After a three year absence from Utah we are happy to report that Mobile Ed Productions is returning to the Salt Lake area in 2011 and coming back in style with three great school assembly programs!
After a two year absence from Colorado we are happy to report that Mobile Ed Productions is returning to the beautiful Rocky Mountain State in 2011!
Lest our friends in the great state of Texas feel left out by our last article, we have good news and bad news for them, too!
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The good news is that Stronger Than a Bully, Mobile Ed’s highly anticipated new anti bullying program will be touring Texas this coming winter in January and February. This is a great new school assembly program, performed by a wonderful Mobile Ed presenter named Dave Mitchell, whom some of you will remember as our superb Ben Franklin!
As the school year winds down on the East Coast, it is a good time to begin planning for school assemblies for the new year which is right around the corner (much as we would all like to forget that!). We have good news and bad news for schools in New Jersey and all along the North Eastern states.
We have been back in the Chicago area this week with Sky Dome Planetarium, our portable planetarium school assembly, presented in schools there by the exceptional Rojo. He just appeared at a school in Joliet, Illinois, and judging by the reaction I think they liked him!
After that last article I thought I owed you something a little friendlier and a little more warm and fuzzy, so here it is!
Last time I wrote about the threat posed by the release into the wild of exotic pets and how creatures like Burmese Albino pythons are endangering natural environments. I went on to discuss how school assemblies like Mobile Ed’s Animals and the Environment are great for getting out the message that bringing exotic “pets” into your home is probably not such a wise idea.
The truth is, that apart from a natural habitat, the only place really equipped for the care and management of wild creatures is a zoo or natural game preserve.
A year or two ago, a zoo in England experienced something unique. For the first time they witnessed in their park the birth of female Rothschild giraffe. Named Margaret, she was born six weeks early and weighed in at just 75 pounds. Standing only 5 feet tall, Margaret was one of the smallest giraffes they had seen and the zookeepers nurtured her with hand feeding techniques. Pretty cool, huh?
Of course, Mobile Ed live animal assemblies will not be bringing a giraffe to your school, but the animals will be unique, suitable for school shows, and a great means for teaching kids about the wildlife of our planet.
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN
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Last time I wrote about the threat posed by the release into the wild of exotic pets and how creatures like Burmese Albino pythons are endangering natural environments. I went on to discuss how school assemblies like Mobile Ed’s Animals and the Environment are great for getting out the message that bringing exotic “pets” into your home is probably not such a wise idea.
The truth is, that apart from a natural habitat, the only place really equipped for the care and management of wild creatures is a zoo or natural game preserve.
A year or two ago, a zoo in England experienced something unique. For the first time they witnessed in their park the birth of female Rothschild giraffe. Named Margaret, she was born six weeks early and weighed in at just 75 pounds. Standing only 5 feet tall, Margaret was one of the smallest giraffes they had seen and the zookeepers nurtured her with hand feeding techniques. Pretty cool, huh?
Of course, Mobile Ed live animal assemblies will not be bringing a giraffe to your school, but the animals will be unique, suitable for school shows, and a great means for teaching kids about the wildlife of our planet.
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN
This weekend we will all get a day off for Memorial Day. And that means backyard barbecues, getting together with family, maybe going to the lake or the beach (if the weather is good) or a ball game. Relaxing and enjoying some time off. And everyone needs that.
But somewhere in there it wouldn’t hurt to remember that this time honored holiday was established to honor the brave warriors who have served our nation and who gave as Mr. Lincoln observed “ the last full measure of devotion.”
People argue over the exact birth of this traditional day. Some say it began in the southern states as war widows placed flowers on graves of fallen rebel soldiers. But as an officially recognized holiday it came into existence through a proclamation signed in 1868 by General John A. Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Potomac and intended as a day to honor the fallen from the great Civil War which had ended but three years earlier.
Following World War I the holiday was changed to include honoring the dead from all wars fought by soldiers of our nation.
Sadly, our nation has in so many ways forgotten the meaning of this day, and in doing so, forgotten the sacrifices so many have made to support our freedoms. On Monday, at 3 PM local time (wherever you are) try to take part in our National Moment of Remembrance. Just take a moment, wherever you are, and for a few seconds give thought to those who gave their lives for you. It may seem a small gesture, but it is, indeed, after they gave so much, the least that you can do.
Our children need to know our history. They need to understand the challenges, difficulties and sacrifices of those who have gone before. A wise person once observed “you cannot know where you are going unless you know where you came from.” I would add to that the words “and why.” Teaching our children to truly understand how we got to this moment in time is crucially important. And despite what many Americans think, history does not need to be boring. Far from it! History is just the telling of what is happening today, as told by those of tomorrow. All our great traditions of theatre and entertainment come down to us from origins in story telling and oral history. Warriors around the fire at night retelling the story of the previous days hunt. Or the previous week, or the great hunt of the previous year. This is how the practice of recording history originated. As entertainment. Reliving the excitement of previous times. Your kids can follow in this great tradition and learn their own exciting history quite easily through a school visit from a costumed actor in the role of someone great from a previous time and place. Mobile Ed offers living history for schools through a broad range of educational school assemblies spanning several different era’s and all told with excitement and flair that will keep kids attentively alive just as their ancestors were mesmerized by tales of the hunt. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison and more are alive again and waiting to help your students relive the events of the past that they might better understand the problems of today.
