NCS: senior meals

As we get closer and closer to graduation, a key task is to help seniors manage the physical and emotional transition away from NCS.

The process starts in February when the class goes off on an group Outward Bound course. During the Spring term the last of the seniors lead lunch council, and I metaphorically hand off leadership to an 8th grader who does the first “senior” council. Currently, all students and staff are making senior pages to be bound into books that each senior receives at graduation. In the next two weekends the last seniors will hike Cascade to fulfill one of our traditional graduation requirements; soon a senior prank will emerge on the scene; in a couple of weeks I will take the senior class to dinner in town, and throughout the month of May we have various – by request - senior meals. Yesterday, for lunch we had Philly cheese steaks (Max’s meal), and for dinner tofu tempura (Eva S.). Today at lunch we had Casey’s meal – macaroni and cheese - and this evening we will have Adam’s meal of pork chops, apple sauce, french fries, and green beans.

Our ultimate frisbee team is heading off campus to a tournament in Vermont, while rehearsals, construction of the “peach” (see picture), as well as costume and mask work continues through the weekend.