Graduation 2010

Graduation (the 5th) was pretty excellent according to reports I’ve heard (I wouldn’t know myself; I was busy being in it).


Apologies for the blurrry photo. It’s hard to take photos in the gym because of the lighting.

But I did think it went pretty well. Smoothly for sure. Well, except the cheap DVD player that was working an hour before didn’t work when we were going to play the video of the seniors Luke made and the slideshow Mr. Buck put together. Too bad, but not crushing. We swapped in another player after the ceremony and put the stuff on for people to watch.

The cake via Johnny T was pretty decent. Punch was also nice. I thought I got the last mouthful, but then they made more. Feelings of smugness dissolved.

Thank you, everyone who came. I appreciate it. Thanks also to Mr. Buck, Luke Zwanziger (both for video stuff), Archie Hook for being M.C. and such, Mr. Tollefson for being our keynote speaker, and our parents for working with and without us to get ready for this thing.

Then we had a BBQ. And threw a disc around. With Aimee, yep.



The food was good. I drank a Sprite that tasted weird at first. Could have been warm, maybe that’s why.

Lots more pictures in Ashley’s album. More pictures may be coming from Aimee. I'll let you know if they come. More from Aimee right here!

We eventually packed up. Some of us went over to our house to watch Bella. That movie is intense… too bad Matthew, Joseph, Elliot, and… Aimee! couldn’t resist riffing it.

And then Anna and Matthew headed back to Enterprise. Then we shot some baskets. And then we went over to Ashley’s and played Mafia. And then Leann and Jo left. And then Joe (our most excellent narrator) left. And then we hung out and ate stuff and talked and watched part of a musical and whatnot. I mocked Eric’s netbook. Tried to diagnose a problem with Beth’s notebook. Elliot and I left.

At some unknown point after that, I think everybody fell asleep.

Last day of school

May 27th. It was a pretty good day, if rainy.

A final in government (not too bad) and a final in Biology (bad). It should also be mentioned that on Monday, we dissected some dead animals in class. That was interesting.

So yeah, a couple tests, a play by the Latin class in the gym, a presentation from Mrs. Vernam’s little kids (with a song, yay!), a BBQ, and so on. The high school went over to Blue Banana and some people got some coffee (others didn’t). Our last days keep getting smaller and smaller…

Here are pictures from Anna. Enjoy.

Leeann's Moscow photos

Summarily hotlinked from Leeann's Facebook album. Thanks, Leeann.

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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.

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

Prov. Acad. May 13 2009

Today at school: much more clement weather than yesterday -- that was windy, cold, and snowy. Not really anything special. We started Chapter 11 in Algebra. We talked about branding (not like cows, but Coca-Cola) in US History. I took some pictures. I also took some of last night's award ceremony/singing/Rhetoric stuff/US History report/Latin Play with Mrs. Bomberger's camera. She has them… maybe I can get copies from her.

Anyway, [here] are the photos.

[photos] <--- Use that link if you want… sheesh, I don't care.

some Patriots Ball pics

These aren't all I took, but here (Facebook) are some better ones. If you've got links to other albums, put 'em in the comments and I'll include them.

Talent Show pictures

Here, I just uploaded them. Enjoy.

[Facebook album]

a small gallery

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Two things...

1) Here are a few pics from the Math Competition below.

2) We had a WICKED SICK Ultimate Frisbee game today. =^)