Ahh, the much anticipated Student Report. Prepare to be informed!!!!

Well, It has been an absolutely amazing first quarter. I cannot believe we only have a week left. Our group has gotten close, and the teachers are awesome this year. The food is even edible!! In fact, sometimes it is downright delicious.

This past week has been packed full. We did school all week, and played frisbee golf (named frolf by the boys) in the afternoons. The course is riddled with thorns, and goes all through the woods, so if you throw a frisbee off course (which seems to be a specialty of mine) you get to go frolicking through blood thirsty vines. Honestly, they are out to get me. I look like I was attacked on the ankles by an angry cat or something. We have played in rain and in sunshine, and have all thankfully improved. It is a nice way to end the day though.

Those of us in SATs have been working the extra bit each night to prepare. I think life would be easier all around if we could just…forget about grammar. We have a mutual disdain for each other. Oh well.

School seems to be going super well for everyone. Photo class is taking pictures portraying ghost stories and legends. In survival we learned how to coal burn a bowl or cup. It is fun, but somehow when I blow the ash, it seems to always cover my entire body by the end of class. Laundry anyone? AP English is writing essays on Ethan Frome and starting As I Lay Dying. Most classes are wrapping up topics and readying for end of quarter exams.

This past Friday we went to the Yough River in Pennsylvania. It was fun and interesting to do a more technical shallow river then our usual run. I had a disagreement with two shallow holes. Unfortunately, my hand ended up being…well…I lost the fight. I’ll just put it that way. I have some cool battle scars on my knuckles though! Besides that little incident, everyone paddled really well. We all learned how to better our boof strokes, and how to work as a team in getting down a different type of run. Matt and Andy were great leaders on the River. As were Stephen and Haakon.

Yesterday we all ran the Upper Gauley again. I love that run, although we were all tired from the Yough the previous day. We had fun, and finished the day with a trip to Fat Eddy’s for milkshakes.

Today was a relaxed day; most of the students stayed off the river to do homework. Weird right? Teenage boys actually being responsible about homework. Unheard of! No, I am kidding. But it was nice to get to relax and be lazy. Melina took us students to Cathedral Cafe in Fayetteville to study. It was a cool change of scenery, and we got more milkshakes! Yay Lina!!!

Tomorrow starts the last week of school, and I am sorry to see first quarter end. I can tell that Chile is going to be epic though. This group is incredible.

Happy Fall!

-Tracy d’Arbeloff

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