00:00 各位，希望大家一切安好，我们来谈谈2024-2025学年在Astra Nova发生的变化。如果有任何问题，你可以通过Slack或其他方式联系我们。
00:10 Astra Nova是独一无二的。它是一所独特的学校。不基于任何其他模型，也不受任何特殊利益的束缚，也不受我们能够实现的方式的限制。
00:19 据我所知，这是唯一一所始于石英公司校园的学校。从一开始，我们就一直在思考，教育可能有什么可能性，以及我们如何最终将其付诸实现？
00:30 因此，我们希望我们的学生参与到大的思想、前沿领域和真正的工作中，并且他们应该从事有意义的工作，这些工作适用于现实世界，具有重要性，并且与世界各地的优秀团队所做的工作相似。最后，我们真的很关心设计一所孩子们喜欢的学校。一个他们感觉像家一样的地方，他们可以发展自己的声音，交朋友，最终参与到真正的工作中去。
00:44 这才是真正的目标。我们做到这一点的方式是找到真正出色的教育工作者和专业人士，为他们的课程注入生命。
01:03 这些课程往往是这些东西的混合体。一些是非常密集的，它们深入研究学科。
01:08 其他的是更加探索性或实验性的课程，你在其他地方找不到。有些是基础性的，构建那些基本的技能，还有其他的是更具合作性的。
01:16 一些课程帮助孩子们不必使自己显得更好。所以今天我们有了这个兼职全职的分界线。
01:24 然后，这个兼职项目的挑战在于，我们有来自世界各地的所有这些孩子，实际上只有八个区块可以使用。
01:32 而原因基本上可以追溯到学校的开始，但基本上它始于我们从Ad Astra过渡到Astra Nova，后者是在线的。我们从星期五开始，然后增加了这些星期二星期四的区块，但整个系统真的需要重新思考。
01:46 这就是我们所做的，我想与你们分享。所以从我们在今年提供的八个区块开始，我们真的考虑了还有哪些机会适合那些只会与我们在一起几个小时的学生。
01:58 而不是我们目前全日制学生的20个小时，我们认为一个易于错过的机会是把我们的兼职学生更多地融入到那些一至四区块中。
02:10 这是什么样子的是，兼职学生有能力在星期二和星期四参加一区块和四区块的课程，以及在星期五为所有学生开设一个新的零区块。
02:24 所以鉴于时区，我们确实有来自世界各地的孩子，因此，重要的是你可以在星期二早上或星期四早上或星期二下午或星期四下午获得一致性，或连续上两节课。
02:35 这就是第一个变化，从提供给兼职学生的八个区块到13个区块。然后第二个重大变化是承认存在这样一个差距。
02:45 我们有些学生每周只能空出几个小时，因为他们是全职在人学校，或者因为他们有很多其他事情要做。
02:53 然后我们有这些学生参加全日制课程，每周来20小时，这是一个全面的、全面的体验，但中间有这样一个差距，有些孩子在Astra Nova中高度参与，在他们的课堂上蓬勃发展，但是他们希望做的比
03:07 我们允许他们做的更多。在我看来，我们全日制课程的目标是承认当我们说全日制时，我们真正意味着对Astro Nova表现出承诺的学生，我认为少于这个小时的要求对每个人都有好处。
03:23 这为家庭提供了更多的灵活性，也让我们能够聚集最有承诺的孩子，让他们共同努力，最好能够亲自一起共度时光。
03:32 所以我们把这个东西称为旗舰。所以我们取消了全日制的概念，基本上你要么是兼职学生，要么是我们旗舰计划的注册学生。
03:40 这样做的好处是，这个计划回归到Ad Astra的本质，也是Astra Nova一直以来的本质，即作为一个真正实验性的学校，可以挑战界限，真正关心具有世界意义的具有挑战性的工作。
03:54 旗舰的重要性在于，当然，增加了孩子们的密度和彼此的联系。这是一个更多次数周课程的机会，让他们能够深入了解。
04:03 它给了我们家庭灵活性，可以选择适合您时间表的区块。最终，正如我之前提到的，这给了我们一个机会，让我们每年都能在南加州聚在一起几次，彼此相遇，并形成一些友谊，这是在线上无法巩固的。
04:17 那么我们先来看看资格。要成为旗舰计划的一部分，我们需要您能够在一区块或四区块之间选择，并且这些课程将从星期一到星期四进行。
04:29 所以如果您不能参加这些区块，不管是因为您的时区还是其他承诺，对于明年来说，这样是行不通的。
04:35 没问题，这个资格的第一部分绝对是必要的。第二个是我知道等级很傻，你知道，他们就像是，第七年级到底是什么意思呢？
04:44 但理想情况下，你应该把你的工作看作是进入第七年级、第八年级或甚至第九年级。这些都是您希望服务的年龄的甜蜜点，如果您的孩子上六年级，明年这个项目对他们来说就不合适了，但也许后年会适合。
04:52 对于参加旗舰计划的学生，最重要的体验是我们需要您承诺一年中的10个或更多的区块，大多数人会承诺远远超过10个，但我认为10个是绝对最少
05:06 参加该计划的条件。最后，我认为可能会有一些接受的要求，所以如果您是Astra Nova的学生，我们已经在班上有您的孩子，我们想与老师联系，确保他们正在蓬勃发展。
05:17 如果您是新学生，我认为可能还有一个额外的面试步骤，但真的希望确保旗舰计划不仅适合您的家庭，而且我们对期望是现实的，因为这里的目标是推动边界，如果您的
05:29 孩子根本没有时间做，或者您的家庭没有设置好，这是不可能的。
05:35 所以我们来谈谈这将如何运作。因此，旗舰一表示您的孩子是旗舰学生，这意味着他们承诺进行10个小时，他们要进入第七至第九年级，并且他们承诺参加这些区块。
05:49 所以从这些核心区块开始，他们将在一区块上进行。这是一个旗舰队伍。因此，他们将选择那四个区块，然后在所有这些选项中添加任何其他区块。
05:57 红色的区块仅供旗舰学生使用。紫色

的区块对兼职和旗舰学生开放。绿色的区块仅供旗舰学生使用，那就是数学。所以如果你想在你的NOVA做数学，你现在可以了。
06:24 所以Dr. Rose教代数一，Dr. Jamie教几何，我们的其他数学则是通过问题的艺术。
