[Namron] Medieval Club @ ASTEC Charter Schools
cgehringer
cgehringer at astec-inc.org
Tue Oct 12 14:08:39 PDT 2004
Don Elric Dracwin,
Yes, by all means! I was planning on doing that myself later today once I
tracked down the site.
Mr. Christopher Gehringer
ASTEC Charter High School
Mathematics Teacher
cgehringer at astec-inc.org
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:42:46 -0500, Elric Dracwin wrote
> Mr. Christopher Gehringer,
>
> May I cross-post this to the Barony of Wiesenfeuer (OkC) list?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Don Elric Dracwin
> Wiesenfeuer Seneschal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: namron-bounces+dracwin=coxinet.net at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:namron-bounces+dracwin=coxinet.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
> cgehringer
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:23 AM
> To: namron at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Namron] Medieval Club @ ASTEC Charter Schools
>
> To ALL,
>
> (This missive was originally intended for various individuals and was
> originally sent on 9/23/04 and again on 10/5/04. It was written
> before I knew of the Barony e-mail list. The e-mail list now seems
> to be the best method of presenting the information.)
>
> Greetings and Salutations. I hope that this e-mail finds you all well.
>
> I apologise that I did not get this information to you and
> contact you all about a week earlier, but I will simply try and move
> onward from today rather than dwell on the misspent time of the past.
>
> There are about 20-30 students who have shown interest in the Medieval
> club. About 20-25 have shown up at the last 4 meetings. The first meeting
> was to advise the students about what they were "getting themselves
> into", so to speak. The second meeting was an explanation of the
> origins, history, and intent of the SCA. (I am the person who did
> the sociological survey of the SCA about 15 years ago For my Senior
> Honors Thesis at the University of Tulsa.) It is time to start
> scheduling guests to arrive and present information. If you could
> start contacting individuals who you know and identify what and when
> they may be available to present and then send that information to
> me, I can begin constructing a master calander. When sending information
> identifying a presenter, please include the following:
>
> Mundane Name
> SCA Name
> e-mail address
> daytime contact phone #
> Topic(s) of presentation(s)
> Materials/fee(s)
> Date(s) available
>
> The schools are closed Thursday 10/21/04, 11/25/04, and 12/23/04
> this semester. There may be a few additional days when the meetings
> are cancelled for one reason or another and I will announce those as
> they come up.
> (My thoughts - worry about next semester after this one is
> figured out.)
>
> The students are 6th-11th grade level, approximately 13-17 years
> old and it is a "School" club. Please keep that in mind when
> discussing potential presentations with your contacts. All of the
> Medieval club sessions are from 3:30pm until 5:00pm on every
> Thursday of the month that school is in session. The school is
> located at Shepherd Mall on NW 23rd St. in OKC between May and Penn.
> Aves. The site of the presentations is ASTEC Charter Middle School
> located at the far south east end of the mall. Easiest entry to
> park near the school is off of NW 23rd st. There is an enclosed
> courtyard that may be used for fighting demonstrations or other
> outside activities - weather permitting. There is also a classroom,
> #11, assigned for us to use. It has 1 white board and I can have an
> overhead projector in the room if needed. More sophisticated
> presentation equipment - vcr/TV, computer projection system, etc. I
> may be able to arrange given enough forwarning.
>
> The main theme of ASTEC's education philosophy is to have as
> much hands on activities as possible, so if there is any way to
> incorporate a hands on activity into the presentations, it would be
> greatly appreciated and WELL received. The students have been
> advised that there may be additional costs/fees depending on the
> nature of the presentations to cover materials cost. Please be sure
> and include that information with the presenter information. The
> students have already begun talking amongst themselves about fund
> raisers they can do to subsidize the cost for students who cannot
> afford additional fees so that everyone can participate.
>
> Here is a list of topics the students mentioned during the first
> meeting when I asked them what topics they were interested in:
>
> Archery Needlework Leatherwork Chainmail Weapons
> Fighting Styles Engineering Catapults Seige Tactics
> Art Caligraphy Stained Glass Heraldry Geneology
> Languages - Old English, Norse, German, Galic Jousting
> Combat Tactics Medieval Movies Horses-Barding/Tack & Harness
> Heavy & Light weapons combat Medieval Holidays FOOD!!!
> Medieval Trivia Medicine Politics/Government
> Economics Falconry Jewlery Toture(probably not a good one
> to choose - But I told them I would include it) Pre-Feudal/Feudal Japan
> Medieval games Medieval Dances Medieval clothes
>
> As you can see - they were rather curious.
>
> Let me know what you think and if there are any
> suggestions/problems. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday
> 10/14/04. I know this is a short amount of time, but if there is
> someone who is able to present this week I would be more than happy
> to step aside and let them have the floor.
>
> Thank you for your willingness to help.
>
> Mr. Christopher Gehringer
> ASTEC Charter High School
> Mathematics Teacher
>
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ASTEC Charter High School
Mathematics Teacher
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