[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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Mr. Christopher Gehringer
ASTEC Charter High School
Mathematics Teacher



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