06:29 我们所有的课程都由活跃的老师为我们教授，他们与Astral Nova的学生一起上课。好的，这里的另一种选择将是旗舰四。
06:35 所以假设你可以参加四区块。那么你将在那里完成你的旗舰队区块。然后，如果您是旗舰学生，并且符合资格标准，并且我们认为您非常适合该计划，并且对您的家庭来说是有意义的，那么您将选择旗舰一或旗舰四，这意味着那就是你的旗舰队区块将举行的时间，然后你选择它
07:35 至少额外六个区块，但很可能会选择更多以完善您更全面的体验。所以我还要补充一点关于旗舰队的事情，即我自己，作为Astra Nova的创始人之一，与Tara和我的身份，以及作为在SpaceX校园和Astra Nova创建Ad Astra的老师。
07:53 我们将真正教授所有这些区块，但我们对这些黄色区块会有很强的意见。
08:00 因为我们认为旗舰就像我们只有一年的时间来与您的孩子一起工作。我们觉得这些是您的孩子必须经历的典型经历，才能真正从Astra Nova中获益最多。
08:11 并不是说其他课程不值得注意，它们绝对值得注意，但黄色区块会更具争议性，需要大量的工作，它们会是密集的，但最终是充实的经历。
08:21 所以我只是想简要说明一下。好的。所以学费，简单化的事情，每年每个区块只需2100美元。
08:30 最少要两个区块。所以您可以参加的兼职最多只能是您选择加入我们的两个区块。
08:37 所以你可以做乘法两次2100就是你的学费。我们始终满足所有学生100%的经济需求，然后对于旗舰计划的学生的最高学费将是16个区块，这基本上与全日制的学费相同，如果你想做超过16个区块，欢迎你这样做，不会有额外费用。所以再次强调，旗舰是10个区块或更多的区块，视接受和资格而定，然后您可以选择您将要接受的区块数，只要您承诺为一年中的这些区块付出。通常情况下，如果您之前开始，添加更多的区块通常不是问题，我真的会做六个区块那里有问题，但我们确实要求您承诺最少的区块数，这样我们才能安排所有这些课程，并对每个区块的流动性有一个概念，这就决定了有多少个班级
09:17 可供选择。只是为了给您一个快速的感觉，回到时间表上。今年的星期五，区块1到4，我们有大约每门课程12个选项。
09:26 目标是让选择课程变得令人痛苦，因为有很多好的选择。就星期二、星期四来说，区块0和5，通常会有3到4个选项。
09:36 然后在旗舰计划期间，我想大约每个区块之间会有4到5个选项。所以，Astra Nova，我不知道你是否说这纯疯还是纯抱负，但我们提供了大约150门课程，我们有250名学生。
09:52 所以我们总是在设计新课程，带来新经验，而我们的目标是为每个区块提供引人注目的机会，让您的工作得到利用。
10:01 好的，就是这样。我们在Astra Nova的重点是继续尝试，并乐于与世界分享我们的工作。
10:09 我们很高兴能够与您的孩子合作，并对您对学校的支持表示感谢。
10:13 如果您有任何问题，请随时联系我们？当然，您可以在书面材料中找到更多详细信息，以便您考虑如何在明年或首次报名。
10:21 我们期待您的任何反馈和问题，请您保重并度过美好的一天。谢谢大家。

00:00 Everyone, I hope you're well when it's like what's in changes for the 2024-2025 school year at Asternova. If you have any questions, you can reach out via Slack or, you know.
00:10 So Asternova is one of one. It is a singular school. Not based on anyone else's model, but holding a special interest or practically limited in any way, by what we're able to bring to life.
00:19 To my knowledge, the only school that started on the campus of a rocky company. And we've always thought really since the very beginning, well, what's possible in education and how might we ultimately bring into life?
00:30 So, the pretty things loose that will go on, or that our students being engaged in the big ideas, the cutting edge, the real stuff, and that they should be working on meaningful work that applies to the real world, has residents there, and feels akin to the types of work that great teams are doing everywhere
00:44 around the world. And lastly, we really care about designing a school that kids love. One where they feel at home, where they can develop their voice, make friends, and ultimately engage in the real stuff.
