Cyber Spy

The bangor daily news recently ran an article on a John Bapst student who was charged with stalking another student through his internet connection. Have you ever had this experience or know someone who has ( no names please )? What is your take on this case?

30 day challenge

With the New Year upon us, it can be a good time to reevaluate some things in you life.

30 day challenge-TED talk

Please watch this short clip and respond about the one thing that you would want to do (or not do) for your 30 day challenge.

Gnome EXCITED about ASL!

Happy Holidays

Use as a group at the Alternative Education Program, would like to wish all you in the community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A MUST SEE

If you have strong opinions concerning the death penalty you must check out " The Life of David Gale" with Kevin Spacey.

What Next?

With the end of the war in Iraq, american servicemen will be returning and entering the work force. With the economy struggling do you think we face more problems? Please share your thoughts.

SCHOOL DAZE

In your opinion do public schools today prepare students for post secondary education?

New Year

What are 5 things that you want to accomplish in 2012? Please expand your response to at least a sentence.

Taken from Perfect a novel by Ellen Hopkins

Please respond to the following excerpt:

Cara Sierra Sykes

Perfect?

How

do you define a word without

concrete meaning? To each

his own, the saying goes, so

why

push to attain an ideal

state of being that no two

random people will agree is

where

you want to be? Faultless.

Finished. Incomparable. People

can never be these, and anyway,

when

did creating a flawless facade

become a more vital goal

than learning to love the person

who

lives inside your skin?

The outside belongs to others.

Only you should decide for you—

what

is perfect.

The Hunger Games

After the upcoming holiday break, we will be reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins as a group. We are looking forward to analyzing this book together as we have heard only positive reviews.

Opinion - Women in Our Society

In the news this morning there is an article concerning violent attacks on women in this society. We would invite you to read the article and formulate an opinion on what can be done to lower the statistics shown in the article? Please read the article and respond.

Health Career Development

Today we will be visited by the Career Center who will be conducting a presentation on health careers which may be available to our graduating seniors. The presentation will begin promptly at 12 noon.

Christmas Wish

If you could have ANYTHING for your Christmas wish what would it be? Be specific and descriptive.

Movie of the week

Sudzy Laundry has chosen the film Pulp Fiction for us to view in our film critique class. We will be looking at plot, scene review, director choice, and overall film rating.

Welcome To Birch Street

I would like to welcome you our blog. The students at Orono Alternative Education will be using this sight in a variety of ways. We are in hopes that others will comment on our posts and help us to develop a site that serves our purposes as well as our community. Thanks

Mindfulness at Birch Street

A new experience is soon being added to the Birch Street Experience. It is called Mindfulness and it involves taking an honest look at ourselves and how we function on a day to day basis. The instruction will be presented over a four week period with a qualified teacher from the cooperative extension. We are all really looking forward to it.

Mr. Mike and ASL

Mr. Mike McDonald has agreed to teach us american sign language in a course designed to help us get “out of the box” a little and experience the world of the deaf. To date we are practicing the alphabet and learning some basic signs of communication. We are in hopes that this will eventually be a skill we can add to our resumes. Thanks Mike for your time and patience!

Kindergarten Fall Festival

Orono Alternative Education is visiting Asa c. Adams school on October 28th to help kindergartners decorate and paint pumpkins. The kids will be able to bring their pumpkins home for the fall holiday. Just another community service to give back to the community!

Alternative Ed. Engages in Yoga

The alternative ed. program will be introduced to basic yoga techniques provided by yoga instructor Kelly Ilseman during a workshop format Monday – Oct. 24th and Thursday Oct. 26th for the benefit of its current student population. More workshops will be planned based on the student involvement displayed for this activity.

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