Nicky's comprehension, attention level and thought process remains advanced. Impressive student. As we discussed in person today, I walked him through how every other class he takes at Batt School is very important and utilized within the work of a balanced journalist.

Nicky continues to be off the charts strong in comprehension and is stunningly advanced socially for a 7th grader. Most lessons he hears and understand fully. Not only is Nicky an anomaly physically in terms of size, height & weight he is equally unique in his smarts, socially and street smarts based on conversations.

Cameron remains Remote. Class today spent discussing angle of the story, priorities of topics within a story and Cameron maintains / recalls journalism basics and previous lessons of present tense, and selects the "outrage" of the Bears Club residents as topic for opening of the story. Set scene in battle of rights vs. commercial development by Top Golf. Cameron's comprehension is good but attention while remote could improve. (Eating, rubic cube) during class.

Cameron is remote again which is far less productive in terms of his attention. Not necessarily Cam specifically, I'm guessing its just a byproduct of the remote process. Cameron remains engaged and his comprehension of the various elements of a News Story (different and more government structured in nature). I created a concept of a story and discuss the elements and potential ways to write it to convey the outrageousness and the battle for rights. Ironically, both side of the battle love the same thing: Golf

Submitted Grades / Evaluation even though Nicky and I have only had a few sessions. 4/19 Finished his News of the day re: NFL Commanders sold in record deal. He read the story aloud then we introduced the concept of pulling sound bites. In this case from NASCAR great Dale Earnhardt Jr.

This kid is anything but a 7th grader. It's like talking to a 19-year old jock. Nicky's socialization, ability to grasp advanced topics and relate ideas to practical, everyday examples is extraordinary.

Please remind other teachers to completely Log-Off computers when they finish class. Not doing so adds unnecessary time delay to the following instructors Log-In process.

Cameron is doing great! On-line is not as successful as in person but we are finishing what we started (editorial) together in house.

Cam with the least instruction yet (by design) dives right into writing his thoughts after getting my assist on the title editorial. Writes entire Editorial then we go back to clean up & make/structure in strongest form. This is VERY Impressive. Cameron didn't hesitate, wonder what to write and fearlessly dove into it. Now yes, I teed-it up for him but really that's it. Will finish next session

Like his physical presence, Nicky's 7th grade awareness is much bigger than one would expect. Pretty astute young man. Nicky had no following topic and having strong feelings about what he likes and doesn't like about TV Sportscaster---such interpretive accuracy belies his youth.