00:55 That's what it's really all about. So the way that we do this is we find really remarkable educators and people that work professionally to bring classes to life.
01:03 And those classes tend to be a mix of these things. Some of really intensive they go really deep into the subject matter.
01:08 Others are more exploratory or experimental classes that you would not find anywhere else. Some are foundational building those essential skills and there are others that are more collaborative.
01:16 Classes that help kids will not have to make any seem their own better. So today we've had this part-time full-time divide.
01:24 And the challenge is then that this part-time program where we have all these kids coming from all over the world is that there really has only been eight blocks that we've made available.
01:32 And the reason is kind of go back to the beginning of the school, but basically it started in our transition from Ad Astra.
01:38 It's basic to Astra Nova, which was online. And we started with Fridays, then added these kind of Tuesday Thursday blocks, but really the whole system really needs to be rethought.
01:46 And so that's what we've done, and I want to share that with you. So to go from these eight blocks that we offer in this current year, we really thought about like what other opportunities there could be for students who are only going to be with us for a few hours a week.
01:58 And rather than the 20 hours that we have for our full-time students currently, we thought like one sort of easy missed opportunity was to bring our part-time students more into those block ones through block four.
02:10 So how this will look is that part-time students have the ability to take classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for block one and for Tuesdays Thursdays for block four, as well as opening up a new block that all students could take block zeroes on Fridays.
02:24 So given the time zones which really we have kids from all over the world, it felt important that you could get some continuity on Tuesday mornings or Thursday mornings or continuity on Tuesday afternoons or Thursday afternoons or taking two classes in a row.
02:35 So that's the first change is moving from eight blocks available to part-time students up to 13. And then the second big change is acknowledging that there is this gap.
02:45 We have students that are really only available for a few hours a week because they're in full time and in the person's school or because they've got a lot of other things going on.
