Voice of Democracy and Calendar

Today our Rhetoric class piled into the Buck van and headed off to Enterprise, specifically to KWVR. We recorded our Voice of Democracy speeches at the station. It was pretty smooth. Isaiah and Dusty didn't hit the required three minutes (+ or - 5 seconds), though. And…. they gave us cookies, except Isaiah, because he was recording his speech. I guess that's what he gets for going first. Heh.

The other news is: now we have a real online calendar. You know that Calendar of Events link on the Providence webpage? Now it's actually useful. It's got a Google Calendar embedded in it, and teachers will be posting at least some stuff on it, in addition to the events Mr. Buck already put on there. I think I might link to it on the top of the blog. And you can access it through the Calendar of Events link in this post.

policy is online…

…but do you know where?

It's in a protected directory on the Providence website called protected. So… http://providenceacademy.net/protected/
Note that you will have to enter a username and password to access the folder. Call Mr. Buck or me if you don't know them.

And… the direct links to the policy:

web page
PDF format

Cheers. Don't know if anybody has or will look at it, but it's there.

Sickness Cancels School and a New Website

Today I am taking advantage of our rarely working Internet. The event that brought me to this rare event was too many sick children at Providence. In the interest of everyones well-being we decided to take the day off. I was really surprised when no one complained. As I type I am uploading the latest changes to the school website and I think the new look is a good one. I still would like to see more student pictures on the front page but size is always an issue. The Seniors are hard at work on the Lostine History Project and soon we will have our first five Alumni interviews online (both text and audio).
In other news: yesterday we were blessed to get a wireless internet connection at school (courtesy of an anonymous donation) and by the end of next week we hope to have internet available for student research! What a long awaited blessing that will be. God is very good to provide what we need just when we need it.