Put in payment information and click SubmitIf you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or Roc.Help us raise scholarship money for Harmony!

All the best!

Kay Connelly, connelly@indiana.edu

Parent of: Fionn - 5th grade and Ciabhan - SophomorePlease stop by my table at the Follies and say Hi!

News From The Programsearly cHildHood ProGramlinda, cHriS, and cHriSTy (3-5 year oldS)We sure had a lot of fun on Halloween this year. We carved pumpkins and baked the seeds, we played with oobleck slime and rubber spiders, we made “witch’s hands” with popcorn and grapes, we read lots ofspooky stories, and we got to show off our cool costumes in the all-school Halloween Parade. Thanks to all of the parents and grandparents who were able to attend!

Linda shared a neat activity on germs this month. She showed us some cool pictures of germs as seen under a microscope. Then we rubbed glow in the dark lotion on our hands for “pretend germs.” Just like real germs, the stuff was invisible unless you look under a black light. We set up a black light so the kids could wash their hands and see if there were still germs.

We did a really fun survey and graph math activity as well. We gave the kids simple surveys with picture cues and they went around askingtheir friends and teachers questions such as “Do you like pizza? naps? Star Wars? dogs? spiders? storms? The kids filled in the boxes for yes and no with check marks and then we counted, graphed, and comparedtheir results on poster board with colorful dot stickers.

Two things you can always expect to see in the ECP are: unconventional art projects and lots of singing and dancing. This month was no exception. We painted at easels with paintbrushes attached to power drills. We’ve also been singing and dancing to the song “Punchinella,” where everyone gets a turn to show a dance move that their friends copy. Now we just need to get to work on our Follies act. We’ll see you on stage in December!

-Chris

elemenTary ScHoolJen’S K-6 (5-12 year oldS)The K-6 class has been enjoying life in the classroom. They have a whole bunch of things they are working on!! They are slowly continuing their animal research projects. The latest part of this project is their animal models. Each student has constructed a model from paper and clay of the animal they are researching. These models are to scale.

They are also preparing for their businesses project, which will begin soon. This year their businesses will begin with using just coins. (Last year they worked with dollars.) The students have been busy identifying coins, counting coins, making change, etc. Eventually, inflation

will occur and they will shift to dollars and checking accounts. Will they have a chance to use credit cards this year?!?!? We’ll see!!!

Their new read aloud, Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, keeps them entertained for a good part of their day!!! They have learned some new vocabulary, like humane, treacherous, extended hallucinations, unanticipated occurrences, literal, surreptitiously, etc.!!! They have yet to find out for sure if Ulysses the squirrel is a real life superhero!!!

The last major “unit” they are working on is about designing school. They have had some wonderful conversations and brainstorming sessions about “What is school?” and “Why should we learn in school?” Some of their ideas are: “So you can help others and teach others” - Zara, “to get a good job when you grow up” - Caiden, “to unleash your inner self” - Logan, “to learn reading, writing, and math” - Eva, “to learn all kinds of things” - Karim, “to set a good example” - Ara, “We play to socialize with others, to work though things with others.” - Oscar, “to make you good at your job and to make life easier and safer” - Sam. The class is working toward looking at the work that they presently do in the classroom and thinking about whether they feel like it is preparing them to be a productive member of their community. (Another idea they are exploring -- What does it mean to be a “productive” member of the community?) They will talk about what their role in their education is and what Jen’s role is. What support do they need from Jen? What support do they need from each other? What could school be?