02:53 And then we have these students that are part of the full-time program that come, you know, 20 hours a week, it's a comprehensive sort of all-in experience, but there's this gap in the middle of kids that are highly engaged in Astra Nova, are flourishing in their classes, but are wanting to do more than
03:07 we've allowed them to do. So in my mind, the goal of where we're heading with the full-time program is to acknowledge that when we say full-time, what we're really meeting is students that are showing commitment to Astra Nova, and I think less than the hour of requirement is good for everyone.
03:23 It allows more flexibility for families and it also allows us to get a density of our most committed kids that's to be working together and ideally to be sharing time together in person.
03:32 So we call this thing flagship. So we're getting rid of the idea of full time and basically your part-time student or your enrolled in our flagship program.
03:40 And what that does is it's a program that kind of gets back to the essence of what Ad Astra was and what Astra Nova has always been, which is as really experimental school that could report to the boundaries and really cares about challenging work that has meaning in the world.
03:54 So the importance of flagship is, of course, to increase the density of kids and their connections to one another. It's an opportunity for more intensive courses that need multiple times a week so that they can go deeper.
04:03 It gives our family flexibility to choose the blocks to fit your schedule. And ultimately, as I mentioned, it gives us the opportunity to get everyone together in Southern California a couple times a year to meet each other and to form some friendships that can only be solidified over the coming amongst
04:17 online. So let's start with eligibility. In order to be part of the flagship program, we need you to be available for either block one or block four, and those classes are going to be Monday through Thursday.
04:29 So if you're not available for those blocks, you need to work your time zone or your other commitments, it's just not going to work for this next year.
04:35 No problem, just that first piece of eligibility is absolutely a requirement. The second one is that I know rates are silly, you know, they're like, well, what is 7th grade really?
04:44 But ideally, you're thinking of your job as entering the either 7th, 8th or even 9th grade. Those are the sweet spots in terms of the age you want to serve, your child's going to sixth grade.
04:52 This program is not for them next year, but maybe the year after. The third thing is that for those in the flagship program, to really get the most of the experience that we need you to commit to 10 or more blocks for the year, most will commit to far more than 10, but 10 I think is the absolute minimum
05:06 to be part of the program. And lastly, I think there's probably going to be some little acceptance piece, so if you've been an astronaut of the student, we have had your child in class, we want to check with the teachers to make sure that they're thriving.
05:17 If you are a new student, I think there's probably an additional step of an interview, but really want to make sure that the flagship program not only works for your family, but we are realistic about the expectations, because the goal here is really to push the envelope, and we can't do that if your
05:29 child just simply doesn't have the time to do it, or your family's not setting up in a way that's going to allow it to be a success.
05:35 So let's just talk about how this will work. So flagship one means that your child is a flagship student, which means they're committed to doing 10 hours, they are entering 7th or 9th grade, and they're committed to those blocks.
05:49 So starting with these sort of force core blocks, they're going to take in block one. That's a flagship cohort. So they're going to take that with a group of kids.
05:57 Why? Well, because when you have a class with a common group of kids, you have an opportunity to really form deep connections with the students.
06:05 So this flagship block for block one, you would pick those four blocks, and then any additional blocks that you want to add among all of these options.
06:12 The blocks in red are only for flagship students. The blocks in purple are open to a part-time and flagship students.
06:18 The blocks in green are available only for flagship students, and that is math. So if you want to do math, the rest of your NOVA, you're now welcome to do that.
06:24 So Dr. Rose teaches algebra one, Dr. Jamie teaches geometry, and the rest of our math is through art of problem.
06:29 all of them. We have live teachers teaching us classes with astronomical students. Okay, the alternative here would be flagship four.
06:35 So let's say you're available for block four. So you'll do your flagship cohort blocks there. And then again, if your flagship student picked 10 or more blocks among these options, and it really kind of works the same way.
06:46 The goal here again would be that Tuesday Thursday classes in block one are going to be meeting twice a week.
06:51 So that would be the same class here and here. Whereas these other classes will just be meeting one hour per week.
06:57 Okay, so how does this look overall? So let's say that you're a part-time student. You're going to enroll in some number of hours.
