National Park Rangers Receive 1st Aid Training From Bend Physicians and Firefighters

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The National Park Rangers participated in a fun and informative 1st aid training session, led by Dr. Jill Wimberly and Dr. Gary Gallagher. The Rangers learned how to assemble a 1st aid kit, how to surgically remove splinters (ok, how to remove toothpick pieces from a grape), and how to treat a cut. They recently received additional training from Dr. Kathryn Kocurek and from firefighters Bill Boos and Rob Cravens. They are now prepared to treat those wayward hikers that they may come across in their National Park.

Starlab Lands on Campus

What at first looked like a giant marshmallow sitting in the student commons turned out to be Starlab. This portable planetarium has been used all week by students in all grades Pre-K through 8 as a complement to the astronomy unit underway in both the lower school and in Dr. Eklund's middle school classes. Rumor is that Blair Jenkins held sway over a recent board meeting inside this thing! 

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center

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Last week our 4th and 5th grade students, along with a host of teachers and parents, traveled to the Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center in the Oregon Cascades for a several days of out-of-the-classroom activities. This annual trip is always a student and staff favorite. 

Cascades Academy Students at the Pocket Park

During our Earth Day celebration last week or lower school and high school students had the oppurtunity to help the Bend Neighborhood Association landscape Laurel Pocket Park a few blocks from school. Here are some highlights from this day of service learning.

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Second and Third Graders Volunteer at Fox Hollow

The second and third grade students made the trek down to the Fox Hollow retirement home just down Studio Road this week for another of their monthly visits. This month had these students baking, decorating, and eating cookies with our neighbors.

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A Glimpse of Spirit Week, 2009

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Cascades Academy Chess Champs

Congratulations to both Brian and Nick for their winning efforts at last weekend's regional chess tournament at Trinity Luthern school here in Bend. Brian took first place in the 5th grade division while Nick took first place in the K-4th grade division. Brian was the only player in the entire tournament that went undefeated! Both Brian and Nick will now move to the Oregon State level tournament on March 13th and 14th. Wish them luck when you see them in the hallway. Many thanks also to parent Steve Kearney for all the work he has done coaching the Cascades Academy students. 

Fourth and Fifth Grade Do Some Investigative Reporting

Tired of fielding questions about where that stack of newspapers comes from that you see in the hallway each day, teachers Deb Mjelde and Lea Hart wisked the kids over to the offices of the Bend Bulletin, our daily newspaper (the same one you trip over in the hall). Here students spoke with several people on their tour and came back with a much better understanding of how newspapers actually get printed and some rather interesting knowledge as well. Such as the astounding fact that in the production of 33,000 newspapers each day they use over ninty-miles of newspaper width paper.