Jan 20th meeting

 
If you missed it!
 
Alice you pulled it off!   Adversity and all it was a good meeting.
 
George talked about RYLA  we will hear all about it in a meeting in the future– I think he found it AWESOME!
 
We had the pleasure of honoring a nice young lady  Miranda – whose life has changed because of the wonderful teachers and principal (member - Denise Coronado) at MCAT. Every month when we honor one of these students I am speaking for myself but it moves me to near tears.
 
The student of the month who was introduced by teacher DiCaro, he said she was a great student once she found the program, thank you MCAT for all you do.     Miranda Martinez told us she has grown in a lot of ways since entering the MCAT program.  She has decided to further her education and enter the mental health field, she was proud to receive a certificate from the Marana Rotary Club.  Miranda brought her mom Mary Martinez, dad Uncho Martinez and teacher Paul DiCaro, you could just see the pride in them at her accomplishments. 
 
Our guest speaker was Dr. Theodore (Ted) Bucholtz, all I can say is WOW…. What an inspirational man and can you say accomplished!  
 He is the Assistant Professor in Cello at the University of Arizona.    He said that he moved to AZ from NY because a great professor he knew said move somewhere where you can make a change in someone life.  It was clear that he has a heart for any kind of arts in the educational system.  He told us to envision a boy named Michael who he met in class who was, overweight, had an attitude and was falling asleep in class.   He said Michael could be the poster child for performing arts in school because he got into music he started loosing weight and started getting excited about his education, by the way as he was instructing him he found out he lived on his own and was a couch surfer.  Michael got involved in music Dr. Bucholtz started giving private Cello lessons for free.  He got into Pima College and earned a full ride scholarship to ASU.   MUSIC SAVED HIS LIFE!   Can you see why he b elieves in art education in the schools?   He said there is a hard push for STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Math).   Dr. Bucholtz said a profound thing. if your only looking at the STEM you are missing the beautiful flower (arts is the flower).   
 
Thank you Dr Bucholtz for showing us your heart and your passion for performing arts in the school system.
 
 
Don’t forget the Dove Mountain Fiesta Rotaria, February 7, 2013, at the Highlands at Dove Mountain
 
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