07:03 The maximum you could do would be 13. There's a number of part-time blocks. Anywhere you see that per-polition blue color, those are blocks that are available to you.
07:10 So block 0, 1, 4, and 5 on Tuesdays, block 0, 1, 4, and 5 on Thursdays, and block 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on Fridays.
07:21 If you are a flagship student and you meet the eligibility criteria and we think that you be great fit for the program and it makes sense for your family, then you will pick either flagship one or flagship four meaning that that's when your flagship cohort block will be held and then you're picking it
07:35 at least at additional six blocks but in likely many more than that to round out your more comprehensive experience. So another thing I'll add about the flagship cohort is that Dr.
07:45 Rose, Tara and myself, as the founders of Astra Nova and as the teachers that created Ad Astra on the campus and SpaceX.
07:53 We are really going to be teaching across all of these blocks, but really we have strong opinions as to what those yellow blocks will look like.
08:00 Because we think of it as a flagship as like we only had one year to work with your child. We feel like these are sort of the quintessential experiences that your child must have to really get the most out of Astra Nova.
08:11 It's not that the other classes aren't remarkable, they absolutely are, but the yellow blocks are ones that are going to be more highly opinionated require lots of work and they're going to be intensive but ultimately fulfilling experiences.
08:21 So I just want to make a quick note on that. All right. So tuition, the simplify things, it's just going to be $2,100 per block per year.
08:30 So minimum of two blocks. So the most part time you can be is that you just pick two blocks we're going to join us.
08:37 And so you can just do the multiplication two times 2100 is what your tuition will be. As always we meet 100% of demonstrate is financially for all students and then for maximum tuition for students in the flagship program would be 16 blocks which is basically the same tuition for full-time as it is 
08:51 now and if you want to do more than 16 blocks you're welcome to do so there's no additional fee. So again flagship is 10 blocks or more pending acceptance and eligibility and then you can choose number of blocks you're going to take as long as you commit to those blocks for the year.
09:04 It's usually no problem to add more blocks if you start before and I'm actually going to do six there problem but we do ask you commit to a minimum number of blocks so we can get all this classes scheduled and have a sense of what the liquidity will be for each block, which then determines how many classes
09:17 are available. Just to give you a quick sense, kind of going back to the schedule. For this year on Friday's Block 1 through 4, we have something like 12 options for each class.
09:26 The goal is to make it agonizing to choose classes because there's so many good options out there. In terms of the Tuesday, Thursday, Block 0 and 5, there's tend to be more like 3 or 4 options.
09:36 And then during the flagship program, I would kind of imagine somewhere between maybe 4 and 5 options per block. So, Astrinova, I don't know if you say this is just lunacy or just ambition, but we offer something like 150 meat courses a year, and we have 250 students.
09:52 So we're always designing new courses, always bringing in new experiences, and really our goal is to fill each of these blocks with compelling opportunities for your jobs to get advantage of them.
10:01 All right, so that's really it. Our focus here at Astrinova is to keep experimenting, and to happily share our work with world.
10:09 We are so delighted to work with your kids and we're so grateful for the support that you've given to the school.
10:13 Do you have any questions reach out? Of course, there'll be more details in writing that you can look at as you consider how to enroll for next year or to enroll for the first time.
10:21 And we'll look forward to any feedback in questions and otherwise take care and have an awesome day. Thanks everyone.

