Winterim Ends

When asked to describe their Winterim, we recorded what students said in order to make the Wordle below:

From Lawrence Academy Winterim

Check out the final slide show of various photos we received throughout the 2-week Winterim experience. The song on this slide show was taken from the Animoto music lounge, which artists use to promote their music. The song used for the Winterim assembly slide show was called Propane Nightmares by Pendulum. We currently do not have permission to use their song on our website.

Going for Stripe Number 2

The Martial Arts Winterim have been training for 2 weeks. The owner Mike Luth said that it takes about 4 months to achieve 2 stripes on a white belt. However, these students have worked hard to achieve this milestone in 2 weeks. Check out our Picasa web album to see 50 new pictures.

Pre-Game Report

The Sports Journalism group will be going to the Bruins game tonight. They will be playing the Pittsburgh Penguins. These two teams have some recent problems with each other after one of the Penguins players, Matt Cooke, took out the Bruins point leader, Marc Savard on March 7th. Conor Helfrich wrote about the upcoming meeting tonight, and the possible reactions to the cheap shot. Check out his complete article here. A video of the hit, if you missed it, is below.

Singing With Your Hands

Today I went to see how the Talking With Your Hands winterim was going. They will be performing a song in front of the school on Friday. They are going to perform Hot N Cold by Katy Perry.

Here is a preview of Friday's performance:

Dominican Days of Service and Sun

Although we have not heard from the Dominican group, we have a good idea of what they have been up to. From last Tuesday to last Friday, they have been working on their service project to help the children of La Cienaga. Building a playground, painting the school and reading with the children are just a few of the activities the LA students have been doing.

Saturday they went fishing in La Boca de Yasica with some locals. This past Sunday they made chocolate. Yesterday they went back to the school to keep working; they will be working there until Wednesday. On Thursday, they plan to jump from waterfalls in Damajaguas. Friday, they will end their trip with shopping.

(Waterfall photo from a tour guide website. Fishing photo from a tour guide website.)

Student Post From Yellowstone

Submitted by Meredith on Saturday: We started off the day by delivering our handmade batch of brownies to our courageous leader MacNeil. Then we drove our lovely white bus to the Roosevelt Lodge. There we started our two and half mile hike up to Tower Falls. We hiked the snow-covered road and made sure not to step in the cross-country skiers trail. On our way up we encountered three bison, the most dangerous animal in Yellowstone. After being escorted past the bison by our extraordinarily daring and wise guide MacNeil, we came across fresh wolf tracks. The tracks continued up the path towards the waterfall. Then we arrived at the viewing terrace to see the waterfall. The waterfall had an aqua blue shield of ice with flowing water visible underneath. After gazing upon that we quickly made our journey back to the bus. Next we met with Janine Waller at the Yellowstone Association Institute. We had a discussion with her about global climate change and its effects on the ecosystem. Then we took pictures with MacNeil in front of the Roosevelt Arch, before we parted ways. Our last day at Yellowstone concluded with dinner and packing for Big Sky!

Here is a slide show of the pictures the students took.

Student Post From Yellowstone

Submitted by Barrett on Thursday: The epic day began with our grinning, fearless leader MacNeill Lyons, as we took a ride on the magic school bus around the park, we spotted the carcass of a bison that has been dead for about two years. As the day progressed we met with wolf expert, Rick.

Today, we hiked up a mountain above the Lamar Valley and found dead animal carcasses of elk, which was recently pushed off a cliff by wolves. We also learned how to protect ourselves from a curious/angry bear. As we walked down the mountain, we watched from afar a pack of wolves picking apart a dead elk. Our amazing day ended making lasagna for dinner as a group, baking MacNeill a birthday cake, and looking forward to seeing him and Rick on our final day at yellowstone.

Who Will Be the Next Karate Kid?

On Friday, i went to the Luth’s Family Karate center where Lawrence Academy students are learning the basics of kick boxing. The group is having a lot of fun and have given each other nicknames. They are also very supportive, and motivate each other. They have learned a lot in only five days, here is a video of some of the moves they have learned.
(music found at: www.purevolume.com)

NCAA Extravaganza

Today the Sports Journalism group will be attending 2 college basketball games in New York. The number 22 ranked Georgetown Hoyas will be playing the number 3 ranked Syracuse Orange at noon. The next game they will be attending is the unranked Marquette Golden Eagles against the number 10 ranked Villanova Wildcats at 2.



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REPORT FROM THE WEST

Submitted from Yellowstone by Mr. Sugerman

After a very long plane ride, which we spent bonding and getting to know each other, we stopped in to get supplies for the week at the Bozeman co-op, which is a community-run grocery store. The first night, we were divided into 3 cooking teams and each night we would either have cooking, cleaning, or you would have the night off. Some of the advantages of cooking our own food were that we quickly got to know each other better and made more friends, such as Nikki and Barrett who are now best friends forever! On the morning of Tuesday, March 9, everyone woke up very tired and ready to start off the new day. We met a guide from the Yellowstone Association named MacNeil, with whom we began our adventure through Yellowstone National Park. We saw many untamed, wild beasts of the unknown! One of these fascinating, brute animals was the brilliant wolf. He prowled through the harsh landscape among the towering mountains. Our incredible guide MacNeil, could spot animals from afar while he was driving. On Wednesday, everyone woke up at dawn and put on snow apparel and packed into our Fast & Furious Chevy Suburbans. We met with professional photographer Dan Hartman, who is very experienced In the natural art of finding wild beasts. We went snow shoeing for 2 hours, snapped photos, and had a vicious snowball fight. After the snow shoeing, we went to a Thermal Pool, locally known as the Boiling River. The first 2 days of our Winterim were exciting and breathtaking, filled with beautiful views of mountains and animals.

They took some pictures of both the kids, and the beauty of Yellowstone. Click to see them in full size.

Chess

Students have been enjoying learning and playing the game of chess. It is considered a challenging game for most. Colby Emma has been struggling, he has found himself in last place on the leader board. Today he went 0-5 and is hoping to be more successful in the second half of the day. Other students, like Yeong-Jin Choi are climbing up the leader board. Yeong-Jin is 3-0 today and hopes to keep his win streak alive.

Learning the tools of the internet

We have been setting up new accounts for internet applications that I have never heard of before. Today has been torture, I feel like I have typed my name over 100 times. However, we have created these accounts to become more organized and make our blog better. Enjoy.

Torture is such a harsh word, however I feel that we must work to make this as best as we can!