Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Land of the Lizards

Lawrence Academy sent students across the ocean to the Hawaiian chain of islands.
Emailed by Ms. Heatley ("Heater") entitled "Crater"
They are hiking, working at a school, and experiencing the true culture of the Hawaiian people.  We have not actually "heard" much from this Winterim Group. The photos below were taken from a group member's Facebook page so we thought we'd share them here.

Southern most point in the USA
Photogenic Lizard 
By the sea

"Hang Loose" Group Shot

NYC . . . Sports

LA Sports Journalism is in New York City this Week. They left on Tuesday for the big city! Check out their blog to see more photos!


Ice Canoeing - A New LA Sport

We visited LEAD out in Richmond, NH at the YMCA Camp Takodah. We arrived just in time for a canoe trip in the icy waters of Cass Pond. See the slide show below to see us in action.


Fifteen people embarked on an ice breaking mission in a large warrior canoe. The area around the dock was fairly clear. We attempted to go beyond by rowing swiftly, picking up speed and ramming the iced surface. Check out the raw video of these attempts on the LA Winterim YouTube Channel.


This Winterim group has bonded over the last week and half.  As visitors to this group we could feel their camaraderie as they followed rowing commands from the YMCA staff member, Buddy. After forging through the ice and cold pond water, the group was going on a hike.  With two more days left, this group continues to enjoy their time together.


A Snowy Leprechaun

From Sandy Gallo '75, Director of Alumni Relations at LA – she writes in an email:

I received some pictures from my contact in Ireland who just had the kids over yesterday. The weather was miserable. These are pics of the kids and some of the horses they saw in the snow. 

They were at Frog Lodge and Royal County Equine in Ratoath, Ireland.
They battled the snow and the ice to get there and enjoyed homemade soup, warmth from the wood burning stove, Dandie Dinmont Terriers and some horses in a demo fraught with snow and wind!

NAY (horse sound)

Shooting the horses...with a camera of course

Dashing through the snow

Sniper


Critics, week 2


Check our Everyone's a Critic tab at the top of this page for our reviews from last week and from this week's trips to the MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and A Raisin in the Sun at the Huntington Theatre Company.