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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Welcome Back Burkie Olympians!

Wednesday evening we welcomed alumni Olympians Liz Stephen '05, Ida Sargent '06, Nolan Kasper '07 and Trace Smith '10 back to campus for dinner, discussion and a pretty funny slide show!

Trace, Ida, Kirk, Liz and Nolan

Chase flying the flag with Ida and Liz

Sara made an Olympic pineapple upside down cake-it was delicious!

Kai, Anna and Ida

Jake, Matt, Drew Chase and Jack

Ronnie, Harry and Trace

Abby and Anna

Lexi and Bay

Sophie and Olivia

Jordan and Nina

Ollie, Warren and Brandon

Ryan, Kalle, Max and Sven

Nolan with his new Canadian friends Corey and Jonny

Cole, Patrick, Aleck and Timmy

Forrest, Ian, Will, Fredi and Paul

Slide show and discussion

Parker, Lizzie, Anna, Liz, Ida and Kirk

Ida and Liz went shopping in the school store

Nolan and Yale-proof that we are still wearing the bike jerseys Nolan designed!

Friday, April 25, 2014

A Mix: Cooking, Classes, Shelley Glover Awards, and Testing

Parker and Amy make dessert. Students often help cook in their free time.

Environmental Studies class - during a presentation

Moriah presents on "E-waste." The seniors presented on various environmental issues/hot spots, the culmination of a three month research project. The couple I got to hear were really interesting! Well done Seniors!

The scene during box jumps yesterday. The energy in the room was pretty amazing. Everyone's cheering while the jumper pushes to their absolute max. Moriah jumping.

Jake jumping

Sam Damon presented Shelley Glover Burkie Bear awards to the top 3 male and female overall finishers in the Shelley Glover Eastern Cup Super Gs from the end of March. These are handmade pieces and Sam hopes to continue the tradition in the future. This year Burkies took the majority of the hardware: Patrick and Moriah in 3rd, Sven and Alli in 2nd, and Dani won. (First for men went to Sam Morse of CVA.) (Overall was both races times combined.)

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Spring Workouts Day 2

This morning everyone ran the 6 minute run at the Lyndon Institute track. The 6 minute run determines the pace that each athletes will run their 200 meter intervals in the coming weeks.

A few students enjoyed a game of tennis after class and before work out.

Shamus and Forest

Will and Parker

Ultimate Frisbee game before the outdoor strength circuit

You can't tell that well, but the rain came this afternoon and the last group on the gym got soaked - but pushed through!

Libby's new puppy - Gill - all curled up, staying warm and dry under the bench. I will need to get a better photo because he is the cutest and he is a major hit on campus!!

Back in the Saddle

Burkies are back at it, working hard. We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon yesterday. Half the group participated in functional movement screening in the gym while the other half played Ultimate Frisbee and did a strength circuit on the outdoor gym. Today the groups will switch. Many photos below of the strength circuit.