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

[Robin Powell]

Yeah, apparently that's fine.  So how would that work?

On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM Robin Powell <robinleepowell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK. I don't know if Kai's school allows paid mentoring for this purpose,
> I'll ask.
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 15:24 Elisabeth Blasingame <
> eblasingame at fusionacademy.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, first week of school always
>> has a little bit of settling in!
>> 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!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> [image: photo]
>>
>> *Lizzy Blasingame*
>>
>> [image: icon] www.fusionacademy.com
>>
>> [image: icon] eblasingame at fusionacademy.com
>>
>> [image: youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/@FusionAcademyVideo>
>>
>> [image: __tpx__]
>> *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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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!
>> >
>> > [photo]
>> >
>> > Elisabeth Blasingame
>> >
>> > [icon] www.fusionacademy.com<https://www.fusionacademy.com>
>> <http://www.fusionacademy.com%3Chttps://www.fusionacademy.com%3E>
>> >
>> > [icon] eblasingame at fusionacademy.com<mailto:
>> eblasingame at fusionacademy.com>
>> >
>> > [youtube]<https://www.youtube.com/@FusionAcademyVideo>
>> >
>> >
>> > [__tpx__]
>> > 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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