Fishing at Beaver Park

What a great day we had - no fish - but good food, friends and some learning all at one location! Thanks to Verla Brooks, the ranger of the park, for accomodating us and making us feel so welcome! We are looking forward to a wonderful summer of outdoor learning!

Student gets job training through Work Oppotunities Unlimited!

My name is Dylan. I am a senior at Androscoggin Learning and Transition Center through Lewiston High School. I'm doing job training through Work Opportunities Unlimited. They help people get jobs and keep jobs. I have been training at VIP Auto Parts Store. I have been training in retail and stocking. and Work Opportunities Unlimited pays me minimum wage. I have to complete 20 hours at VIP and then I'm looking at going to get hired at another job. So far I've done a great job with no mistakes.

We here at ALTC are very proud of Dylan and his accomplishments. We wish him the best of luck on his job hunt!

The Adventures of Slink and Ash

The Comic saga continues as we view the third of Ian's wonderful personality depictions of our pets here at school. To come soon - we will introduce Eileen Right, our newest ferret, who has one front leg shorter than the other, hence the name.

Good clean fun

Sometimes I think that naming these post is the most fun thing ever.

This last week we did an experiment in class for science that dealt with soap. Bar soap. Dial, Lever 2000 and Ivory. First we discovered that Ivory floats and dial and Lever do not. The kids were informed that Ivory is whipped prior to being made into bars and that it has air within it. To prove out point, we headed down to the kitchen and used the microwave. The first bar we microwaved was the ivory. it came out looking really cool. It did not smell to bad either. It puffed out really far and felt like cotton or toilet paper, as the kids reported. The next bar was the Lever 2000. This bar opened up in the middle on top and like a dispenser, out came this tongue of bubbles that hardened onto what the kids called "Gene Simmons's tongue!" Lastly we placed in the bar of Dial. Ick. This melted into a form of bubbles that burnt and smelled absolutely disgusting. Double ick. The school smelled for several days afterwards, and the microwave smells to this day.