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Week 1:
Dear Daisy,
The first week started off very productive. We were able to split people into their groups, and assign each group a leader. Somehow you and me got thrown in as managers, it’s going to be a long quarter. Anyway we set out a sheet and got people’s opinions on what the name of our company should be. This week was full of a couple late nights, where we stayed up in order to create this color coded calendar. And if people follow this schedule, this project might be possible!
    Sincerely,
        Noelle Maksoudian

Week 2:
Dear Noelle,
This project is starting off alright, we just need people to get some motivation. Anyway we were able to get a theme decided on. After we did a mini election, with ballots and everything we decided on the name Under His Wings. Research has started off strong, starting to gather information on everything. We had fabrications and art come up with a plan, and assigned each person a job. And lastly music was able to pick what song they are wanting to do for the cover. Noelle I think we are off to a good start, people just need to keep working. We don’t have time for people to procrastinate.
    Sincerely,
        Daisy Perez

Week 3:
Dear Daisy,
Week three is officially over, and this week we took a bit of a hit. A ton of our class left for PUC basketball tournament, including you which made it more difficult to organize the class. But the beginning of the week started off okay, thanks to you and you’re amazing ideas we were able to draw up a sketch and scan it into the computer for our logo. We had fabrications figure out what their scale was going to be, and slowly start sketching things on our board. They are slowing working as research feeds them information. We had some animals made, which looked amazing but then sadly we realized they were too big and had to be remade, which sucks and puts us back even farther. Music has been brainstorming where they want to go with the cover song. But Delila and Sharon were able to focus, since majority of their group was gone. They busted out all the lyrics for the original song. We are slowly falling behind on our schedule which makes me nervous. We’ll see how this goes.
    Sincerely,
        Noelle Maksoudian

Week 4:
Dear Noelle,
We are a month in, and we do not have nearly as much done as I was hoping we would. I am not sure if we have met a single one of our goals. But we need to stay positive, I know our class will do what they are supposed to. Music has begun recording the original song, they have made a lot of progress but it takes some time since they have to learn how to use this new system. Art has started turning in some painting, we have split the paintings up between five people. My goal is for those to all be complete by the end of home leave. The documentary has been being put together as time goes on. Amy has done a good job of getting interviews and shots of people working. This project is moving forward, we just all need to stay motivated.
    Sincerely,
        Daisy Perez

Week 5:
Dear Daisy,
This was a short week due to the fact that everyone left on Wednesday for home leave. Although it was a short week we still made the most of it. We have officially finished our logo and have starting coming up with the ideas for our t-shirts. We need to send out for those before home leave, so we have started collecting people’s sizes and talking to Mr. Dunn to make sure the t-shirt we purchase will work well with the printing process. We also have started coming up with some ideas for other merchandise that hopefully we will be able to order things like stickers, business cards, etc. Also we have collected information about the Day of Atonement and have successfully created a storyboard for our comic book. All we need to do is make our vision come alive. I am realizing how much time we really have left, once we return from home leave it is going to seriously be crunch time.
    Sincerely,
        Noelle Maksoudian

Week 6:
Dear Noelle,
This week didn’t start off the best, I mean it started with me and a few other getting stranded in an airport in Walla Walla and missing another day of class. So after my week started on Tuesday we really started cracking. Music has finished recording everything for the cover song and have begun to record the original. To finalize everything there is still a lot of editing and comping that needs to be done. But since the beginning they have been putting in extra hours, getting the studio open whenever possible in order to work. Almost all of the paintings came in this week. All we are needing is the High Priest which Sherry is working very hard in order to accomplish, and I know she will get that done quickly. Meier has begun sketching things for the comic book, while you and me began actually writing out the words for the comic. We have had Bill begin to work on the t-shirts since they arrived in the middle of this week. But due to the fact that it is Valentine’s Day and lots of work has been done by our SAMBA officers I don’t think we will be able to begin printing till next week. We need to work around Mr. Dunn’s schedule as best we can. Fabrications has made lots of progress as the walls of the tabernacle begin to get done, and the fence slowly makes its way up. The furniture and animals are slowly coming along, and our Sanctuary is becoming more and more alive. We are past midterms which means this project is more then half way done, I can’t believe how fast we are speeding through this project.
    Sincerely,
        Daisy Perez

Week 7:
Dear Daisy,
This week is the last full week we have due to the fact that a lot of our class will be missing the next couple Monday’s because of school trips. There is not much to report this week, we are just all slowly making progress. I feel like since we have returned from home leave our entire class has realized how close we are to the end of this project. When you made that new calendar with the new due dates I feel like that made everyone realize how little time we have left. Research has done an amazing job of getting all the information we need. They have begun creating study packets for the class, and are always there to answer any questions someone might have. Fabrications is just continuing with their model, nothing really new to report there. Sherry turned in her last painting this week, and that makes all seven of them. The children’s story book sketches have been finished, so now we just need them colored and throw them into comic life to be completed. We have two weeks left, we need to power through!
    Sincerely,
        Noelle Maksoudian

Week 8:
Dear Noelle,
This week started late again because of Math and Science Workshop. That literally wiped out our entire class, I think we had maybe six people in class on Monday. Not to mention there was also music tour, so we lost lots of people at the end of the week as well. But we still made some progress. The sanctuary is looking pretty good, they have been spending many extra hours in order to complete this project in time. The furniture pieces are slowly coming in as well as the walls of the tabernacle. Our group has done well in meeting all the little details that the sanctuary has. Music has completed their songs, both of them. So know it is finalizing everything with Pastor Gregory and coming up with a cover art for them. Web has done a great job of doing all that they can. It is hard for them to do everything because their job rests in the hands of others, because they can only do what everyone turns into them. So they have set up the website and have begun inputting things, but they are really going to have to work hard in the last couple days. Simon has been working hard on the podcast, this week we had the script completed and Noah and Levi found the time to record it all. We were hoping to have everything finished by the end of this week, but it becoming clear that that goal will not be met. I am beginning to get a little nervous, but I have faith in our class.
    Sincerely,
        Daisy Perez

Week 9:
Dear Daisy,
This is the last week, everything now needs to be completed and be completed soon I actually wish everything was completed two weeks ago, but that’s okay we are going to make this work. After we both returned from ski trip, we put together a list of things that still need to be accomplished. The music group has thankfully finished the music video so all they are needing to do is make some minor changes to the song and just get everything done, scores printed, and everything uploaded and finished. The podcast has been edited, and that has been finished as well. The children’s story book needs to still be put into comic life, that is the last thing we need to do in order to have that accomplished. The documentary is looking good there is just a few more scenes that we are wanting to add. Last week we had begun an extra painting. One of the High Priest in his clothes he wears only on the Day of Atonement. That got finished this week as well. The animals are still needing to be painted, but besides that fabrications has just been checking to make sure everything is correct (we had to fix a couple problems that came up) and placing things down to have everything finalized. I know you’ve spent a long time last weekend sewing to help the fabrications group out, and it looks amazing. The website is really coming along. Hayden has been able to upload the group photos and all that stuff. Not going to lie I don’t know half of what he is doing, but with all that coding and programing the website is really starting to come together. I am writing this one Wednesday morning, where we have only a day left. There are still some last minute things that need to get accomplished. And if everything continues to go as planned then we are going to have successfully finished this project. It has for sure been a journey, filled with many obstacles. But in the end this project has shown us how to handle different types of people, and what it will be like once we get a real job. This has been an experience, and it has been full of some good times and stressful times. Now let’s just cross our fingers that everything turns out amazing.
    Sincerely,
        Noelle Maksoudian