-Jen

lB and claUdio’S (6-8 year oldS)I am sure that I am not alone in having trouble believing that it is already December. We have settled into our routine as a class and our days are filled with Bodyworks, writing, math and reading. The afternoons are filled with Exploration classes or our theme in our classroom. We have started our “Bodies” unit. You can see the pictures that each student drew of what they believe the inside of their body looks like when you enter the west side of the school. This is our example of a before picture. The after picture is a life size outline of every child with four major systems drawn in. We have already finished learning and talking about our skeletal system. The kids have really learned a lot about bones and what the different bones are called. We will also learn about our digestive system, respiratory system and circulatory system. We will finish out our unit on the body with visits from some doctors, parents and other students to talk about various topics regarding our bodies. Our last month before the New Year is going to be a busy one. We have a lot of sewing

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projects planned and we spend a lot of time preparing for our Holiday Follies act. December is also a month where I find myself in the classroom by myself because Claudio is in charge of the Holiday Follies. It is a very happy and very busy time of year. We try to place the focus of our projects on making other people happy and doing nice things for others.

We asked the children during directed journal “what is the nicest thing you think you have done for others?” Some of their responses were:“The nicest thing I’ve done is to be someone’s friend and play games with them.”“I think I did something nice when I gave my brother the first waffle.”“When my mom was sad, I made a card. She was happy”“I help my little brother get up to the bunk bed.”“I made a pillow for L.B.”“I think the nicest thing I’ve done for my mom is to change Wendell’s diaper.”“I hugged my brother when he was upset.”

We want to get in the mindset of being kind to others not just this time of year, but throughout the whole year.

-LB

lana and maTT’S (8-10 year oldS)Written collectively by the 3rd and 4th Graders

It’s been a month full of activity: Halloween fun, science experiments, lots of writing, and engaging math explorations.

We enjoyed collecting money for UNICEF. It made us feel good to help others.

We had some special guests that showed us how to prevent the spread of germs. They told us about the flu and how we need to wash our hands carefully to try to stay healthy. They even had a piñata full of treats!

In writing, we revised and edited our rough drafts of stories to make them even better. We completed our final drafts just in time to share them at Open House.

Our reading groups recently finished our Roald Dahl books. They were funny and kind of weird. We have just selected books for independent reading projects. When we finish reading, we will choose from a variety of projects to share our thoughts and ideas about each book.

In math, we have been doing a lot of cool math problems that are fun, but hard to do. We did Bridge Crossing Problems and Matchstick problems (ask your kids about the bus problem). In our math groups, we have been working on division and on regrouping. A continued thank you to Malke (Isobel’s mom) for

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coming in once a week to explore mathematical concepts with small groups.

We completed two science experiments. Our whole class experiment proved that our hypothesis was correct: Red Gummy Bears are the class favorite! Students then designed their own experiments to try to determine the “best” paper towel brand. We wrote the instructions, performed the experiments, and graphed the results.

Our new theme is FOOD. One activity we’ve done is creating plates of our idea of a well-balanced meal. We also watched some videos about food, including foods around the world, prop food, and future food (Yuck, crickets!).

We finished our first Exploration classes. They included Zines, Crazy Concoctions, Pet Toys, and more. In December we will not have either Creation or Exploration classes, as we will be preparing for the Follies. The whole class clapped and cheered when we realized that it is Follies Time!

Finally, we had many students at the Students v Staff basketball game. There were raucous cheers for both teams, and a good time was had by all.

KaTHy and ZeVon’S (10-12 year oldS)Greetings to Families and Friends of Harmony 5th & 6th Grade Class,

How joyous to see so many cherished members of our Harmony family and extended family visit our Open House exhibition. Students worked so diligently, taking great risks to stretch their boundaries and their learning, in their Brain Science research. Our students presented their independent research on topics including: the nervous system, neurons, anatomy of the brain, functional areas of the brain, memory, left and right hemispheres, concussion, Alzheimer’s, mindfulness training, effect of video games on the brain, Asperger’s, mental illness, injury to the brain, neuroplasticity, the senses, language and the brain, spinal cord, teenage brain, sleep, dreams, the amygdale and emotional center of the brain, reflexes and the brain, and OCD. Our art exhibition also included Brain Art. If you missed it, the art is still on exhibit in the upstairs hallway. We felt so honored to be joined by Dale Sengelaub, of the IU Brain Science department, and his brain collection. Dale has been so generous with his time and resources over the course of the past month and a half, and we were humbled that he joined us at the museum to offer the rest of our community a chance to see and learn more about brains. While Steve Volan was not able to attend the exhibition, we extend our warmest appreciation to him for visiting our class and sharing about Asperger’s Syndrome. We greatly enjoyed the opportunity to host you all at our museum.

