I would like help with a project I'm required to do during eighth grade.

Tue Oct 7 21:42:42 PDT 2025

Yeah, let's go with that please.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM Taylor Cortezzo <tcortezzo at fusionacademy.com>
wrote:

> Hi Robin,
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> Thank you for your follow up regarding Kai’s mentoring needs for their
> project, this helps greatly. You are correct, we do not offer any weekend
> supports, but I have looked into Lizzy’s Tuesday afternoon availability.
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> As of now, Lizzy’s Tuesday afternoons are fully booked until
> late-November. That being said, Kai could come for a 2:30pm session on
> Tuesdays once that time slot opens up for them?
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> Here is a proposed schedule that might work:
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>    1. Tuesday, November 25th 2:30-3:20pm
>    2. Tuesday, December 16th 2:30-3:20pm
>    3. Tuesday, January 6th 2:30-3:20pm
>    4. Tuesday, January 20th 2:30-3:20pm
>    5. Tuesday, February 3rd 2:30-3:20pm
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> Please let me know what you think of this proposed schedule for a 5-pack
> of tutoring sessions with Lizzy. If this works, I can go ahead and get the
> paperwork sent over and the sessions on the schedule as soon as possible to
> ensure that they are reserved for Kai.
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> Thank you!
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> *From:* Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 3, 2025 9:35 AM
> *To:* Ayako Harashima <aharashima at fusionacademy.com>
> *Cc:* Elisabeth Blasingame <eblasingame at fusionacademy.com>; Taylor
> Cortezzo <tcortezzo at fusionacademy.com>; Kai Ladue <
> drazigreen2011 at gmail.com>; Ruth Anne Ladue <raladueandroid at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: I would like help with a project I'm required to do during
> eighth grade.
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> The actual requirement (I just found out) is that Kai meet with their
> mentor 3 times between now and February.  I believe a 5 pack will be fine
> but Kai might disagree with me.
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> The thing I'm more concerned about is timing; Kai wants to do this in
> person but is in school full time, and I don't think Fusion has any support
> for meeting on the weekends.  Kai's early day is Tuesday, when they get out
> at 1:05pm, the rest of the week they get out at 3:15 and I can't see them
> getting anything useful done if they come after that.  Thoughts?
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> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM Ayako Harashima <
> aharashima at fusionacademy.com> wrote:
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> Good morning, Robin,
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> I’ve added Taylor to this thread, so she can share Lizzy’s availability
> and TM bundle information. Is Kai's preference virtual or in person? Will
> a10 session TM bundle be sufficient?
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> Best,
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> Aya
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> *From:* Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 1, 2025 8:32 PM
> *To:* Elisabeth Blasingame <eblasingame at fusionacademy.com>
> *Cc:* Ayako Harashima <aharashima at fusionacademy.com>; NOT Kai Ladue <
> drazigreen2011 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: I would like help with a project I'm required to do during
> eighth grade.
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> Yeah, apparently that's fine.  So how would that work?
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> OK. I don't know if Kai's school allows paid mentoring for this purpose,
> I'll ask.
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 15:24 Elisabeth Blasingame <
> eblasingame at fusionacademy.com> wrote:
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> Hello!
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> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, first week of school always
> has a little bit of settling in!
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> I really am happy that Kai wants to work on this project, I just don’t
> have the availability to mentor them outside of Fusion. There is room in my
> Fusion schedule, just not so much outside of my working hours. I have other
> projects I have committed to and need to prioritize. I hope you and Kai
> understand!
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> Best,
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> *From: *Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, August 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
> *To: *Elisabeth Blasingame <eblasingame at fusionacademy.com>
> *Cc: *drazigreen2011 at gmail.com <drazigreen2011 at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: I would like help with a project I'm required to do during
> eighth grade.
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> Just to be clear, Kai was asking you as an adult they feel close to
> and who knows this subject, not as a Fusion teacher.  They just
> didn't have any other way to contact you.
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> If the only way to make this work is for us to treat you as a Fusion
> teacher for this purpose, then that's fine, we can do that, but I
> just wanted to make clear that that wasn't the nature of the
> request.  I'd definitely prefer to get some other contact info and
> continue this discussion outside of Fusion.
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> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 05:17:36PM +0000, Elisabeth Blasingame wrote:
> > Hi Kai!
> >
> > Apologies for the delay, I was on summer break. School is back in
> session!
> >
> > I’m so glad that you want to continue the project that we started
> together. I have a pretty busy schedule this Fall, but there is some room
> to add mentoring sessions! Hope to hear from you soon!
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> > Elisabeth Blasingame
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> > [icon] eblasingame at fusionacademy.com<mailto:
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> > From: Kai Ladue <Kai.Ladue at fusionacademy.me>
> > Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
> > To: Elisabeth Blasingame <eblasingame at fusionacademy.com>
> > Subject: I would like help with a project I'm required to do during
> eighth grade.
> >
> > Hi, Lizzie. I'm writing this because I was wondering if I could ask with
> your help for something that's part of my eighth grade curriculum at my new
> school. There's a thing called the eighth-grade project at the school I'm
> going to next year, and the teachers there have agreed that it's ok for me
> to work on the animatic I'd started before, but part of the project
> includes me needing a mentor, and you're the only person I can think of who
> can help me in that regard. It won't take a lot on your part, just an hour
> a week at a designated time and place that we can discuss.
> >
> >  I look forward to seeing how you feel about this,
> > Kai Ladue
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