So as you plan for the next year of their lives, please consider arranging a visit from one or more of these great Americans. And maybe they will grow up to remember that “the last Monday in May” is about more than hot-dogs and swimming pools and ball games.
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN
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But somewhere in there it wouldn’t hurt to remember that this time honored holiday was established to honor the brave warriors who have served our nation and who gave as Mr. Lincoln observed “ the last full measure of devotion.”
People argue over the exact birth of this traditional day. Some say it began in the southern states as war widows placed flowers on graves of fallen rebel soldiers. But as an officially recognized holiday it came into existence through a proclamation signed in 1868 by General John A. Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Potomac and intended as a day to honor the fallen from the great Civil War which had ended but three years earlier.
Following World War I the holiday was changed to include honoring the dead from all wars fought by soldiers of our nation.
Sadly, our nation has in so many ways forgotten the meaning of this day, and in doing so, forgotten the sacrifices so many have made to support our freedoms. On Monday, at 3 PM local time (wherever you are) try to take part in our National Moment of Remembrance. Just take a moment, wherever you are, and for a few seconds give thought to those who gave their lives for you. It may seem a small gesture, but it is, indeed, after they gave so much, the least that you can do.
Our children need to know our history. They need to understand the challenges, difficulties and sacrifices of those who have gone before. A wise person once observed “you cannot know where you are going unless you know where you came from.” I would add to that the words “and why.” Teaching our children to truly understand how we got to this moment in time is crucially important. And despite what many Americans think, history does not need to be boring. Far from it! History is just the telling of what is happening today, as told by those of tomorrow. All our great traditions of theatre and entertainment come down to us from origins in story telling and oral history. Warriors around the fire at night retelling the story of the previous days hunt. Or the previous week, or the great hunt of the previous year. This is how the practice of recording history originated. As entertainment. Reliving the excitement of previous times. Your kids can follow in this great tradition and learn their own exciting history quite easily through a school visit from a costumed actor in the role of someone great from a previous time and place. Mobile Ed offers living history for schools through a broad range of educational school assemblies spanning several different era’s and all told with excitement and flair that will keep kids attentively alive just as their ancestors were mesmerized by tales of the hunt. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison and more are alive again and waiting to help your students relive the events of the past that they might better understand the problems of today.
So as you plan for the next year of their lives, please consider arranging a visit from one or more of these great Americans. And maybe they will grow up to remember that “the last Monday in May” is about more than hot-dogs and swimming pools and ball games.
Geoff Beauchamp is the Regional Manager of Mobile Ed Productions where "Education Through Entertainment" has been the guiding principal since 1979. Mobile Ed Productions produces and markets quality educational school assembly programs in the fields of science, history, writing, astronomy, natural science, mathematics, character issues and a variety of other curriculum based areas. In addition, Mr. Beauchamp is a professional actor with 30 years of experience in film, television and on stage. He created and still performs occasionally in Mobile Ed's THE LIVING LINCOLN
Every year I say goodbye to friends. Friends I have worked with for years. That’s because every year principals with whom I have become good friends pack it in after many years of shepherding children through their formative growth. While I am always happy for them personally, I am also always so sorry to see them go. Not because I won’t be doing business with them anymore, but because I have honestly grown to value them as friends. I know their kids. I have never met their kids, of course, but I remember when they were sick in elementary school or when they left for college, when they got married, had children and so on. I remember because my friend and I talked about it at the time. I know where they went on vacation, and I know about the time a tornado knocked down their house, or their wife won the lottery or their town flooded. I know them because we are friends. This year alone, I will be losing touch with several good friends in Ohio. In Bryan, Ohio alone I am losing two good friends. Over near Canton, Ohio there is a gentleman I consider a very good friend who is retiring after more than forty years. I have been to his school myself several times, and we have worked together, picking his programs since 1992. I have listened as his son, whom I am sure is a great guy, left high school and applied at colleges, settling on a prestigious military academy. I listened as his son went off to war in the Middle east, and I listened to the relief in his fathers voice when he returned home safely, then married and began to raise a family of his own. These people are my friends and I will miss them!
Last week we had an adventure, of sorts, here in our office. We began to hear strange noises emanating from an interior wall in the back room where we store unused equipment from our school assemblies. Hmmm.
Well, today marks the end of an era! Space Shuttle Endeavor blasted off successfully today on what will be the last of that shuttle's flights. Space Shuttle Endeavour was the fifth of the shuttle orbiters. The first flight of the orbiter Endeavour was STS-49 mission in May 7, 1992. Space Shuttle Endeavour was named after the first ship commanded by James Cook. Captain James Cook was an 18th century British explorer, navigator and astronomer.