Hopefully, you also had a chance to look through each Book in a Box, and learn about the elements of literature of each student’s multicultural reading choice. In addition the illustrated collected authoring works of our students was published and on display at our exhibition. You’ll surely enjoy browsing through our Dream Country Atlas which published the maps and brochures of our class dream countries, putting into practice many of the geography skills we learned this semester. We all greatly enjoyed sharing a meal, conversation, and our students’ learning. Thanks again to all who volunteered their time in support of our project and to those who attended the exhibition.

In celebration of the culmination of our hard work, our class went on what may have been the last warm autumn day, just before the Open House, to McCormick’s Creek for a picnic, to play on the playground, explore the wooded trails and the waterfall, and, of course, simply to enjoy each other’s company.

In preparation for several of our new themes, we walk over to the IU Art Museum for our yearly introduction to the various galleries, as well as to enjoy the special exhibits. We’ll then return to sketch pieces that speak to us.

As we wind up the semester, our students are busily preparing Follies acts. With only a few weeks left of the semester, our academics are winding up. We are engaged in a Semester Final Review, and then will make time for arts and crafts before winter break.

Enjoy your well-deserved rest over winter break. Until January, Happy Holidays!

- Kathy, Zevon, and the 5th & 6th Grade Class

middle ScHoolKelli, marTy, UrSinaHere we are again, approaching the holidays and the exciting Follies. For those of you who are new to the Harmony community, the Follies are our holiday show where students and staff get to show off their talents and interests. It is a variety show where students write their own skits, perform music, sing songs, dance, and do comedy acts. Students work with a teacher to write their skits or practice. Many students are accompanied by one of our many talented staff and Marty works with a skilled group of students to MC the event. Please join us on Dec. 20 to experience the magic of the Harmony Holiday Follies.

Since the last newsletter there have been many things going on in the Middle School, both with our curriculum and as a community. As you know we went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Students had a wonderful time both seeing and experiencing art at the museum. I was able to share one of my favorite pieces from

when I was there age that is still on exhibit. The Matisse exhibition was amazing and has inspired our students to create 3-Dminsional Matisse rooms. Students were split into groups and given one of Matisse’s paintings. They were then challenged to take these paintings of rooms and recreate them in 3-D. You may have seen some of them on display at the Open House in Ursina’s room.

We want to thank all of you who attended the Open House, who contributed food, and helped us prepare by cleaning. Also, thank you to all of the families that attended the work days and worked so hard to clean up the grounds and our rooms.

Enjoy this exciting time of year and please feel free to drop by to see us on Mondays with any questions. - Kelli, Marty, and Ursina

HiGH ScHoolSal, Jamie, emily, Tom, alan:November was a red-letter month for the high school! The Press Corps did a terrific job of designing and executing the media campaign for the Open House, which was pronounced a great success by all the high school teachers. We should also thank senior Aubrey Shumway for the beautiful harp music she played for us all during the community dinner.

After the Open House, the Press Corps shifted its focus to Typhoon Haiyan and the terrible damage it did in the Philippines. They took a presentation about it to Family Meeting - and a proposal that the fund-raising which is normally done for the HS spring trip should be donated instead to typhoon relief. Family Meeting voted overwhelming in favor of that – starting with the funds raised at the Student/Staff Basketball game. That took place on November 20 and was covered by Press Corps photographers Dylan Meadows, Eathen Biggs, and Aubrey Shumway; and by reporter, CJ Goodwin. He filed this report:

“In the past, the Teachers vs. Students Basketball Game has generated funds for the High School spring trip, combining money raised from tickets and the snack table. This year, however, the students opted to donate the funds towards the recovery effort from the recent typhoon, Haiyan, in the Philippines. New teacher, Jamie Schmiechen, was impressed with the decision: “there was a lot of thoughtfulness put into the idea, and I was just impressed.” Veteran Language Arts teacher, Tom Hastings described it as an “altruistic gesture” and was truly proud of the High School for their decision, saying in his time as a teacher at Harmony, he had never seen anything of the sort proposed.

