ADHSA is a volunteer group of homeschoolers from different nationalities, faiths, cultures and homeschooling backgrounds, with its primary focus being to address the needs of children from grade 1 through high school. Our purpose is to encourage, support and inform each other and the homeschooling community in the greater metro area of Abu Dhabi.
Parents and students involved in ADHSA's first one week Musical Theater workshop with Joey Clarkson are still flush with success.
An audience of 80 viewed the young actors' presentation of a review of NEWSIES held at the Abu Dhabi Women’s College auditorium on March 2.
Parents and audience alike were impressed not only that the children quickly learned all those lines, lyrics and dance moves, but how they were able to work together to put on such a smooth slick presentation.
In fact, we are so happy with the work Joey Clarkson did with our students, that we are planning to have her return next year!
The success of this endeavour shows how much we can do as homeschoolers when we band together to organize and sponsor great learning opportunities for our children.
Early this month just over a dozen parent gathered at the Hyatt Capital Gate "leaning tower" Hotel for a purely social evening.
We started with a tour of this unique building, in the Guiness Book of World Records for the fact that it leans from the vertical by a full 18 degrees! Each of the well appointed guest rooms are uniquely shaped to fit the design of the building. Seeing as the building is covered from top to bottom with glass, it takes the window washers a full month do one round! We might have been tempted to hang aound on the 19th floor balcony to enjoy the lounge chairs, the view and the infinity pool--but the nippy wind drew us indoors. BRRR!
We spent the last portion of our evening at Profiterole Cafe, named after the sweet and savory filled pastries it serves. Yum. We all enjoyed the time of adult conversation, coffee and light supper...we might do that again!
