Rockwell’s last first day of k-12.
It had to happen sometime. Rockwell is a senior at NAHS. I wish him well. He will do great.
Posted on 15 September '20 by admin, under kids, school, seasons. No Comments.
Melinda receives her Academic letter!
Watching Melinda receiver her letter, and the important people addressing the small crowd, You really get a sense of the seriousness of the occasion. I was impressed!
All of the people on the left are the teachers in their hoods and caps, the people in front are the senior students. You get an idea of the teacher student ratio! 
And here is Melinda with her Roommate! I am proud of both of them.
Posted on 10 October '18 by admin, under Awards, kids, school. No Comments.
Parents day at GSSM.
This is the day where we get to visit all of Melinda’s classes and teachers. I did that, but we ended up having more fun in art class than anywhere else.
The teacher had us all work with clay. And that teacher had taught this process across the world (literally), so she had the process down. It was pretty funny listening to her actually.
In the process!
Some of the art Melinda was working on. I recognized them right away. The “Melinda with cheerios” picture from 2002, and Rockwell in the parkinglot with the Iguana 2013(?)
And our finished (but not fired) friends!
Posted on 29 September '18 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. No Comments.
Melinda School Pic.
Melinda, Junior year, SCGSSM.
This girl is amazing.
Posted on 5 December '17 by admin, under school. No Comments.
Posted on 8 October '17 by admin, under Events, school. No Comments.
Hannah goes off to England.
She started her second year (Albeit junior..lol.) year of college in Europe. Edge hill College in Ormskirk England.
I’m not positive where these were at. I need to ask Hannah.
Posted on 8 October '17 by admin, under school, Uncategorized. No Comments.
Melinda goes away to school
Here is a post from the Aiken star newspaper mentioning Melinda going to SCGSSM. I visited her last week, she ssms to be really enjoying it. It’s hard work, but she likes it! I am proud and happy for her.:
Six students from Aiken County have been accepted to the S.C. Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics in Hartsville as part of the class of 2019.
They are:
• Heather Cosh, a daughter of Christy and John Cosh of North Augusta, and Abigail Fralick, a daughter of Karen Fralick and Dan Fralick of North Augusta, who both transferred from North Augusta High School
• Melinda Elser, a daughter of Edward Elser of North Augusta, who transferred from Fox Creek High School
• Jenna Flake, a daughter of Kristin and Tim Flake of Clarks Hill, who transferred from South Aiken Baptist Christian School
• Sam Larson, a daughter of Dr. Janet Davis and Kyle Larson of Trenton, who transferred from Aiken High School
• John Lu, a son of Xiuzhen Lu and Zhenheng Li of Aiken, who transferred from South Aiken High School.
The students moved onto campus in mid-August, and classes started Aug. 14, according to a news release from the school. This year, 276 students, representing 128 high schools and 35 counties, are enrolled at the S.C. Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics.
The S.C. Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics is a public, residential high school for academically talented juniors and seniors.
The school offers unique, college-level courses and a hands-on curriculum with a special focus on science, technology, engineering, math and research, along with concentrations in economics and entrepreneurship and a full array of humanities courses, according to the release.
Posted on 29 September '17 by admin, under school. No Comments.
Leg Xray and schools.
Rockwell and I were at the Gym (the Y downtown) and Rockwell was doing Box Jumps and landed HARD on his shin. Enough where we thought it might have been broken. So, when it was still hurting the next day, we went and got it xrayed. All is well. Which is awesome. As a note, that xray cost about 280$. Not a bad price if I’m honest.
Melinda Applied to, and got initial interviews for both Govornors schools. She received a letter from the Arts and humanities. She was close, but she is on the waitlist. We have not heard from the Math and Science yet. Good luck Melinda! You have done an awesome job so far.
Posted on 11 April '17 by admin, under school, sports. No Comments.
Misc. Updates. Bike, etc.
Figured I would make a generic post with some generic updates.
I used my work “bonus” to but two bicycles.
This one is a 2008 Giant TCRa1. It’s in unbeleivably good condition. Origional tires, not even used enough to wear the tire molding nibs off. If this bike has 200 miles on it, I’d be suprised. It’s AWESOME. My new favorite bike. Sorry old Panasonic fixie.. you have been replaced. I got it for (what I thought is a deal) 480$
And the other one is a really nice 2012 Sette Jammer. An awesome “Small Adult” mountain bike with a really nice Fox Front fork with 100mm of travel, and Hydraulic Brakes. This one is for the kids or friends to ride.. so I have someone to ride with. 🙂 This was a deal too at 475$. I’m excited for this biking season!
I have no idea how this one got forgotten about, but Hannah was the captain of her Mathlete team in High school. Not sure how they did in competition to be honest.. But I’m pretty sure the did better than average. Its a bit of a shame the schools dont advertise these events better.. sigh.
OK, thats all for this moment. Rockwell and I are going to go for a BMX gate practice tonight, and there is a Race tomorrow night. We went and practiced last night, and even on a soft moist track, Rockwell recorded his best time yet. 45.80 seconds. So, I’m sort of excited to see how he does in the races. (Hey, I’m not doing that bad myself BTW.. 🙂 )
Posted on 24 February '17 by admin, under Activities, BMX, school. No Comments.
Catchup
Well, had an Issue with the Blog.. for a second O thought it was corrupted.. That would have been VERY BAD. Nothing like making sure I back it up occationally.
But, as a makeup, here are some pictures from my work hard drive from late last year.
Rockwell giving his cousin a ride on the honda.
Picking up a half pipe! We are taking too long to put it together.. we are not done. Therefore we cannot SKATE.
Melinda working on her Sci fair project.
The metals to test! she is going to measure how fast heat travels though each of these types of metals.
Just a IR Picture of Melinda working on her project!
I went to an art show.. “SEEDS”. One of the artists had produced a number of Guns with social statments imprinted on the side. I made Like I was shooting one. 🙂
Rockwell volunteered to help with the NAMS Robotics club. they had a Lego League meet to compete. They did OK considering!
My Buddy Wes at the NA Christmas parade being a joker. As per usual.
Posted on 22 February '17 by admin, under Events, kids, school. No Comments.
