{"id":1062,"date":"2013-10-08T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2014-10-16T16:41:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T20:41:21","slug":"first-week-of-vast-2013-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1062","title":{"rendered":"First Week of VAST, 2013-14!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VAST started off on Monday, September 23 and was quite the success. All of our middle school scholars are divided into classroom groups. Each classroom has a Head Mentor, an experienced Vassar student who will supervise the scholars as they do homework with their mentors.<\/p>\n<p>During the first week, Head Mentors led icebreaker games in their classrooms to make sure students and mentors all learned each others&#8217; names. Then, the scholars and mentors worked together to create &#8220;Classroom Contracts,&#8221; a list of rules everyone in the classroom needs to follow. We like to give the scholars a chance to create their own classroom rules based on what is important to them.<\/p>\n<p>The scholars also created a name for their classrooms. You can see their group names and classroom contracts below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1063\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1063\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1063\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/115-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Room 115\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room 115<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>6th Grade Room 115 Rules, by scholars Jayden, Joshua, Chiara, Choaib, Carlos, Natalie, Victoria, and Avalon, and mentors Leela, Rachel L., Calais, Joyce, Imani, and Caroline. Head Mentor= Nathan<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1064\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1064\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1064\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/116-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Room 116: All-Stars\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room 116: All-Stars<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The 6th Grade All-Stars in Room 116: scholars Vanessa, Jarred, Owen, Nazayar, Jordan, Elijah, Summer, Treasure, and Nykia, and mentors Anthony, Morgan, Haley, Hannah, Lily, Elsa, and Ruthie. Head Mentor= Anna<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1065\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1065\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1065\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/117-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Room 117: The Cheetahs\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room 117: The Cheetahs<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The 7th Grade Cheetahs in Room 117: scholars Brittannia, Kyla, Daisy, Aniyah, Aaron, Wasfi, Kareema, and Keon, and mentors Arianna, Sophia, Julian, and Sam. Head Mentor= Kristen<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1066\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1066\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1066\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/118-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Room 118\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room 118<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The 8th grade scholars in room 118 are Kyiev, Jamal, Ravain, Darius, Jocelyn, Luis, Victoria, and Noah, and the mentors are Asia, Victoria, and Julia. Head Mentor= Jamily<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1067\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/119-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Room 119: The Tangling Monkeys\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room 119: The Tangling Monkeys<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The 8th Grade Tangling Monkeys in Room 119 are scholars Chanda, Javier, Zak, Lucas, Tiffany, and Vizyion, and mentors Saskia, Sarah, Debbie, and Henry. Head Mentor= Lauren<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1068\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/Cafeteria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/10\/Cafeteria-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Cafeteria Group: &quot;The Cafe&quot;\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cafeteria Group: &#8220;The Cafe&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The 7th grade group &#8220;The Cafe&#8221; is made up of scholars Darion, Asiatic, Kyron, Brian, Jacob, Jarraya, Jacqueline, and Olivia, and mentors Gabi, Brittany, Cathy, Sam, Mary, Paige, Rachel F., and Emily. Head Mentor= Marco<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The scholars created very effective rules and showed they are ready to start off a fantastic year of VAST.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAST started off on Monday, September 23 and was quite the success. All of our middle school scholars are divided into classroom groups. Each classroom has a Head Mentor, an experienced Vassar student who will supervise the scholars as they do homework with their mentors. 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