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My First Place

High Noon Entertainment for HGTV

First-time Home Buyer Application

HGTV is looking for fun, high-energy people in Denver and Atlanta who are buying their first place! Singles, couples and families are all invited to apply.

My First Place is returning for a third season that will again focus on the trials and tribulations of looking for, bidding on, and buying your first place – whether it’s a single family, townhouse or condo. We’re looking for fun and interesting people who aren’t afraid to share their personal and financial struggles during the home-buying process.

We’ll follow you for approximately 6 shoot days over a 3-month period during some of the more stressful days of your life, so if this sounds like fun, please apply! The reward is an entire room makeover; giving you a comfy place to relax from the moment you first take possession of your home. You’ll also receive a DVD copy of your episode giving you a lasting memory of the process.

My First Place airs at 10:30 PM EST (8:30 Mountain Time) on Sunday and Tuesday nights.

My First Place Application Rules

1. Our format follows our candidates out of their rental situation. This means we must be able to tape you living in your rental home during these time periods. PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT travel more than two hours (by car!) outside of the selected cities. Please be sure these locations and time ranges work for you!

2. We will also need a location release signed by your landlord, giving us permission to tape inside your home. Please ask your landlord about it now – we regret to say that some landlords are not willing to sign this. If you have problems, please contact us. Sometimes landlords only need to be reassured that we are not out to make them look bad. We will do whatever we can to help get this signed. Rest assured, if your landlord will still not allow taping, we will come up with an alternative!

4. The IRS requires that we file a 1099MISC for you on re-sellable gifts totaling $600 and over. This includes lamps, furniture, art, etc. but not materials or services. We require a signature on this form before taping, but it is your responsibility to file it with the rest of your taxes for 2006. We will send you a copy in January of 2007.

5. If this sounds like an exciting, fun experience to you (we think it is!) – then please fill out the questions below.

We will contact you and let you know what the next step is!

Questions:

1. Contact Full Name (required):

Contact Email Address (required):

Current Contact information for each (adult) homebuyer:

Full Name:

Current Address:

City:

County:

State:

Zip:

Home Phone:

Work Phone:

Email Address:

Occupation:

2. Name:

Address:

City:

County:

State:

Zip:

Home Phone:

Work Phone:

Fax:

Email Address:

Occupation:

2.5. Is this your first place, i.e., the first time you’re buying a single family home, condo, town home, duplex, etc.?

3. In what area of Denver or Atlanta do you hope to find a home?

4. What is your deadline to be out of your rental? How firm is this deadline? Or, do you already have a closing date?

5. Who is buying the new house? What is your relationship? Tell us about any kids and/or pets, and their ages.

6. If you are buying as a single, who will be your primary sounding board through this process (who will likely come with you to walk through your desired home, etc)?

7. Why are you choosing to buy now?

8. Describe what living situation you are moving from and to. (i.e. we are moving from a 600ft, 2 bedroom, 3^rd story walk-up, and we are looking for a 1,500 sq ft 3 bedroom in a nice neighborhood).

9. What does being a homeowner mean to you?

10. Describe in detail some of the financial hurdles you may have to clear in order to qualify for a mortgage?

11. How much is your monthly rental payment?

12. How much do you want to pay on your total mortgage payment? (principal + interest + taxes + escrow + PMI).

13. If your mortgage payment is more than your rental payment, how will you pay for the monthly increase?

14. What kind of financial hurdles do you expect, or are going through?

15. What sacrifices are you making to buy your first place? (i.e. no more dining out, get a smaller car, give up manicures).

16. If you are buying with a spouse or partner: what will be easy to agree on? What decisions are tough to agree on? (i.e. bid price, saving money, style of house).

17. What is most exciting for you in this process?

18. What is your biggest fear about buying your first place?

19. Tell us why you think you’ll have a high tolerance for having a camera crew follow you around during the potentially stressful period of buying your first place?

20. Why should we pick you?

21. What is something unique about you or your life struggles that would make you a good person to feature on our show?

22. Have you seen an episode of My First Place (Season 2)?

23. How did you find out about us?

**Please include a photo of yourself and any family members or friends you expect would join you in this adventure!

By clicking "Submit" below, or e-mailing this questionnaire to High Noon Entertainment, I understand that all questionnaires, video and photos sent to High Noon Entertainment become the property of High Noon Entertainment and will not be returned. Due to the large number of applications, we are unable to respond to everyone wanting to appear. If you are chosen to appear, we will contact you.

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Please complete this form about your child and send it back to school. This will help me get to know your child. Thank you!

Child’s Name: _____________________________________________

Name of parents or guardians: ________________________________

Birthday: _____________ Age ____________ Phone # : _______

My child is good at __________________________________________

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My child needs help with ______________________________________

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My child enjoys__________________________________My child likes to

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Academically, this year I would like to see my child work _____________

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Anything else I should know about your child to help make the school year most successful? ________________________________________

(Feel free to use the back of this paper)

Please return this form as quickly as possible. Thank you for your participation in your child’s education!

