Tie Dye and Geocache for Experiential Friday

This week for "Experiential Friday" we did several awesome things! First, we went to search for some Geocaches in the Lewiston and Auburn Area. We went for a walk up behind Ingersol Arena in Pettingill Park, where we found one that was in an Army Ammunition Box. Tyler and Ian were so excited. It was great. After this, we went to Cold Stone Creamery and had Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt with one mix-in. Yummo! It was delicious. Earlier in the day, we had completed our tie-dye activity. The shirts came out awesome. Everyone had a very successful week! We are looking forward to our two new students joining us this week and the adventures they will bring with them!

First School Day of 2009-2010 School year!

What a great first day of school! We were very happy to have a nice day. As the kids arrived today, we had prepared a very delicious breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and Lewiston's own Mailhot Sausage cooked on the grill. It was delicious! We then discussed our new schedule, talked about some improvement coming to our already awesome program, and went to check out our geocache we placed at Beaver Park in Lisbon. We came back to school, had lunch and the kids were dismissed as Wednesdays are our half day workshop days! We are excited to have a new director joining us soon, as well as two new students starting next week! We would like to wish all the other schools out there the best of luck this school year! We look forward to working with you all!

Chris, Jane and Zac

North Pond Canoe Trip

We had the best time canoeing, kayaking, fishing and swimming at North Pond in Smithfield. We did not find any lean generation pigs, though! Everyone had a blast - The pictures speak for themselves!

Service Learning Trip

This week we took the students over to The Good Shepard Food Bank to volunteer. The kids experienced helping those less fortunate than themselves, and also practice their sorting skills. As they sorted through the boxes, they needed to pick out the stuff that was not good, and repack the good items into new boxes that will be stacked and stored on the really high shelves! They worked really hard. Mrs. Williams said she had many moments of pride today! Good work guys. Mr. Ivey really wishes he could have gone with you, but he was busy giving a tour to the most wonderful and supportive parents.

Canoeing in Smithfield

Ian

Mrs.Williams and spider

This week we went to Smithfield, Maine for a wonderful canoe trip on beautiful North Pond. The kids and staff canoed out to the island and had lunch, swam a little and canoed back to shore. They had so much fun, they want to go again next week for an extended stay! Sounds like a plan to me! Mrs. Williams even pretended to eat a spider! Talk about shock factor! Ian also had fun floating in his lifejacket. A special thanks goes out to Mr. Wentzel for picking up the canoes in Belgrade! Thanks!