Two most vibrant factors in your day-to-day existence…

Here’s an interesting thought I read recently…
The two most important factors in your day-to-day existence are: 1) your finances and  2) your weight. 
This my seem superficial. But if you think about it, when you can’t pay your bills and you can’t fit into your clothes, it ruins your day. 
I always like to make [...]

Another Pep Rally Video

Introduction of the Ball team by Ray Chapin, and beginning Michael Byer’s Speech.
I did not get the footage of Doug Olerud reading the proclamation by the Borough Mayor.  I had a miscommunication with the video man Jeremy Strong, and the camera was paused.  Oops.  That was a pretty cool part of the pep rally.

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Pep Rally: Cheerleaders!

The Cheerleaders took first place at state in the largest division, beating out Service, Lathrop, Chugiak, Bartlet, Sitka, and others.
Go Cheerleaders!!!

The days are getting longer: Time for a Trip to the beach!

If we pretend really hard, we can imagine we have a nice, warm, sunny beach with soft hot sand and a snow drift twenty feet high…
The weather has been impossibly beautiful  out here in Haines lately.  The wind has been out of the north, bringing in the cool air from the interior so the [...]

Pep Rally: Ray Chapin

Here’s part three, after this will come the cheerleader’s presentation.

Pep Rally Part 2: Cheryl’s Welcoming Speech

This is Cheryl’s inclusive speech in the pep rally; She was the first speaker at the rally.

More of the Pep Rally

Please keep checking back for more video footage (filmed by Jeremy Strong this time, using my canon camcorder on a monopod).  I will get more of this pep rally up in the near future.  I have a three-wheeled tripod dolly that would have been great for this, if I would’ve thought about it.  Oh, well.  Jeremy did [...]

Mother Goose!

I usually teach school during the daytime, but it was spring break last week, so I got to go to Mother Goose on Friday!
I went to one of Holly’s story hours, the Mother Goose story time (for 1-5 year olds).  It was multi-sensory experience!  She really does a fantastic job with all the little ones. 
If they [...]

Tablet hasn’t arrived yet…

I contacted him and here’s what he said.
I wrote an email to the dude that sold me the Motion Computing LE1600 and he said he was very, very sorry.  He’d had a family emergency and just wasn’t thinking straight.  Here’s what he said, “I only use the post office for my junk-mail and first class [...]

First day after Spring Break: Huge Pep Rally!

This is a four day week at school with early dismissal each day.  a very busy week.  The sun is shining down on us here in Haines, both literally and figuratively. 
(Stay tuned for some YouTube video documentary footage shot by Jeremy Strong.)
At 11 AM we had a HUGE pep rally.  We got out the pep [...]