This was the 10th annual Student/Staff Basketball Game. From the moment you walked to the bleachers, you could feel the excitement in everyone and the

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energy that ran through the crowd just resonated in the cheers every time a point was scored. Talking to a few players and fans on the sideline, it was clear that the game is a community-building exercise. “It puts the students and teachers on sort of equal ground and shows a sort of friendly rivalry,” one student had to say.

Though the teams both played passionately, it was apparent that it was never truly about winning, but more about the bonding and entertainment of the game. “It’s about getting out and playing,” teacher, Alan Boucher, said. Unfortunately, in the end, one team must win and this year it was the teachers: 53 – 34. Nobody seemed to mind and one senior described it as “just an amazing thing,” hoping that the game would go on long after he leaves.”

Photographs of the event are available on the Harmony Education Center Facebook page.

Sal:The Western civ class also deserves congratulations for their organization of a magnificent Roman Culture day, which included a delicious banquet of authentic ancient dishes and some interesting presentations about Roman entertainment and Roman family life. We have now moved on to the Dark Ages and the class is eager to begin its studies of Viking culture.

In The american century, the students said goodbye to the 1920s by designing newspapers that included stories, pictures and adverts from throughout the decade. They did a terrific job of capturing the tension between the birth of the modern age and the determined conservatism of the heartland. We are now learning about the Thirties and they will be writing an essay comparing the causes of the Depression with those of the Great Recession.

alan:Algebra I: We have spent the last 6 weeks learning how to use the basic rules of algebra. We are now putting those skills to the test and using them to solve problems that arise in everyday life, working with percentages.

Geometry: We have just finished learning about polygons in general. From here we will study specific polygons in much greater detail. We will start with triangles and learning to prove if certain ones are congruent. Then we will start our study of quadrilaterals and finish quadrilaterals next semester.

Algebra II: We are in the middle of the bread and butter of Algebra II, quadratics. After we finish quadratics, we will review solving systems of equations witch well lead into our study of matrices starting next semester.

Precalculus: The students did a very good job learning how to factor polynomials with degrees larger than 2. Out final task of the semester is to study complex numbers and use them to learn about the fundamental theorem of algebra, which is, in all reality, not that fundamental.

Tom: For Freshman advisory on Thursday afternoons this last month, ninth graders watched The Right Stuff to accompany an earlier viewing of 2001. Some of these folks might have the opportunity to visit outer space. Ninth Grade American English class nears the finish line of language mechanics review. Reading the students’ self-evaluations, I note confidence in most students for their better understanding of parts of speech and sentence structure. And, although I don’t call it this, I am pleased with their prefix and suffix pattern recognition that accompanies the weekly vocabulary enhancement exercises. Students enjoy the InkPink word game we play after taxing grammatical work.

Greek & latin roots classes emerged from the more technical words of science and medicine to theme-oriented chapters...after a chapter on liars and lying (students watched the relevant TED talk from Scotland on their own), we watched the heartfelt comedy, The Invention of Lying. Now we are examining diverse verbs.

My poetry seminar, literary criticism, watched Bill Moyers with Coleman Barks and Rumi accompanied by the Paul Winter Consort at a festival. We have been discussing Rumi’s work as well as Robert Bly’s translations of Kabir and Mirabai. After a sojourn with Keats through November, we encounter Lorca and duende, and tomorrow, Neruda. Students’ anthologies burgeon.

learner & the learning Process continued with documentaries: The Cove, Catfish, Food of Our Ancestors, and also for Halloween, Goya’s Ghosts. We’re looking at trickster genre films now like The Yes Men, Memron and Confederate States of America.

