PHCC: School of Craft & Design Activity

Led by art instructors from the Patrick Henry Community College School of Craft & Design, the students made custom jewelry pieces. Each student was allowed freedom in the artistic direction of their personal pieces as well as whether the adorned glass would become a necklace or pin.

MHC After-3 Fall Carnival!

All of the students from each MHC After-3 site convened at Piedmont Arts Association for a classic fall carnival. The students participated in games created by each site, including a corn toss game, a football toss, sticky darts, and several other unique games. In addition to games, there was also traditional carnival fare like hot hot dogs, cotton candy, caramel apples, and popcorn. All of the student and parent participants genuinely enjoyed the event and the excursion from normal programming.

Music Workshop

Doug Williams, musician extraordinaire, presided over a very entertaining two-day songwriting workshop. On the first day he noted the fundamentals of songwriting, taking the students step-by-step through the process of constructing a well organized, yet organic sounding song. On the second day, the instruction culminated into a creative song produced by the students with Doug’s assistance. Please see the video below, to see the students’ work.

Math Tutoring

Students took part in a mathematics workshop, led by instructor Mrs. Bredamus. Students first completed a timed math quiz as a warm-up exercise. Afterwards, the students were split into two teams and competed in a quiz bowl style math competition, answering questions from a math influenced narrative.