主要要点总结：

1. 欢迎和介绍：欢迎新学生加入 Astronova，第十一年学年开始的准备事项。
2. 课程类型：包括深入课程、探索课程、基础课程和合作课程。
3. 课程选择：课程将于8月16日发布，选择孩子的课程并查看要求。
4. 日程安排：保存日历中的重要日期，如8月27日的课程链接发布和6月的年度聚会。
5. 技术准备：设置学生的 Astronova 邮箱和 Slack 账户，准备工作环境和必要的设备。
6. 商店促销：使用促销代码获得25美元的信用额度和免运费。
7. 反馈和改进：鼓励家长提供反馈，持续改进课程和沟通方式。

这些要点旨在帮助家长和学生为即将到来的学年做好准备。

0:01 好的。大家好。希望你们都好。欢迎来到 Astronova 第十一年。祝贺你们被学校录取。非常高兴能有你们的加入。
0:09 我将介绍一些准备新学年的事项。如果有任何问题，请随时联系我们。
0:14 首先，我们的课程是 Astronova 的基本单元。我们实际上有四种不同类型的课程。
0:20 当然也有混合课程。一种是深入的密集课程，另一种是广泛的探索课程。
0:26 基础课程从基础知识开始构建，合作课程则帮助你成为更好的团队成员，共同完成一个目标。
0:32 即将到来的学期课程将于8月16日星期五发布。收到课程后，选择孩子的名字。
0:40 点击你将加入的课程模块，你会看到每个模块有多个不同选项。
0:46 每个模块都会有课程名称、课程描述、教师姓名以及参加该课程所需的任何要求。
0:56 我们建议查看这些要求。有些是技术性的，有些是基于经验的。例如，可能需要先修过代数才能参加特定的物理课程。
1:05 如果对这些要求有任何疑问，请随时联系我们。第二点是，当你查看这些选项时，我们真的鼓励你。
1:10 首先，这应该是一个愉快的、几乎像庆祝一样的事情，因为你有机会选择这些令人惊叹的课程。
1:17 我们希望你能利用这个机会，与家人一起愉快地讨论这些可能的选项。
1:23 我们建议你考虑你在即将到来的学期中任何面对面学校的义务、你报名参加的任何课外活动，以及总体上你们家庭在未来几个月的计划，然后最终选择课程，因为有些课程在课外需要完成很多作业。
1:37 最大的一点是，你真的不会出错。这些课程都很棒，老师们也很出色、敬业，只有在 Astronova 才能找到这样的课程。
1:52 不要担心选择完美的课程，你只是在做出你的最佳选择。我们总是尽量让孩子们进入他们的第一、第二或第三选择课程。
2:00 所以，不要担心。你可能会为某个课程纠结，但最终可能会进入第三个课程。
2:07 如果你在课程开始后的第一、二节课觉得不合适，请联系。调整课程没有问题。
2:15 8月27日星期一，我们会发送一个链接。大概是 astronova.org/fall 或 astronova.org/fall24 之类的。
2:28 访问这个链接，它会有密码保护，你能找到你的名字，以及每周的课程安排和直接链接到这些课程的 Zoom 链接。
3:38 展望整个学年，不仅要注意假期和休息日，还要注意让我们头疼的夏令时。
3:51 我不完全理解夏令时，不知道为什么它还存在，但我们目前在太平洋时区。
3:58 从11月5日开始，我们将进入 UTC-8，3月10日我们将回到 UTC-7。
4:05 请记住这一点，标记你的日历。如果这对你的家庭来说是个大问题，请尽快告知我们，以便我们做出安排。
4:14 最后关于日历，保存日期。年底我们将在洛杉矶聚会，当然对很多人来说那是很远的地方。
4:20 如果你能来或者计划来美国，可以考虑来加州。我们会在6月6日星期五举办海滩派对。
4:34 6月7日星期六，带大家去洛杉矶的博物馆。旗舰学生将有更多信息，包括10月7日至9日在棕榈泉的营地和3月初在圣巴巴拉的沿海营地。
4:54 接下来的步骤。首先是8月14日，你会收到一封电子邮件，为你的孩子设置 Astronova 的 Gmail 账户。
5:08 通常是你的名字@astronova.org，比如 josh@astronova.org。我们还将使用这些电子邮件设置 Slack 账户，这是我们用于学生交流的平台。
5:14 其次，在学年开始前准备好工作环境。我们强烈推荐台式机或笔记本电脑。
5:21 平板电脑不适用于 Astronova，因为需要大量打字。建议下载 Zoom 和 Slack。
5:28 提前下载不是问题，但现在做准备更好。
5:32 学生最成功的是在安静、光线充足、固定的地方学习，所以希望你能找到这样的地方，作为孩子的“家庭办公室”。
5:44 总的来说，强大可靠的网络连接很重要。如果你住在乡下，网络可能会时有不稳定，所以尽量找到家里网络最好的地方。
5:55 最后一点，有趣的是椅子。舒适的椅子能带来很大的不同，所以找到一把合适的椅子，为孩子设置家庭办公室。
6:12 学校商店有促销活动，在左上角可以看到网址。如果输入促销代码 year11！，你将获得25美元的信用额度和免运费。
6:28 你可以订购 T 恤、运动衫或袜子，为即将到来的 Astronova 学年做好准备。
6:45 最后，秋季课程链接将于8月16日发送，你可以表达课程偏好。学生课表将在8月26日星期一准备好，学期正式开始于8月28日星期三。
7:02 学年的目标是每年都尝试重新发明，从基础做起，找到改进课程的方式，成为更好的沟通者，不仅对孩子，对家长也是如此。
7:13 我们寻找孩子们之间的真实联系点，特别是在线学习时，连接机会很重要。
7:20 反馈对我们很重要，无论好坏，有助于改进。作为诞生于 SpaceX 的实验学校，我们分享并扩展我们的工作成果，如 Conundrums 和 Synthesis。
7:35 我们很高兴你成为学校的一部分。若有任何问题，请随时联系我们，否则我们期待在8月底见到你们。
7:48 谢谢大家。

0:01 All right. Hey everyone. Hope you’re well. Welcome to Astronova year 11. Congratulations on being accepted to the school. Really delighted to have you.
0:09 I’m gonna go over a few quick things to get ready for the year. If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out.
0:14 So the first thing, our courses are the base unit of Astronova. And really we talk about four different types of courses.
0:20 Of course, there are hybrids. One are these intensive courses that go deep. Another are the exploratory courses that go wide.
0:26 Foundational courses tend to build from basics and collaborative courses help you be a better teammate as you work together on a common goal.