Jamie:

Shakespeare’s World has finished our unit on Elizabethan England and is diving into Macbeth with an appropriately blood-and-guts enthusiasm. Every student has taken at least one turn reading a part in class.

eSl students are composing creative writing using irregular verbs and refining assignments for their core classes.

digital media students have almost finished putting content on the class website and creating their own blogs. Individuals and small groups are now choosing their own assignments including video shorts,

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Celebration again, so make your plans now!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year.

Green commiTTeeHarmony School Going Healthy and Green

This year, we have made a strong commitment to continue our efforts to maintain a healthy environment for our Harmony community as well as continuing our efforts to be as energy efficient as possible. Thanks to the creative efforts of Brandon Elliot, who coordinates all the efforts of our Beautification Crew to keep our building clean and well stocked, we now use all natural products to clean the building (many of which Brandon hand makes) and non-antibacterial Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Castile Soap in the bathroom and kitchen soap dispensers. All our paper products are made out of 100% post consumer recycled materials. We appreciate Brandon’s hard work and efforts to coordinate this effort. We also would like to acknowledge our wonderful parents who work their shifts every week on our beautification crew to make this all happen. They work very hard to keep our building beautiful. These folks are Josh Johnson, Nicole Cadow-Johnson, Theresa Cooper, Story Blair, Lane Summers, and their families. It is truly a group effort and we thank them all for their hard work to make Harmony a happy and healthy place for us all.

Harmony STaFF ProFileHappy Holidays, everyone! Welcome to the Harmony Family Profile, Holiday Edition. After contacting several frantically busy families who chose to belay their 15 Minutes of Family Profile Fame (I mean, who’s busy this time of year? Really? Go figure!), I finally got a chance – sort of – to interview one of Harmony’s new teachers: the outgoing and mathematically talented Zevon Adkisson (grade 5/6). Since I myself am one of those frenetically busy families, I didn’t have the pleasure of sitting down with Zevon himself, but rather emailed him a few questions and let him interview himself. As his writing is both interesting and very nearly flawless (the math major could clearly teach English!), and because the office manager wants this document yesterday – I will let Zevon’s answers stand for themselves.

Wishing everyone a joyful and blessedly relaxed holiday! Have fun and enjoy! Cheers!

interview Questions for Zevon(in no particular order)

Here are some things people might find interesting, feel free to type at will:

1. Full name? (Sadly, I don’t know. Guess I could look it

illuminated poetry and digital photography.

emily:

First aid and cPr students earned their Red Cross certifications in adult and pediatric CPR last month. They have since learned how to handle various first aid situations, from strokes to scrapes. This week they splinted lots of fake broken arms and sprained ankles.

This week in Geology, students are teaching each other about research topics of their choice. We’ve learned about mathematical models of erosion, the “blood” diamond trade, earthquake relief efforts, Spinosaurus fossils and jade jewelry. Earlier in the month, the 2nd period class visited the Rogers crushed stone quarry where we were amazed to be dwarfed by the machinery, rock piles and quarry pits! The 3rd period class visited the IU Geology building, where former Harmony parent Dr. Michael Hamburger taught us about earthquakes and the collaborative art project he recently did using seismic wave records.

research seminar students have completed their experiments and are busy learning some statistical analysis and preparing their presentation slides. They generated some interesting graphs of their experimental results, including data on the impacts of classical music and negative feedback on problem solving performance.

oTHer ProGram neWSnSrFThe staff of NSRF is up to their eyeballs working on revising the entire NSRF website with the help of the Serve IT team of interns from IU’s School of Informatics. Along with the website relaunch, we’re also updating the 200+ protocols and activities on the old website. We hope to have the new site up before winter break, and we’d love to hear people’s feedback.

