I Scream, You Scream...

Pilar Alvarez, Colter Fellows, and Luke Rodarte
enjoy their ice cream

This is the kind of experiential learning that motivates: make your own ice cream, then eat it!  

On our first snow day of the 2011-2012 school year, Physical Science students did just that. 

The following report comes from Physical Science teacher Izaak Eberst: 

In physical science, we've been talking about states of matter and phase changes. To see it in action, our class created a liquid cream mixture, then cooled it off into ice cream. To achieve this phase change without a freezer [even the snow outside was not quite cold enough], we surrounded the cream with ice and salt. Ice is cold, and the salt keeps the ice colder, even though it turns it into a liquid. This is also the reason we put salt on the roads, as it keeps the water from freezing, even as temperatures drop below 0C. Eventually, the liquid cream solidified into the tasty treat we all know and love, and it tasted almost as good in the snow as it does on a summer afternoon!

Luke Rodarte, loving his home-made ice cream

Mind, Body,... Steak!

Have you tried "The Man Special" at the Tamarack Grill? 


Student/athletes in Devin Gill's Nutrition elective were recently given the following marching orders (thanks to Riley Plant for the copy that follows...): 

Gill assigned two groups in the class, one consisting of 3 boys and the other of 4 girls. Chris (Fitzpatrick), Chuck (Klein), and I were assigned to make an entertaining commercial explaining the nutritional value and taste of a meal. We talk about a 20 ounce steak, one baked potato, a glass of milk, garden salad, and apple crisp. We had a lot of fun making the meal, especially the steak. None of us is an expert chef, so we ended up tasting and re-cooking the steak three times. It slowly turned from a raw piece of meat to a slightly-more-cooked piece of raw meat. In addition to talking about the nutritional value of the foods, we showed how a healthy meal, like ours, can lead to enhanced performance in the Performance Training Center. Despite taking about four hours, the project was very fun and we have a lot to remember and laugh about from it. 

Flapjack Fundraiser Nets $500!

Student Council President Dylan Murtha meets and greets

Kudos go out today to the Student Council for their work in raising $500 at the annual Sugar Bowl Ski Team Pancake Breakfast. 


"The kids that helped today were terrific," said Student Council Advisor Aly Kendall. 


"Dylan (Murtha) organized the event and the students really did all the work themselves. When I walked in the kitchen at the end of the breakfast, they had already mopped the floor and done the dishes without prompting. 


"On behalf of Student Council, thanks to all the parents that supported us this morning."


"Thanks, too, to Chef Scott (White) for all of his work in getting all of the supplies together for the event."

Cassidy Cichowicz and Alex Alvarez
give the thumbs up 

Grace Hutton and Conner Evans also took the lead in raising funds for the school's new Model United Nations Club. The club will be tuning skis and accepting donations for their services. They also reported that today was a huge success. 

Riley Plant, Maya Anthony-Crosby, Chuck Klein, 
and Daisy Schadlich flipping pancakes