You may copy or change this form to suit your needs. You may not sell this or post on another website besides Teacher Tools or Teaching is a Work of Heart. Copyright C. Gallagher smilecdg@mailexcite.com. Graphics are from www.vickimouse.com

FREEDUMB

Now we know our ABCs,
Our colors, shapes, and days.
Ms. Parker, you taught us the letter sounds
And checked our homework each day

We learned to follow all the classroom rules
Especially rule number eight
Be responsible, do my homework…
But first write our name and date

There were times when we forgot the rules
And sometimes we would come in late
Thank you, Ms. Parker for always being consistent
Especially with Rule Number Eight!

We know we haven't had many teachers in our lives
And we will have many, many more
We know we will have other teachers that care
But Ms. Parker has set the standard for sure

You never forgot when we walked into the room
to greet us with a happy "Good morning!"
You taught us all about the calendar too
And never made the letter sounds boring!

You made school fun
And your games helped us learn
You never left anyone out,
Everyone always got a turn.

You taught us to use our manners
And to say May I, Please and Thank you..
You taught us the importance of putting things back
where they belonged when we were through.

And even though this school year is over

It is very important for you to know
A part of you will be with us
Every place we will ever go.

You reminded us from the very start
Learning can be so much fun
To color our pictures, write our name and date
Always making sure our homework was done.

You saw in us our very best

You knew we could really go far

You cared about us and knew that we

Could all be superstars!

Our memories of room 313
Will someday fade, memories usually do
But one thing we won’t ever forget is
Ms. Parker, We loved you!

Your kindergarten class 2006-2007

Ian McMichael

May 19, 2007

Final Project, Language Arts

Proofreading: about 20 minutes

Looking back, I can see more clearly how the Friends School of Atlanta influenced my growth into what I am now. In the first year, I learned the basics of social interaction, as well as how to write and do basic math. Each year, academics increased in complexity but built upon skills learned during the previous years.

As I learned more about academics, I continued to learn about social interaction. For instance, during lunch times, break times, and recesses, my friends and I had a chance to talk and play. “Capture the Flag” is a game that, while being a lot of fun, taught me strategy as well as conflict resolution. Talking is a lot better than yelling when there’s a difference of opinion!

Some of my teachers at FSA were not members of the faculty. Tom Dunn taught me that math can be interesting and applied in the real world. Others were faculty members and gave me extra time outside of school to help me with things I had trouble with. For instance, both Cara and Sara spent time helping me with handwriting. I will use their gift all my life, even though I now do most of my work on a computer. Wayne taught me how to sew, and that a hug can be an affirmation. Marc gave me valuable organizational tips while he let me organize him (it is odd, how I am terrible at organizing myself, but I can always organize someone else). Cball can turn problems into opportunities, teach difficult language concepts, and make painful things more bearable.

Each day, I bring things in, gain things, and leave things behind. On my way to school, I physically carry a lunchbox and a pack. Less physically, I carry some wisdom and a supply of energy. The wisdom tells me what to or not to do (sadly, it is rather slow to absorb some things, like time management). The energy is what enables me to do work, absorb knowledge, and change experience to wisdom.

Each day I use some of the energy to create knowledge. I also leave energy behind in the physical form of essays, artwork, and other assignments. When I leave something behind I try to make sure that it is/will be received well, because I want to be remembered well.

Each day, in addition to my lunchbox and pack, I carry home knowledge for wisdom to employ, subtle-experiences-whose-value-I-had-not-noticed to be converted into wisdom, and energy that I accumulated during the day.

In addition to the assignments, essays, and artwork I leave behind, I also leave memories attached to places (like the red splash marks from an unexpected encounter in the multipurpose-room/warehouse). You would see these places differently if you knew exactly where to look, as these signs are not easily visible.

I will take Silent Meetings with me from the school because they are a way for me to take two steps back and see what I need to do next. My memories of help and kindness will also be with me to remind me that when I fall, there will be plenty of hands to help me up again. I will also take a few valuable lessons that I learned: a little kindness can go a long way but needs to be practiced with wisdom because it may have unexpected outcomes; that though something may seem to have no purpose in doing, you may simply not be seeing the purpose; that there are things that happen in-school just for fun (like Spirit Week). I will take these with me because I will need reminding of these things.

I brought with me my unique sense of humor, my art, my style of thought, my quickness (a few people think I can run through solid objects, or past warp speed), and my unique spirit to the school. I am leaving my part in the semi-kinetic sculpture, the stage and the donkey-head-constellation banner; memories connected to places; memories with teachers and students; memories of good times with my buddy Alan.

My experiences during the nine years I’ve been at the Friends School have been extremely educational, with surprising contrasts and juxtapositions: serious and silly, quick and slow, easy and difficult. These experiences are quite like me, too: full of surprises. This leaves me with a question: do the experiences make the person, or does the person make the experiences? My answer? Definitely!

My first entry