Crawfish Boil

On Saturday Burkies were treated to a spicy Cajun feast. There was an endless supply of crawfish and shrimp along with cornbread, potatoes, corn on the cob, and salad. There were a few landlubbers who had burgers and hot dogs and everyone washed dinner down with  delicious sweet tea. Many thanks to the Lynch family for bringing a little bit of Louisiana to the North!

Thank you Alex, Ian, Izzy and Liza!

Liza inspects the crawfish as Alex boils them up!

Kirk having some fun with his soon to be dinner

Sarah, Olivia, Paige, Harry, Sven, Warren and Matt enjoying the feast

Jordan, Anna, Kai, Paul and Pat

Dannica 

Harry and Sven 

Moriah, Audrey and Kate 

Anna, Sophie and Dani

McKenna, Jeanette and Avery

Gigi and Isabel

Fredi and Chris

Max and Sam

Amy and Sara enjoying their own hard work-thank you!

Timmy, Pat and Aleck 

Yale, Ronnie and Drew

Senior Trip - Bike Rodeo

The seniors began the community service portion of their trip by helping facilitate the Bike Rode at the Whitefield Elementary School in the White Mountains of NH, where they will be recreating later in the week. They were professional, encouraging and positive and the principal noted how focused they were on the kids.

Audrey and Anna work with Katie to practice signaling.  Katie was a rock-star and we are likely to see her on the professional cross bike circuit in the future!

Dani makes sure that Avery comes to a complete stop before proceeding through an intersection.

Jake and Warren guide Trevor through the teeter totter that Trevor Kahl and Mike Boardman built last year after helping out at the 2013 Bike Rodeo.

Algebra 1 Inverse Variation

Algebra 1 students investigate torque or the inverse relationship between force and radius using a fulcrum.

 Shamus, Gigi and Ian.

Avery, Fredi, Forest and McKenna

Profile Road Race - "Hell of the North"

The Burke bike team raced at Profile School in Franconia, NH yesterday. It was a 23.5 mile HILLY ride, which was riddled with pot holes, sandy streets, AND great views of the White Mountains! It was a beautiful, warm afternoon for a road race. For results, Moriah and Liam were both 5th in their C groups. The rest of our crew were solidly in the middle of the pack - not bad for a bunch of ski racers who have barely road biked and raced only a few times! Way to go!

 The prep scene - bikes everywhere, Moriah checking her tires

 The team! L to R: Jack, Liam, McKenna, Moriah, Jordan, Yale, Fredi S, Chris, Matt H

 Jordan - always smiling :)

 Burkies await the start of the Men's C Group

 Liam at the front of the chase group

 Post race reflection with Coach John - Jack and Liam

 Matt H post race

 Fredi S post race

 Yale post race

 Moriah pushing across the line

 Jordan crossing the finish line

McKenna crossing the finish line

Ian's first mountain bike ride!

Because Ian wasn't here in the fall he missed out on the skills day most kids did on mountain bikes. Today was his first trail ride and he's crushing it! Here he is throwing down on Parr's Yard. 

Woodswoman Work at Sam & Tory's

Last Thursday afternoon the Women's Team went to Sam and Tory's home for some woodworking activities. After the work/competition ended, Sam & Tory cooked up a delicious BBQ. The girls enjoyed some time away from campus - they were working hard but having fun!

Lexi and Anna EB working the two-man crosscut saw

Ava and Abby take over

Isabel on the canoe pull, while partner Audrey cheers her on

Sarah chopping wood

Ava

Jordan, Tory, Lizzy

Gigi and Bay

Anna B and Moriah

Olivia and Madison

Sophie, Paige and Dannica

Lexi

McKenna pushes Greg in the wheelbarrow push

Team White was very proud of their pile - the goal was to make the biggest, best pile in the allotted time

Team Black are serious about their pile

They decided they could be friends again after the competition ended.

Anna B getting after it

Anna EB and Moriah

Gigi and Lizzy

Gould Road Race

The team traveled to Bethel, ME to compete in the Gould Academy sponsored Grafton Notch Challenge. The course had a neutral rollout of 3 miles, then the racing began with 20 miles of gradual uphill roads. On her first day on the bike this year Dani won the Women's C race!

Dani's win!

The team is all smiles.

Now that he has his license, Yale took this on a test drive.

The kids cooled their legs off in the Androscoggin River.