Abe received approval on his Eagle Scout project, but the committee wanted him to expand his project to include a map of the arboretum and a guide that describes all of the trees. Abe could do all the work himself, but since part of the project is showing leadership, Abe asked Helen's school class to help him research the trees. He presented his project to the class at the monthly parent meeting and got enthusiastic support.
Abe has been working on his Duty to God by making dinner every Tuesday night. This is a great night for him to cook since the rest of us don't get home until 6:30 pm. It's very nice to come home to dinner. Abe's dinners have steadily gotten more elaborate. This week he cooked lasagna.
Gibson completed the requirements for his bear rank and received his award at the Blue and Gold banquet this week.
Abe competed in the regional mathcounts competition on Saturday. Since math is not really a spectator sport, Brandan and Becky came at the end for the awards. When we got to the event, the kids were working on some math games while their scores were tallied.
Here's a photo of his math team. The coach, Mr. S., is in the back. Back row: Ashton, Malia, Hannah, Sophia, Thomas and David. Front row: Taryn, Ashton, Abe and Kelden.
Abe got the second highest score in the individual round. He received a trophy, a mini-ipad and gets to compete at the state mathcounts event in a couple of weeks.
Only the 8th graders' scores count in the competition. Abe's school won 3rd place overall. Here is the team posing with all their swag from the event. Ashton is holding the 3rd place trophy that will go to the school. Taryn has the headphones she won as 5th place overall winner, Abe has his prizes and Jake has the mathcounts logo.
One of the women Brandan visit teaches noticed some water damage in her kitchen. Brandan and Gibson went over Saturday afternoon to investigate. They didn't find the leak, but they did clean out a cupboard and work on other projects around her house.