0:32 And the courses for the upcoming term will be released on Friday, August 16th. And when you get the courses, you’ll select your child’s name.
0:40 You’ll click on the blocks that you’re going to be joining us. And you’ll see a number of different options for each of the blocks.
0:46 So, uh, each block will have the course title. It’ll have a course description. It’ll have the instructor’s name. And any requirements, uh, that we need you to fulfill in order to be part of that class.
0:56 So, what we do recommend is looking at those requirements. Some of them are technological. Others of them are experience-based. Like maybe you need to have taken algebra before you take this particular physics class.
1:05 But just take a look. If you have any questions about those, just please reach out. The second thing is we really encourage you when you look at these options.
1:10 Well, first of all, it should be a delightful, almost like celebratory thing because there’s all these amazing courses you have the opportunity to take.
1:17 Um, and we hope that you take the opportunity to So you have a nice time as a family talking through the potential options.
1:23 So, um, we really recommend that you think about what obligations you have for any in-person school for the upcoming term, any extracurriculars you’ve signed up for, and maybe just in general like how your family is planning to work for the kind of months ahead, uh, before you ultimately select your
1:37 courses because some courses have quite a bit of work outside of class. So, um, I think maybe the biggest thing that I want you to keep in mind is that you really can’t go wrong.
1:47 The classes are great, the teachers are wonderful and committed, uh, and there are classes you’ll find nowhere else other than Astronova.
1:52 So don’t worry about picking the perfect classes, uh, really you’re just making your top selections. And we always try to get kids in their first, second, or third choices.
2:00 Um, so, yeah, don’t worry. It might be that you’re sweating this class or that class and in the end you, the third class is the one that you end up in.
2:07 So, um, and if there’s a situation where you’re placed in a course and after the first class or two it feels like this is just really not the right place for you, reach out.
2:15 It’s no problem making changes. Alright, so what we’ll do on Monday, August 27th, is send out a link. It’ll be something simple like astronova.org slash fall or astronova.org slash fall 24 or something like that.
2:28 And if you go to that URL, it’ll be password protected and you’ll be able to find your name and then all the days of the week and the courses you’re enrolled in and the Zoom links that will take you directly to those courses when the classes are ready to start.
3:38 So as you look at the year, year overview, I think one thing to keep in mind, not only are the holidays where there will be no school in the breaks, but also the scourge of our existence, which is the uh daylight savings.
