Hello Maywood!

Thank you for the warm welcome to the site! For those of you who dont know me im Mr Tyler the new Assistant Site Coordinator for Maywood !MPACT. I am super excited to do may exciting things with students. Things I like to do are all things STEM and gaming (video, board and creating).

I actually went to maywood when I was in middle school so its great to be serving the community that I grew up in and still live in. If you see me in the area or at the site please feel free to say hi!

I have included a picture of me in middle school vs now below

Stay cool! - Mr Tyler

Its not all fun and games.  Sometimes you have a big project due, maybe you zoned out in class, or maybe you just want to get all your homework done before hanging out with a friend at home.  In spite of our daily activities sometimes you just have to buckle down and do some good old fashioned homework!  For that the Homework Lab is always an option!

Hello again!

This past month of May has been a beautiful one for the most part! We got to enjoy a lot of outdoor activities as well as a lot of snack time out in the courtyard :)

​In the beginning of the month we made brownies. We did not follow the instructions but they still turned out great! Each student was pleased with the gooey outcome!

I gathered supplies for mosaic candle holders - but we all ended up liking the paint pen designs on our glass jars instead! Check out Fiona's flower jar. So cute!

On our nicer days we were able to play basketball in the courtyard, it was nice being able to be out in the fresh air! Because it was nice out we brought out the giant bubbles. Summer got her's to be so big!

Most recently we created our own stencils out of hot glue! Abby made a basketball one, and of course I made an !mpact tote bag!

I hope you enjoyed this recap! Come back at the end of June for our final blog until next year!

<3 Ms Cherina

After months of exhaustive painting, repainting, and getting new miniatures we finally got our first use out of them for our Dungeons and Dragons game!  With pieces painted in extreme, and truly impressive detail we battled the forces of darkness!  Dice were rolled, critical injuries were suffered, and items were stolen!  As the year winds towards its end, what will happen to our heroes!??!?

-Logan Rudie

With the lead up to, and execution of Spring Break it has been a rather busy time here at !mpact.  But we're here, and focusing real hard on the finer points!  A short while ago we personalized our own miniatures, using a variety of paints, minis, and brushes participating students made at least one (in some cases half a dozen!) miniatures for RPGs, tabletop gaming, or just simple fun.  Obviously Dragons were our most painted mini, but shout-outs to the expertly painted gravestone and unicorn!

​-Logan Rudie

Hello!

January was a good month at Maywood !mpact. We had Mudhouse Pottery come out (as you saw in Mr. Logan's post) and here are a few of the final products! Our students are so talented!

We also celebrated National Spaghetti Day. We had four different pasta sauces to taste & we all tried to guess the different types with our taste buds! We also made structures out of fettuccine noodles & play dough. And of course we made spaghetti noodles as well as our own pasta sauce from scratch!

This past January we pulled out the hot cocoa and some canvases for a relaxing afternoon painting and sipping hot cocoa with our !mpact friends.

You'll see yet another photo of Fiona and the crew taking embarrassing selfies on the site phone, haha!

There was an activity we did over winter break that I thought our Maywood kids would enjoy! We made houses out of Popsicle sticks and hot glue, then attached balloons to see whose needed the least amount of balloons! You'll get it if you've seen the movie UP!

Last but not least, we had our monthly field trip. This time we went to Issaquah Middle School with all of the other !mpacts for a night of games, games, and more games! We had a line up of different generations of Super Smash Brothers as well as game show games, board games & card games, and gym games!

Thanks for reading! See you next month!
<3 Ms. Cherina

Always on the lookout for interesting things to make, this week we settled on Red Velvet Cupcakes!  There was some struggling with proper measurements, some attempts were made to make 90% sugar cupcakes, and the constant struggle of cleaning one we were done....  But in the end we had entirely edible (and as an added benefit, tasty!) cupcakes with a delicious Cream Cheese frosting.  Now our eyes are set on loftier heights for the next project... Chocolate Macaroons!

-Logan Rudie