Can I please begin by saying THIS SCHOOL IS HUUUUUGE!! (One of the largest in the state, actually.) From sports to extra-curricular activities and programs, I didn't know where to begin. How could I cram all of this information into a small 2-min. story?!
I began by talking to the students (off campus) of the Vocational Building Trades. They are in the middle of building a house...a REAL house! They have one year to complete construction, then the house is sold with all of the money going back into the program for next year's build. This class is extremely beneficial to students interested in employment in a construction field. They get real, hands on experience and they talked about how much they loved not having to sit in a classroom all day. Who wouldn't love that?!
Next, I headed to the high school to talk about the dance marathon, which took place the weekend before. Students learn different dances while raising money for Riley Hospital for Children. Last year, they raised over $58,000. This year, they beat their record with approx. $130,000!!!! Isn't that phenomenal?!
After being blown away by the charitable aspect of Carmel, I headed to one of their multivariable calculus classes. (huh?!) Yup, I said it "MULT-VAR-IABLE CAL-CU-LUS!" I'm not going to pretend like I knew what that was before I went there and it's still a foreign language to me. The students said that normal calculus uses only a few letters in their formulas. Multivariable Calculus uses many different letters (or variables.) Get it?! Yeah...me neither. :)
GO GREYHOUNDS!