#jack mullen

Jack participated in choir for all four years of High School ( as well as all three years of Middle school). It was one of the few parts of school that he seemed to truly enjoy.

In his last year of middle school he was selected to be a member of the Metro 8 Choir and sang alongside students from other top schools in the Greater St Louis area.

Whenever you attended one of Jack's choir concerts, you could clearly hear his powerful voice in every siong. he was one of the few voices that could stay on note, follow the harmony part assigned to his role, and project clearly from the men's section of the choir.

then again... I can pick out my son's voice in a crowded room anyway. A skill I learned from being a scout leader for so many years, and having my son be one of several hundred young boys screaming, "Hey Dad!"

I'm really going to miss the "required" school choir concerts. I love hearing my son sing, and I doubt he will have any use for the talent once school is out. He really has a beautiful singing voice.

(Unfortunately, he would not le me take a photo of him all night long)

Jack's Senior Year of High School is basically "In the BAG," except for one little bitty hiccup. His English Credit is still on the fence, and everything is hinging on us pulling a giant rabbit out of a magic hat by completing approximately 50% of his 2nd Semester course work over a two part Weekend Marathon both this weekend and next.

We have to complete about three dozen daily writing assignments (a mix of poetry, technical writings, narratives, expository writings, and more), on top of the Semester Long Project.

One thing that I have found insanely frustrating and amusing, is that my son has actually completed many of these assignments, and simply fallen short in the final task of copying his written scribbles on paper, or assignments that were texted to himself in his phone, into the required online digital format (Compass).

So, while he works on assignments not yet completed, I am assisting with typing in digital copies of his completed assignments to be copied and pasted into the Student Portal, as well as helping organize the assignments in chronological order.

We are also tag teaming the brainstorming of the format of his Semester Project, so that he can work on it during the week at his Mom's house.