Briana's Camp/Workshop at SCAD

 We left our house early on Sunday morning - the check-in at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) started at noon. 

 

 The drive to Savannah was a breeze - traffic was terrific and we got there right at noon (thank goodness).

We were directed into a parking garage and we were greeted by volunteers in green t-shirts (current SCAD students) with bubbles and applause...

 

Everyone was so incredibly friendly and told us exactly where we needed to go throughout the campus. It really was a greatly organized experience.

 The lobby of Bri's dorm room...

 Welcome to art school! LOL!

We were given Bri's room number and we headed upstairs. The rooms had a joint living/kitchen area and bathroom area and there were two bedrooms. Bri had one roommate in her room and there were two other girls in the other bedroom. 

A personalized note was left for Bri by one of the resident assistants welcoming her (we were the first to arrive in the dorm room)...

Some sites of the campus/dorm...

We got B's side of the room all set up...

 Her roommate Emily then arrived and Bri was ready for us to head out.

We didn't see Briana again until we went to the open house on Friday.

 She did text us daily letting us know what she was up to and that she was eating healthy (usually included pictures)...

She sent us a picture of a sunset from her dorm room one evening...

 

 This is what I wrote on FB about Bri's experience...

"Briana had an amazing experience at her SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) camp/workshop last week. She took two classes - figure design and character drawing. She learned so much. This SCAD program is a well-oiled machine! From applause and bubbles from the volunteer staff when we pulled into the parking garage to all of the activities they provided these kids in the evenings. It was great. They had a movie night, pool night, riverboat night and a silent disco night. And everything was very well chaperoned which put my mind at ease. Briana got along amazingly well with her roommate Emily and that was a blessing. Doug and I attended an open house on Friday and spent the day with Briana seeing what she had been up to all week. I cannot tell you how proud of Bri I am. She is definitely an introvert, but she went to this camp anyway without knowing one person. She put herself out there and had a really good time. It was amazing seeing her in this atmosphere and in her element. I'm not positive if SCAD is for sure where she will land for college, but it is definitely in the running. She liked it so much, she may even attend again next year."

 Pictures of her experience...

I will write more about Doug's and my visit to SCAD to attend Bri's open house in a separate post.

This was such an amazing experience for her. Doug had been mentioning this program to her for a couple of years now, and I wasn't sure she would actually be interested in attending. I'm so glad she did. Now she has had a very, very, very small taste of what college life will be like - and that is a good thing. She has so much potential and I know she is going to do AMAZING things in her future!