Headstand Media

My name is Amari and last Friday we took a trip to Headstand Media. It was in downtown Chicago. Our transportation was the Green line train. At Headstand Media, we were given snacks, and were introduced to four important people who worked at Headstand Media. They told us about their jobs and how they reached the position they were in. From the knowledge they gave us, they were very intelligent people who had their own skills in the element of technology. Not all of them went to or finished college. The fun thing about this trip was learning about their different positions and how they enjoyed their work. One thing that I learned about this trip was that anything is possible, but you can only achieve your goal by working hard and being dedicated. This trip also showed me that college is a valuable aspect of life that will help you meet your fullest potential in the career of your choice. Lastly, I would like to thank Headstand Media for taking out their time to talk to us about their jobs and giving us advise about our future.

Architecture Trip, March 12

Two Fridays ago, we visited the Chicago Architecture Foundation for a walking tour of 10 of the city's most notable buildings. Please see below for our student-written post and some pics from our trip!

Post by Tijuana and Dion:

Last week we went on an Architecture trip we saw different buildings like the Marquette Building. We saw the story of Chicago in the Marquette Building we learned that the building had three parts to the building: the foundation, the shaft, and the crown. We saw the Santa Fe Building. We saw the Harold Washington Library and it had a man blowing that represents the Windy City.

Culture Trip: Garfeld Park Conservatory

A defining characteristic of the College Readiness program for participating 8th graders is the Friday outing. Most Fridays we take a trip that relates to one of "4 C's:" College, Career, Culture, and Community Service.

A friend of Circle suggested that, rather than having staff tell about these trips, we should ask College Readiness scholars to post a blog entry following each outing, and I (Dan) thought that made great sense.

Below, you'll find our first, very brief, student-written trip summary, along with some pictures from our recent "Culture" trip to Garfield Park Conservatory:

On the field trip there were many things that I learned and that I found interesting. One was the Double coconut. The double coconut is the largest kind of palm growing under glass. I roamed around the building and took pictures of the different sights that i enjoyed. There were different kinds of flowers and palm trees of different kinds of colors.