If you have questions about NSRF, we encourage you to watch our 4-minute promo video -- http://bit.ly/NSRF_CFG1 -- or download our “Self-Guided Tour to Critical Friends Groups”. As one of our trainees said in the video, NSRF protocols can be used in a wide, wide variety of situations. If you know of a group who could use our help, feel free to share the links!

rHino’SHappy Holidays from the gang at Rhino’s.

Things continue to roll along steadily here no matter what time of year it is.

We will be open for “after school” programming during the break, and the weekend shows will continue - with the exception of 12/28 and 12/29.

We WILL be having our annual non alcohol New Year’s

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up, but I’ll just ask you!) - Zevon Cody Adkisson

2. Where were you born and what places have you lived? Most interesting one?- I was born in Evansville Indiana but I grew up and lived most of my life in Rockport Indiana. I moved to Bloomington to attend college at Indiana University and haven’t left since.

3. Parents? Siblings? Significant other? Pets? (List what/whomever you’d like to mention.)- I have the great fortune of having a very loving and supporting family that has always been there for me. My father, Larry, was a traveling musician playing in various bands throughout his many years of drumming and continues to play today. He now owns and operates a one-man household repair business including plumbing, painting, electrical work, wood working, and remodeling. He is a great person and a wonderful multi-talented musician, whose hard work and determination has greatly influenced my life. My mother, Gretchen, is an incredible woman. She is a dental assistant/book keeper, amazing gardener, fantastic cook and baker, and an incredibly loving person. She has supported me and my decisions throughout my life, giving me strength. I also have one brother, Xyan. He is not only a great brother but also a best friend. Being only 1 year apart in age, Xyan and I did everything together from baseball to exploring. He recently graduated from Huntington University with his degree in Computer Science and currently works for Spencer County Bank in Santa Claus, IN performing IT support and teller work.- I live with my very loving and supportive girlfriend Jordan. She is a manager at David’s Bridal and is a very strong willed, hardworking woman. It has been a joy to have her in my life and I wouldn’t be where I am today without her. We have two cats, Mortimer and Yeezy.

4. What neighborhood do you live in and with whom?- We live at the apartment complex The Crossing at Pete Ellis.

5. How long have you taught at Harmony?- Well, I first came to Harmony in the fall of 2010 to observe Kelli in the Middle School for one of my core classes for IU. I really enjoyed coming and working with the students at Harmony and after that short observation period I continued to volunteer in Study Hall. Later in the fall of 2011 I again had the opportunity to work with Kelli as her student teacher for the fall semester. It was an amazing experience that taught me many lessons about being a young teacher. Kelli is an amazing mentor and I couldn’t be more grateful. I continued to volunteer in the spring and in June of this year was offered a position, so this is my 1st year with a position at Harmony.

6. What drew you to teaching at Harmony?- I was placed at Harmony through IU but upon first sight I could tell this place was different. The first thing I noticed was that students called teachers by their first name. This was something new to me and I was immediately drawn to the idea of the respect it showed for each other. Students are free to study topics that interest them and allowed to do so in a manner that shows self-expression and creativity, this is what makes me happiest to be here.

7. What drew you to teaching in general?- I started as an accounting major because of a strong math background. After taking a few business courses, I realized this was not the path I wanted for my life. I thought about what I enjoyed studying and what I could do with it, Mathematics Education made sense.

8. What did you do before you came to Harmony? - I’ve been in college the past 4 ½ years, volunteering at Harmony, working a part-time job at Vintage Vogue, and working to finish my degree.

9. Any hobbies? What do you like to do for fun?- I really enjoy being outdoors. I am an avid Disc Golf player and also enjoy many other sports. I enjoy Geocaching and hiking in the woods. I also enjoy playing music. I play saxophone, a little guitar, and some harmonica.

10. Do you have a sentence or two of wisdom you’d like to share during your 15 minutes of Family Profile fame?- The thing I think most about, especially here recently, is that if you enjoy what you do it will never feel like work. Find what you enjoy and pursue it.