Art Show

The art show was full of many artisitc figures, photos, paintings etc. Each year the art show is full of many student contributors as well as contributions from teachers and outside sources. Last year, my brother got 3rd place with his ceramic model of a penguin. Several prizes are given away which usually includes money in some sort of form and a certificate.

Earth Day

Earth Day is intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969.

The Ecology Flag

According to Flags of the World, the Ecology Flag was created by cartoonist Ron Cobb, and was published for the first time in October 25, 1969. The flag was patterned after the flag of the United States, and had thirteen stripes alternating green and white. Its canton was green with a yellow theta. It originally had a symbol that was a combination of the letters "E" and "O" taken from the words "Environment" and "Organism", respectively. Later flags used either a theta because of its historic use as a warning symbol, or the peace symbol. Theta would later become associated with Earth Day.

Criticisms of Earth Day
Some environmentalists have grown critical of Earth Day, particularly those in the Bright green environmentalism camp. They charge that Earth Day has come to symbolize the marginalization of environmental sustainability, and that the celebration itself has outlived its usefulness

I remember...

I remember last week when the middle school lacrosse team that I coach had their first shut out. It was against a st. Martin's and St. Andrew's combination team, due to their lack of players. They still didn't have enough players for a official game, so we had to give them some of our players. Obviously, we gave them three of our worst players. The whole game we were dominating with the ball never leaving our side. One time we did let up, which lead to a few risky defensive plays. But for once, our A.D.H.D. goalie stood in one place and had six saves in order to complete his shut out. They did have one huge defender that was probably as big as our other coach Nathan Davis (6-4, 220 pds). Evertime one of our players got close to him, he would explode and destroy our little 6th graders. Our best player Alex Park made a move down the middle, split-dodging his way to the goal. He was slashed on the first dodge and on the second dodge, the big oafy defender came over and with one swing snapped his d-pole my player's ribs. Thankfully, Alex was alright. He's our best player and we really need him.

Inivisble Children

Yesterday was an activity schedule. Four guys and girls came to our school to express and spread recongition of the war in Uganda that has been going on for years. This is the second time they have visited our school, so I was already familiar with the subject. Along with them, they brought a video of a few people's experience living in Uganda. This video was an updated video of the one that was presented two years ago when I was a sophmore. The video showed images and clips of the suffering that occurs in Uganda everyday. This video centered in mainly on one specific character who struggled everyday to live. He was only 15 and was living on his own. Both his parents were dead. He was very bright and smart and aspired to be a doctor. Each day he went to school even though most days he was sent home due to lack of payments and the specific uniform required. Even though he was turned down on a numerous amount of occasions, he kept returning each day because he said that he personally wanted to help his country to end the suffering. He said there weren't too many doctors around so one more would be an addition to ending the suffering. The video was very educational and was very successful at expressing the issues in africa.

St. Anne's School of Annapolis Lacrosse and Basketball

Nathan Davis and I coach two sports at a middle school called St. Anne's School of Annapolis. We coach 6th and 7th graders and some 8th graders as well. Back in the winter, we coached the Boy's Basketball "B" and "C" team. Our "C" did very well. We ended with a winning record and most of the players developed a good amount mentally and physically in the sport. As for our "B", they were more of a problem. Many times we would have to have group meetings with the Athletic Director and the Principle due to their behavior. Because of their behavior, practice was mainly consumed with running and sprints. Our practices were never used valuably which lead to us losing most of our games. I could still always count on our "C" team to cheer up me up with their better behavior and the postive, commited attitude they had towards the sports. Thankfully, most of our "C" team kids were carried over to the very same lacrosse team Nathan and I coach. The St. Anne's Lacrosse team is developing very well thanks too a few players experience and their vast athleticism. Many of the kids with experience were able to lead and direct our other players. So far we are 2-0 in the season and we still have many games to go. Our First game was a win over Key School. They lack much athleticism making this an expecting, easy win for us. The second win was over Indian Creek. Their middle school team has always been pretty good. The amount of strength and size they had overwhelmed our players but our stick skills, passing, and determination brought us the win. We still haev many games to go but so far its looking pretty good for us.

Rest of Spring break...

After I got home from Vermont, my spring break was consumed with alot of relaxation and rest. It got kind of boring when I realized half of my friends were on the England trip and the other half were in Disney for the lacrosse tournament. So I hung out with the few friends that were left at home. Pretty much everyday consisted of just hanging out and not doing much.

Vermont

Over break I went to Killington, Vermont. We did some shredding and slept a little bit. Pretty much all we did was get up, shred, go back to the room, and watch tv. One night we went and got ribs at a pretty nice sports bar and then went to another bar and watched the NCAA tourney and played guitar hero. It was very tireing especially since I was forced to sleep on the couch. Every morning, I was woken up by the children of our neighbors back home that stayed with us in Vermont. It got pretty annoying but each day they got a little better. The conditions at the mountain were pretty decent. Not too icy and a good amount of powder on the top. The temperature wasn't too bad either compared to what it was like in Canada back in January. Overall, it was a pretty fun trip.