A few of the older Wassookeag children will be attending a Boal workshop designed to turn the passivity of broadcast media into the social and political engagement. This technique for returning power to the people can be fun and exhilarating for those willing to get up out of their chairs. Organized by Julian Epps and […]
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we saw a show by the masked marvel.     he showed us masks that he made and he told us stories.    we went to the collins center.  we went to see it  -cora
Debby and Kate will leave LongGreenHouse at 9:30 am for a 10:00 am visit. Or if you prefer, meet us at 10 at the Center!
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Today Wassookeagers and their friends were treated to a presentation by the University of Maine Debate Society, whose members conducted a debate on whether the US should sign the Kyoto Accord. After the formal debate, the U-Me students held a free-form discussion about climate change as well as their experience of the debate process itself.
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I found this list of 40 characteristics of healthy families online. Of course every family is different, but I thought it might be nice to look at what might be positive attributes to family rather than negative. http://home.earthlink.net/~chavele/40traits.html
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My dog went to the vet. He doesn’t like it so we had to give him a pill that makes him calm down a little bit. He had to stay overnight. We had to get up at 7 a.m. to get him. But I love him.
This recipe is from “The Complete Book of Raw Food”, a really awesome cookbook that I will bring to our next potluck for anyone who would like to learn about it. I also was thinking that perhaps at the next potluck we could try a sort of “ceremony” where we announce the food we brought
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Wassookeag students and parents took a trip to UMaine last Friday to learn about G.I.S., a program that displays and analyzes geographic information. Paul Smitherman (Lucia’s dad), is a researcher in the Spatial Information Science and Engineering Department and has been working on some exciting projects. Students were shown information on seals that wore tracking
 Last Wednesday was a wonderful day of music! Some of us have been really excited about beat-boxing lately, so we started out with a simple “booms” and “clacks” and ended in full a acapella song. We then shared songs, including “Three LIttle Birds” by Bob Marley, and some traditional folk songs. But the day certainly
Wassookeagers enjoyed making and eating pizza the week before Thanksgiving. Friends smoothed their own dough, and covered with toppings agreed on by all. The lesson to look in the stove before preheating was learned when the job of turning on the oven was performed, (there were a few cast-iron pans with wood handles hanging out
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