Our Third Motivational Tribute! TEAMWORK

Todays tribute is really fitting for the day. The staff here at ALTC is an incredible team of professionals who go above and beyond the "jobs" for which we are assigned! For example, today, everyone chipped in and made a dish (or two or three!) in order for our students to enjoy a delicious full course Thanksgiving Dinner! Teamwork is encouraged everyday! There is no better way to accomplish things while feeling good about helping others!

From tadpoles to frogs

This spring, our student Devan brought to us a wonderful clutch of frog eggs. We pulled out our 50 gallon fish tank that we've never used and put some water in it from the runoff stream out behind our school. Within two weeks we had tadpoles. They were pretty fool. We were all so amazed at how fast that they grew. We fed them fish flakes and earth worms (which they ate very rapidly) daily. We watched as they grew rear legs and then front legs. As they matured, we released them into the stream out back. In these pictures you can see the tadpoles and some of the frogs! Talk about experiential learning!

School had ended for the year!

With another school year coming to a end, we are on a short vacation getting rejuvinated before we start back up for the summer on June 30th. This summer, we will be in school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for eight weeks! We love long weekends! We will doing a field trip each week as well as an off campus service learning experience with a local non profit that can benefit from our assistance.
This summer we are down to three staff. Chris Ivey is the managing teacher. Jane Williams and Zac Wentzel are the incredible support staff. We are looking forward to great experiences and beautiful days this summer as we educate, socialize and prepare our students for all that life has to offer to them.