3:51 I don’t understand daylight savings fully. I don’t know exactly like why it continues to persist, but we are currently in Pacific time zone.
3:58 We are UTC minus seven starting to November 5th we will be UTC minus eight, and then March 10th we will go back to UTC minus seven.
4:05 So just keep that in mind, please mark your calendars, um and if that seems like it’s gonna be a really big problem for your family of course, let us know as soon as possible so we can try to make some kind of arrangements.
4:14 Alright, uhm final thing really in terms of calendars, save the date, end of year we get together in LA, of course for many of you that’s very far away.
4:20 Bye bye. If you’re able to make it or you’re able to drive in or you’re kind of thinking about coming to the United States and you know wouldn’t mind coming to California, we do get together on uh Friday June 6th for a beach party and then we tend to uh have everyone invited to uh a day at the museum
4:34 , uh Saturday June 7th we just really get tickets for everyone and then could spend a few hours at a little.
4:40 Go museum in LA. Uh for flagship students a little more information on this uh in the weeks to come but there is a camp this October from 7th- October 7th through October 9th in Palm Springs and then a coastal camp at Santa Barbara tendedly uh scheduled for early March.
4:54 Alright, next steps. So the first thing is on August 14th take a look for an email that will. Uh set up your child with their Astranova Gmail account so it’ll be usually your name at Astranova.org so Josh at Astranova.org.
5:08 Uh and we also will use those email accounts to set up Slack accounts which is what we use for student communication.
5:14 The second thing uh in the meantime as you get ready for the year to start is just to prep your work environment so we really recommend a desktop or laptop.
5:21 Tablets really don’t work for Astranova just given all the typing that you need to do. Uh we recommend that you download Zoom and Slack.
5:28 If you don’t do that it’s not a problem but it’s nice to get a head start so might as well do it now.
5:32 Uh we really think that students are most successful when they’re in quiet, well lit, consistently available spaces so hopefully wherever you live.
5:40 I you can find a space like that that your child can think of as sort of their home office so to speak.
5:44 And in general um a strong reliable internet connection I’m out here kind of in the in the country and I know it can be a little spotty at times.
5:51 So whatever you can do to try to find the spot in your house where internet is best that’s always really helpful.
5:55 And the last thing I think it’s kind of a funny one is just uh yeah sometimes we don’t think about the chair it’s almost.
6:00 Like the last piece of it but actually a really comfortable chair or chair that I don’t know. I don’t know.
6:05 A good chair can make a big difference so not that you should buy it in chair but find a chair in the house that seems to work for this home office that you’re setting up for your child.
6:12 Alright third astronaut of emergency nice we have a school store you can see it there in the left corner that’s the the URL if you type in the promo code year 11 with an exclamation mark all lowercase there’s a 25 credit for your family plus free shipping so you can order a t-shirt or sweatshirt or socks
6:28 or anything you want to get ready for the astronaut of a year ahead. And really the final piece or like fall courses as I mentioned will send out the link so you can sign up or I get not signed up you can uh But, express your preferences for those courses on friday august 16th the student schedule will
6:45 be ready on monday august 26th and then the term begins officially on wednesday august 28th. So broadly speaking goals for the year for us every year we try to reinvent we try to go back to the very basics of what makes astronaut of a unique and uh find ways to be better communicators uh to your children
7:02 but also to you all we look for real points of connection between our kids especially since we’re online it’s really important to have these opportunities to connect whether it’s a you know reading moby d*** and book club or you know student government or just these events that student government holds
7:13 outside of school we always look for points of connection uh continuous improvement means that we always are looking to make classes better and so we really are All right.
7:20 Seeking feedback so if you feedback we are always uh ears to hear that good or bad it’s helpful to help us improve and uh lastly we are really fortunate to have this unique position as this experimental school that was born at SpaceX so we try to humbly share and scale insights that come from our work
7:35 things like conundrums and synthesis so uh that is what we’re focused on every year anew and we’re really delighted We’re delighted to have you as part of the school.
7:42 So until then let us know if you have any questions otherwise we’ll show you a great next few weeks and we’ll look forward to seeing you at the end of August.
7:48 Alright thank you everyone.