This year, they did Research Projects.
They picked a topic that interested them. They studied it for months. They found resources, filled out worksheets, and wrote a paper. Then they decided that they would present them by doing a Human Timeline. They organized all their topics into a chronological order. Families were invited to come see the kids present their topics. Each kid dressed up as something to represent their topics. They even brought treats that had to do with their topics. They stood down the hallway in their order and shared their papers with a group of visitors.
Victoria picked the artist Leonardo DaVinci. She dressed up as the Mona Lisa.
Victoria was super nervous but she was prepared and we made sure we were the first to hear her. She did a great job presenting her report. She was a bit embarrassed but she looked awesome!
But then came the ADVENTURE for the night.
Victoria did her presentation a couple more times. I kept an eye on her as we listened to other kids. At one point- I saw her frame leaning way forward. I thought I'd let her finish that one and then tell her she had to hold it up. Unfortunately the frame went closer & closer to the table until it was basically laying on the table. Then my little girl lost consciousness & fell to the floor. Super scary!!!! Luckily, the lady who was listening to her at the time caught her before she hit the ground. She happened to be a doctor. We think that Victoria had a bit of low blood sugar (she got busy & didn't eat a snack after school before we went), was nervous, a little too warm, locked her knees, held that frame above her heart and then talked without taking enough breaths- which cause her to she just pass out! We had her lay down for a bit on the floor. Then we took her in the classroom behind us to be less of a distraction to the rest of the kids and spare Victoria the unwanted attention. We managed to have her feel better enough that we got her a chair to sit at while she continued her presentation. After 2 more presentations- her head started leaning through the frame until she hit the table and passed out again. My friend, Mikal W. was listening to her and caught her. She held her with her head between her knees until I got over there.
Holy Moly!!! What a scary night! We took her back in the classroom. We put her feet up, got her a snack & some juice and I (mom) just held her for a while. Another doctor {we have lots of doctors at MCS} came and checked on her. She seemed ok after 5 minutes or so. But it made us all super nervous!!!!!
We decided to call it a night!!! Her GT teacher never got to see her present her report but she understood and said Victoria was good to be done for the evening. Victoria was quite embarrassed from it all. It's the first time this has ever happened to her and it scared her a lot. She went a little late to school the next day just to make sure it didn't happen again.
We are very proud of her for being brave and participating tonight especially after passing out the 1st time. But we're even more glad that she's doing ok. Love you Sis!
To end the night, they had treats. By then Victoria was feeling better. But we kept a close eye on her for a couple days. Whew! What a memorable night!!!
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