Panther Final Party of 2006

Big Idea: Display the teens art and projects they created during the Art Cycle, get them information about Summer Institutes available, possible paid summer internships, let the 6th graders know about DesignIT Studios for next year, and draw for and give out the free Nano I-Pod (which Jazmine won and nearly cried when gettin it)!

Dates: Wednesday, May 24th

Groups Participating: Panther teens, including sixth graders, and panther kids.

Attendance: At least 15 teens and lots of kiddos.

Directions: Not only did we provide pizza to draw in the teens and sixth graders to get them info about Summer Institutes available, possible paid summer internships, and DesignIT Studios for next year, but after they ate, we had the teen members man stations around the teen room to show-off thier spin art machines, robo art-bots, and night lights.

Associated Concepts: Get the teens to confidently show of and discuss thier inventions with others.

Best Part: How excited 6th graders were about being in DesignIT next year.

Worst Part: Saying goodbye. This was my last day at Panther for quite a while, and possibly the last time to see some of our teens I've watched grow up and hopefully helped have fun while learnin a bit.

Improvements: Just be sure to come and set up early for culminating events like this, you can never prepare enough.