10th annual Congo/ Lammers Hoops Tournament

 Hoop legends John Ruhl and Thomas Freeman

One of my favorite events every year is the knock out hoops tournament that takes place in the CDS middle school.  We start around the same time as the NCAA tournament and usually end around the same time.  Anyone who wants to be in can join...Boys, Girls, 6th through 8th. Mr. Lammers on the West side of the school takes all the advisories on that side of the building and I take all the advisories on the East side.  Mr. Lammers has 2 Regions (John Freeman and Mac Gourlay) and I have two (John Ruhl and James Nevant). The games are head to head the 1 seed plays the 16 seed and so forth just like the real NCAA tournment. When it gets down to the final 4 they all play for the finals. There have been some great wins and upsets in he past.  Colin Coleman looked like he was cruising to the title in 2009 when Zach Maag came from nowhere and claimed the championship that year. John Freeman won as a 6th grader and a 7th, but Candler Rice had a great run his 8th grade year to ruin John's chance at a three-peat. Other greats, John Ruhl won as a 7th and 8th grader in the first ever tournaments, Mac Gourlay powered his way to a championship in 2013, and James Nevant dominated his 8th grade year in 2008.  The champion gets to sign his name on the backboard of the hoop.  It's tradition!

http://youtu.be/fLa1AwY4CY0

Past Champions:

2014-?

2013-Mac Gourlay (West)

2012-Candler Rice (East)

2011-John Freeman (West)

2010-John Freeman (West)

2009- Zach Maag (Congo)

2008-James Nevant (Congo)

2007-Ricky Modrzynski (Congo)

2006-John Ruhl (Congo)

2005-John Ruhl (Congo)

Pinhole Photography Spring 2014

It is Spring at CDS Middle School and that means!!! Pinhole photography

What is Pinhole Photography?

The Pinhole Camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture, a pinhole – (a pin sized hole in the side of the camera)  a light-proof box and a shutter door that is used manually. The students can make them out of just about anything, but we generally use the large oatmeal containers to make our own pinhole cameras. (the oats make pretty good cookies!) The one below was built by Henry Chandler in the spring of 2013.

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The objective of this project is to learn the photography process using a pinhole camera. To be responsible with the darkroom privileges, and helpful with taking care of equipment and chemicals. To take at least 6 excellent A range photos, or 3 excellent photos at home or 1 excellent photo on World wide pinhole day. 
http://www.pinholeday.org/

Other links that will help with this project

http://users.rcn.com/stewoody/

http://www.abelardomorell.net/

http://www.camera-obscura-lucida-shop.com/CameraObscura.php