This is your brain on drugs...

Valentine's Hunt

Today is the 1st day of our Valentine's Hunt find the little red hearts hidden around the school...

LIMIT 1 VALENTINE PER PERSON PER DAY!

Places where they are:

In the hallways and information center....

Often in open sight!

Places where they are not:

Teachers classrooms

Restrooms

Outside

Gym

First Clue:

I see red.
I am addicted to Love
My heart is on fire
How can I learn if Love is habit forming?
Valentines make me bubbly

Am I addicted to love?

Previous Winners:

Patrick

Aric

Adam

Kasey
Scarlett
Caitlyn
Mike B.

Holter Visit

On February 2, Morning Art Classes went to the Holter Museum to work with Artist Wanxin Zhang. Wanxin Zhang finds influence from the Terracotta Soldiers and people he meets on the streets. The students were given a tour and then talked with the artist about his ideas and inspirations. We then made sculptures using clay, which mysteriously smelled like bar-b-que... hmmm

We also toured art from Silk Road and works by Valerie Hillerman (son was a PAL student).

3rd Quarter Orientation

 

Some things the Orientation has to say about themselves!

"I want other people to know I am not a freak for starts and that I can be weird at times, but not all the time. I also want people to know that people will like me if they just give me a chance. My Dad says my eyes look like snowflakes, so I thought that was cool plus they are 2 different colors that’s cool too!"

"I have the most amazing little brother and sister in the world. I despise control freaks. I love to be free. I'm a girl that goes with the flow. I love music. Music is my life."

"I am good to talk to and hang out with and I can make people laugh."

"I can skateboard and snowboard, and a tree once saved my life in a rollover car crash. I've been to Washington D.C. to see fireworks, and I've also met Robbie Knievel."

"I like to play hackey sack, I like playing the position of running back in football, I like heights and hanging with friends, and I am also good at cooking."

"Some amazing things about me is that I can skateboard, snowboard, and I  survived a roll over car crash."

"I do motor-cross and horseback riding every weekend. I don’t talk, I’m always quiet."

"I can skateboard, my eyes are blue, I once out-ran a wild animal. I made a basement into a skate park and I will get a high school diploma."

"I loooooove purple, I have lived in this town all my life, and I got teased non stop all through out middle school."

"I have a 72 year old father that helps me with life lessons. I THINK I want to do tattoos and pierce people for a living."

"I am a Mother of a one year old, I am an out going person, I love school, learning new things, and exploring."

Kacey Wins Bridge Contest

Kacey walked away with top honors in Kathy's Bridge Building Class. The bridge held as much as 120 lbs! The bridge was 6 inches high, 10 inches long and 3 inches wide. The bridge was made of glue and wooden sticks. Kacey will go down in P.A.L.'s history as the greatest bridge builder!

Second Quarter Orientation

(Left to Right); Back Row: Anthony, Mike, Ian, Caelon, Kieth, David, Keenan, (Dustin);

Middle Row: Kyron, James, Mysse, Alexis, Tyler; Front Row: Caitlyn, Aricka, Kaneesha

Arts and Recreation!

The great fall weather helped the Arts and Recreation Theme to be one of the most active classes in recent memory. The class hiked the Ridge trail, Parts of MT Ascension, to the top of MT Helena and to Spring Meadow Lake. We also enjoyed floating the Missouri River and soaking at Boulder Hot Springs.  Most days during the six week/two blocks of the class, we were out of the building doing some activitiy such as visiting mansions on the upper west side to experiencing the interpretive center at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks complex near Spring Meadow Lake.