Junior Wings 2014 Applications Now Available

The Student/Family Orientation meeting for Junior Wings 2014, held at the Monterey Youth Center on Tuesday, February 25, 6:30-7:30PM, was very well attended.  The meeting was lively with students and parents showing great enthusiasm and energy.  The students demonstrated great interest in Japan and they, and their parents, asked many good questions.

If you missed the meeting, you may view the presentation here.

The student application is here.  Hardcopies are available from Mrs. Frost in the Colton School office or from Mrs. Frey in Room A4.  Instructions are included in the application.  The submission deadline is 4:00PM, Friday, March 7.  To be fair to all applicants, no applications will be accepted after this deadline.  Give your completed application to Mrs. Frost in the Colton School office.

When you turn in your application, be sure to sign up for an interview time on the Interview Sign-up Sheet.  Interviews will be held Tuesday and Wednesday evening, March 11-12, from 5:00-9:00PM at the Monterey Youth Center.  Do not be late or miss your interview!

Thank you for your interest in the Junior Wings program.  We wish you the best of luck with the application process.

If you have any questions, please contact Dana Russell at rushwind24@gmail.com or 831-601-1592831-601-1592.

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Junior Wings 2014 Begins!

The Junior Wings Program for 2014 begins February 25 with a general orientation to the program for interested students and their families.  This orientation will be held at the Monterey Youth Center, Tuesday, February 25, 6:30-7:30 pm.  Applications will be available at the meeting or from this blog's Documents page here beginning February 25.  The evaluation rubric is available here.

For a detailed description of the Junior Wings Program, click here.

STUDENT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE: 4:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 7

Initial Calendar

• February 25:  Student/Family Orientation Meeting, 6:30-7:30pm, Monterey Youth Center.  Student applications become available
• March 7:  Student applications due by 4:00pm, Colton Middle School Office, Mrs. Frost, sign up for interview time slot.   No late applications accepted.
• March 11-12:  Student interviews,  5:00-9:00pm, Monterey Youth Center
• March 17:  Notification letters mailed over Spring Break

• April 15:  First meeting!!

Heading Home

Sunrise over Nanao Bay.  We are meeting at the train station in 45 minutes to begin our journey home so this most likely will the last post from Japan.  We'll be in Monterey and home in just under 24 hours.  See you at the airport!

Thank you, Nanao, for all of your kind hospitality and memorable experiences for our children!

Saturday Farewell

Today was our final full day in Nanao and all the students stayed with their respective families, so please forgive the lack of photos from today.  After a morning of fishing for octopus (Sharron, 3, Dana 1), we were treated to a wonderful home-cooked lunch by Mr. Shimizu's parents.  On the way back to our hotel did a bit of souvenir shopping at a local tackle shop and home center.

The Farewell Party went off very well.  The kids' performance was GREAT!  They did you, Junior Wings, and themselves very proud.  Everyone truly enjoyed their dancing, including the music director who has been helping the Nanao kids with their performances over the past several years.  We will post a video as soon as it is available.

These past 10 days have been an intense whirlwind of activity, emotion, and excitement.  While none of us want it to end, I think we are all looking forward to beginning our journey home so we can tell you all about how great this experience has been.

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