ALA Day 1 -- Saafir

Great energy today -- the students were glad to be back. I didn't realize how much of a personal connection we had made with them last year. But when I asked for feedback about why they decided to return this year, several of them mentioned the wacky people they got to work with in Design IT .... sniff, sniff. Lots of grumbles about the uniform. Joyce gave them a chance to give her some input, but no one took her up on the offer. So we're sticking with her original plan to have them each get a white polo and we will embroider the Design IT Studio logo on it. They will have to wear it with khaki pants (or jeans?) when we do stuff on the floor and in Invention at Play. It will be a challenge to balance the need for a professional image with Design IT's spirit of wild creativity. Shouldn't we get real nametags for the Cadre 1 kids who work on the floor? Jonathon did a tremendous job setting up the stuff for today. Thanks man, you're awesome.