Pictures, summer, and the return of Isaiah

It's already been a nice beginning to summer, and it gets sweeter, because today… Isaiah comes home! It seems like a long time since that fateful March 31. But today he comes home. But please don't rush over there today. I would guess that they wouldn't really want any visitors today, because the trip down here might be tiring. But there is a BBQ at the Buck home on the Providence Academy lawn on Saturday, so keep that in the back of your mind.

So praise God for that. And… the last day of school was well. We did more cleaning and had some partying (party = food, games). And the Rhetoric class gave their speeches (Anna, Ashes, and me, that is). Here are some pictures from the day.

And here are some Graduation pics if you want a look-see.

Summer has been nice so far… I mostly relaxed over the weekend (except for a killer game of Ultimate on Sunday).

Peace in your hair grease.
Nat.

a lonely Wednesday

Today was our last full day of school. The Rhetoric class took their final. The Algebra class did tessellation. The Latin Class finished watching Ben-Hur. The US. History class watched some of War Letters, a documentary of letters from and to U.S. soldiers during wars.

Then came clean up - more cleanup upstairs. There is so much junk up there…
Allen, James, and I helped Mr. Buck cleanout books from his office; I carried one from the late 1800s… so old.

So yeah, tomorrow is Thursday, the last day of school. Hopefully it won't be rainy like it was a little while ago (some thunder earlier). Damaris, Marie, and Joseph will be giving their Rhetoric speeches at the picnic, I think.

This is just so… weird.

--Nat

The 10 year Monday

Today is the 10 year Monday, as I just said. Actually, school was probably out by this time in '99, but anyway, we are almost to the ten year completion mark. Woot!

This morning we had chapel outside on the steps (well, the deck or whatever you call it) because we students were already hanging out there and Mr. Buck just decided to have an informal chapel there.

Today is the last week this year…. sigh. It's bittersweet as Mr. Buck said. I'm excited to get out of school for summer, but the future is uncertain and it seems it shall be a strange summer.

In any case, it's middle name week! It was my idea, and the bulk of the seven students have picked it up enthusiastically. Here is a photo for reference:

So, top row (left to right): Mr. Walter, Mrs. Ann, and Mrs. Marie
Middle row: Marylin, Marie, Rae, and Damaris (pronounced Dah-muh-ris).
Bottom row: Joseph, Allen, James, Andrew, and Leslie (the last two are seniors and aren't here this week. In fact, they're graduated!).

The rest of the week is casual attire because we are doing bunches of school cleanup in preparation for whatever comes next at Providence Acad.

Rhetoric is my main concern this week - preparation for the test and polishing and practicing my speech. See you at the picnic on Thursday!

TTFN.
Nat