I LOVE Nate's School

I LOVE Nate's school. It is a charter high school, and charter schools in Arizona are just superb. His is academically focused, though they also place great emphasis on athletics and the arts...The Three A's, as they refer to. They are so good to their students, and they do SO MUCH, with so little, money-wise.

This year, Nate's Senior Year, started out so super today. They gave the seniors a "Class of 2011" backpack, and in it, a jump drive and a box. When he got home from football practice, we watched the presentation on the jump drive. He was instructed to open the box. In it:

RED Kazoo, and mini Bowling set: This is to give the seniors a head start on the class competitions during Spirit Week in the Fall and Spring Fling Week. Seniors rule, so they have to win the class competitions.

Red Rock from Sedona: Yes, the Senior Picture will be taken in Sedona, Arizona. The Seniors get to take a trip, chartered bus and all, to Sedona for a day of fun and photos.

Clock Man with a Paper with "Thirty Eight Forty" trip. They are going someplace that is 3840 minutes (either round trip or one way...not sure).

Baseball: The Seniors will take a trip to a Spring Training Baseball Game.

Pine air freshener: Seniors will take a trip to the pines...I forgot the exact location...

Box was filled with fake snow: Yes, the Seniors will take their own snow trip.

Black Mask: The Prom will be a masquerade ball this year.

Candy Hamburger: Senior family barbecue, held at the end of the year.

Finally, they use the jump drive for the year to put pictures on for the end of year "slide show" that will play as they graduate on May 26, 2011.

Nate is pretty low key about stuff, but he did seem kinda pleased about the whole thing! His day was good...looking forward to the concurrent college credit math class, has an awesome lit teacher (hooray!), loves economics, weight lifting, and digital photography. His AP biology class...now, he may drop that. But all else was pretty good. Day 1 over...179 to go!