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//__Please answer these three questions each time you make a journal entry.__//

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project?
 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help

2.What do you need help with

3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..

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April 19, 2010 Everything is moveing along fine. I don't need any help right now. I am pretty much done with my first rod and got started on my second rod. I just got done building my reel seat for it and am ready to get started building the rod.

Feb 19, 2010 Everything id moving along fine. I don't think I need any help right now. I got started on one rod last weekend and made some good progress and I plan to continue working on it this weekend.

Feb 8, 2010 Whenever you are not completely swamped in SLC I'd be happy to help you with the purchase order process! How did the fly building go?! Mrs. Melin

Feb. 4, 2010 Things are moving along fine right now. I might need some help with the purchase order here soon, but we'll have to see. I'm going to Jackson this weekend to get started on building one of my fly rods.

Jan 31, 2010 Riley, glad things are moving along. Remember when you contact your mentor that you need the mentor agreement form signed from him ASAP and we can make the PO for your supplies directly out to him if he orders things for you or to your family if you are paying out of pocket. If you need help with the purchase orders let me know and I'd be happy to help with that! Mrs. Melin

Jan. 21, 2010 Things are moving along fine right now. I don't need help with anything. I need to call my mentor back about ording my materials this week.

Jan. 14, 2010 Right now things are moving along fine for my senior project. I don't need any help right now. I contacted my mentor this week to order my materials, now I just need to get my PO done to pay him back.

Jan. 7, 2010 Right now I'm moving along fine, we just got started up agian so I haven't done much. I don't think I need help with anything right now. The next thing on my list to do, is to contact my mentor and ask him if he can order all the materials I need to complete my project.

11-24-09 Good luck working on the research paper over break; remember that the feedback you got on the paper is to help you refine the topic and to communicate with your audience interesting things about the subject you have chosen and have found passion in. I'm hopeful that after the school board meeting in Dec, you'll be able to order your supplies and maybe have some time to work on your project over Christmas break. Hang in there and keep up the good work! Mrs. Melin

Novermber 20, 2009 I am moving along fine with my project. I'm just waiting for them to get back on track so I can order my stuff. I haven't made much progress on my project except for my research paper which I need to work on over Thanksgiving break.

November 16, 2009 I am moving along fine with my senior project. I think I'm doing alright right now I just need to get my materials ordered. I'm making ok progresss. I am meeting with my mentor over thanksgiving break.

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help withI'm doing alright right now. But I will need help with my final grant application. 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..Well, I haven't done much on my project lately except learn that my grant application wasn't good enough. So, this week I will have to meet with my advisor and make it how the board wants it.
 * November 2, 2009**
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 11/02/2009 3:20 AM Who do you have for a mentor? Did you get that finalized yet or do you need to make some phone calls during SLC this week? You can also use time this week to revise your grant application and to start thinking about the research on your paper topic to get ahead of the schedule. Mrs. Melin

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help withI am doing alright right now. I just need to finish figuring the best materials to get for my project. 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc.. All I have been doing this week is working on my grant application. Also, I have talked to my advisor about materials to buy, and I have contacted my mentor to set things up. > *At this point you should have 2 green check marks by the components Letter of Intent and Sign of Committment on your home page. If you don't see 2 green check marks, click on the links for those components and see what you need to do next to complete them. If there is nothing else to do once you check for notes there, see me this week to help you get these components completed. Mrs. Melin
 * John Copeland Friday, October 16, 2009**
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 10/19/2009 2:24 AM A short addendum to the previous note that may help as you look into what's missing...
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 10/16/2009 4:34 PM You need to go back into your Letter of Intent component link and do part 2 of this process and upload your final letter. You also need to get on and make a portfolio page and get things uploaded onto that ASAP! When you check your Tracker page you should have 2 green check marks by now- Letter of Intent and Sign of Committment. See me if you need help with this. Mrs. Melin

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help withI think I'm doing good right now, but thanks for the offer. 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..I have not done much this week except work on my Grant Application, therefore I have not made much progress.
 * John Copeland Tuesday, October 13, 2009**
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 10/19/2009 2:26 AM Sounds like good advise in #8. It may take a little more time to do it more than once, but I don't know anyone who does perfect work at anything their first time around. Mrs. Melin

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?I would do more research on how much my project is going to cost. I have an idea on it but after my meeting with my advisor, I learned it is going to cost a lot more because I will need to buy four rods insead of two. 3.What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?I have decided that I should build multiple rods instead of only two. This is because if I get really good at building rods, I could start selling rods. 4.What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?I learned that I'm a pretty bad procrastinator, and I need to stop waiting till the last minute to do things. I learned that I can work with computers alright but need some help with some areas. 5.How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?I would do more research on how much my project is going to cost. I have an idea on it but after my meeting with my advisor, I learned it is going to cost a lot more because I will need to buy four rods instead of two. 6.What new questions do you have now (about yourself, the project, your topic)? Approximately how long will it take to build one complete rod. How many rods could I build this year. How much time and patience would it take to make a really neat handle.
 * John Copeland Friday, October 9, 2009**
 * Moving Along Fine

7.What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?Now I basically know how to attach a guide onto the rod. I have learned how to put feathers on the rod. All the sites I have been to show basically the same strategy on how to build rods. 8.• How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?I have gone to some of the sites that my advisor has suggested to me, and learned a lot of what it will take to build a rod. My advisor suggested that I use a cheper rod to work on first and make mistakes on, rather than build a really expensive one right off the bat.
 * Comment by Tina Melin (Advisor) 10/12/2009 12:49 AM Great start! Keep up the good work and post some questions if you get stuck (or visiting in person works too!). I'll be showing people in SLC this week how to upload things to their portfolio pages for all to see, so you'll be able to post some things there as well. Mrs. Melin

1.How well are things going with your Senior Project? 2.What do you need help with, I think I'm going pretty good right now, so I don't think I need much help. 3.Journal below about the progress you are making on any aspect of your Senior Project: lessons learned, information obtained, contacts with mentors or advisors, etc..This week I have been working on my commitment poster. Also, I had a meeting with Mr. Highstreet about the basics of building fly rods. He showed me a video and briefly described how to wrap the guides corectly. Also, he gave me a couple websites to go to that have videos of the steps on how to make fly rods.
 * John Copeland**
 * Moving Along Fine