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June 12, 2022June 13, 2022

Racing

Today was the Medford Cardboard Canoe races. There were 12 teams entered, and some really nice looking boats. A professor from UMass Lowell had a sleek looking canoe, while a group of younger kids had a small maneuverable hot dog boat. Our two boats looked very good among the competitors, and our students were happy to talk to admirers about the work they had done. Our green boat, unfortunately, had some issues during its first race. These issues mainly arose due to an uneven paddling strategy from the team that led to them tipping over. Tough to recover from that, and the boat was damaged. Our senior boat looked solid and won 2 of its 3 races, although it was on its last legs in the final race. The senior team came in second place, and it was a fun event for everybody. I think we learned a few ways to improve the boats for next year, and hopefully we will again have multiple teams competing.

June 11, 2022June 13, 2022

Work Out

This morning I went into the city with Ash. She went to Btone to workout and I headed over to a nearby athletic field in the North End and did a workout there. It was right on the water with the USS Constitution in the background. Pretty nice venue for a morning workout. My calves are still far from 100%, but I was able to get through a fitness session going very slowly. Afterwards, Ash and I took the train across the harbor and got out at Maverick and walked to the EBO Grocery store for some grilling items and oysters, and then walked back home. Ash spent the rest of the day working on the downstairs area, and I watched some F1 racing and did some work on the computer. Still waiting on news about the new French Bulldog.

June 10, 2022June 13, 2022

Boats Are Ready

The final push to get the boats ready happened this Friday. Students put on some finishing design touches, and both boats look great. They are going to be very competitive I feel, so hopefully one of the two teams will come out victorious. Looking forward to Sunday.

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022

Budget

I watched Monday’s School Committee meeting because there were rumblings around the school about the financial stability of the district. After watching, it appears these fears are substantiated and the district is going to need to let people go yet again this year. It will interesting to see how the administration begins to reduce staff for yet another year in a row when each year it seems as if we are cutting all the ‘fat’ from the budget. I’d suggest we are pretty lean at the moment. I also found the comments that when the city’s budget was lean during the pandemic, the only cuts in personnel across the city were teachers.

June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

The Ant

During the building of the canoe boats, there were apparently some ant explorers that made their way onto the cardboard during the gluing process. Unfortunately, for a few of the ants, the messy gluing technique created slow moving streams of glue that caught these ants unaware, and encased them forever in a sea of Elmers. The students, feeling bad about the situation, decided to commemorate these unlucky souls by creating a large cardboard ant that will be placed at the head of the boat during the races. The last few weeks of school can be a strange. A few photos below.