April 20, 2016

Today we set up the Wii bowling in Mr. Parker's classroom for the fourth graders at El Sol Academy. Setting up the Wii was very easy with the help of the librarians and extra batteries from the admin office.

Around 10:30, once everything was set up and ready, we recruited a couple of girls to come in and start playing Wii bowling. A few of them didn't know how to play at so we taught them and they picked it up easily. After a few rounds of bowling, a couple other groups joined in the fun! By popular demand, we switched the game to Mariokart. This was really engaging and fun to watch as everyone cheered their classmates and friends on. The kids were great at taking turns and were very polite. They organized themselves in the order they would take turns and posed minimal issues. We also brought an assortment of candy which at first incentivized and later delighted the kids even more.

Overall, this year has gone great at Heritage Point and the service has been extremely rewarding. Today, we even had some sophomores interested in the concept of our service learning as they participated in the fun. Hopefully our project will be continued on in the future and that our legacy  will last beyond our years at Sage. We can only hope that someone down the road will be able to benefit in the rewarding experience that we have been a part of this year.

March 2, 2016

So today, we used our service learning day more as a planning day. We were not able to actually go to Heritage Point this week, but we have some future dates scheduled to make up for it. We have been wanting to get the Sage singers into Heritage Point to perform, so today we finally set a date to do so.

Today, we were able to meet with the Sage singers and listen to them practice and rehearse their songs. Fortunately we were able to get some videos to send to the activities coordinator at Heritage Point to approve of!

Next service learning date, we are excited to bring wii bowling home to Sage and share it with the fourth graders that will be coming to sage. We are hoping by doing so, other Sage students will be able to become inspired by the activities that we put on, and maybe want to continue the Heritage Point legacy!

 

Wii Bowling 2/3

  Today we set up Wii Bowling for the familiar group at Heritage Point. Arriving at 3pm, we already had several people excitedly waiting.  The setup was easy so we were able to start right on time. As usual, they paired up to make four "teams", alternating between two remotes.

 

Their competitive nature made for an exhilirating game. Since we had last been there, Morris had been "coaching" his wife, Florence, and their combined skills almost beat returning champions Marilyn and Marsha. At the end of the first game, however, Marilyn and Marsha won first place, at an impressive 194 points.

Maddie and I took turns, alternating between the scoreboard and rotating the remotes among the players. Of course, we were also cheering them on, offering up moral support and admiration. They played their hearts out, a few players even had to take a nap or two between turns. 

A couple teams remained for a second game, this time with Maddie and I alternating for one player. To our embarrassment, we scored the lowest. I noticed that the winning players managed to swing the ball in a way that required the least amount of movement and exerted minimal energy(As seen by Sally below). 

After the second game, we said our goodbyes and put away the game and scoreboard. Overall, it was fun time for both us and the seniors. We look forward to seeing them in the near future, whether through Wii Bowling or an artistic activity.

January 13

So today was a more mellow day than usual. We had planned to go to Heritage Point and do the Wii bowling but at last minute we were notified that they had to cancel it for some reason. Instead, we decided to use today as a day to plan and organize.

We went to Micheal's, the craft supply store, and decided to stock up on some things for our next visits to Heritage Point. We bought a little over a dozen plywood boxes to decorate. We also got some tempra paint and stickers to decorate the boxes with, in addition to the supplies that Heritage Point already has. We figured that the boxes are pretty gender neutral and could be decorated for various purposes.

In addition to our trip to Micheal's, we sat down and did some research about other senior living homes which we could potentially expand in to. We found a facility called Vintage Mission Viejo and it is only 0.6 miles from Heritage Point! They have similar activities as Heritage Point provides such as games, painting, and daily outings, which is why we thought that Vintage Mission Viejo would be the perfect place to expand!

We are trying to find an additional date to go to Heritage Point because we missed out on today, but as of now we have all of our dates lined up for the rest of the year!