Role Play Today at SBA

Joanne Knox submitted the following photo of a Humanities class production. Said Joanne: "Students are reading Mark Twain's Puddn'head Wilson, a story that deals with the bucolic town of Dawson's Landing, Missouri around the time of the Civil War. Students today presented skits incorporating plot elements, characterization, and textual support in costume."

Who's Who on the SBA Campus this Year?

Proving that everything is now in full and frenetic swing on the SBA campus, new campus leaders have been elected and Student Council meetings are already underway. 

Katrin Larusson,
SBA Student Council VP

Dylan Murtha,
SBA Student Council President

Chuck Klein,
SBA Student Council Secretary

Riley Plant,
SBA Student Council Treasurer

Faculty Advisor Aly Kendall organized campus-wide Student Council elections. Each candidate for office was required to give a speech in front of the student body. Our President and Vice President-elects both proudly represent the town of Truckee. Congratulations to the newly-elected Student Council leaders! 

Maya Crosby,
SBA Yearbook Chief Editor

Appointed to the leadership position of Chief Yearbook Editor this year is Maya Crosby. You will hear more about exciting developments on The Fighting Marmot yearbook in future posts. 


Congratulations, too, go to Maya on her appointment to this important leadership position on campus. 

Celebrando el cinco de mayo

Maya Crosby made this piñata rana

Is it crass commercialization or a true cultural celebration? 


Is el cinco de mayo Mexican Independence Day? (Hint: NOT!!!)


Bria Riggs addressed the SBA student body on the subject of el cinco de mayo at All School Meeting on Friday, and the celebration of the unlikely defeat of French forces by a small Mexican fighting contingent in Puebla on May 5, 1862, was in full swing on campus today. 

papel picado

The eighth-grade advisory contributed papel picado while Student Council planned a piñata bashing that ended with one mighty swing from Steven el Trueno Tetrault. Chef Molly chipped in her Mexican culinary expertise with a tasty burrito bar. 


And, on the related subject of the Spanish language, an SBA Spanish 3 class, with considerable iMovie expertise from Chuck Klein, produced the embedded movie below. 


The scenario: a fortune-teller (Chris Fitzpatrick) gives various clients (Maya Crosby, Joe Piercy, Chuck Klein, and Conner Evans) some good and bad news about what he sees in their respective futures.