Tricks and Treats Via 7th Graders at Lab

Halloween is here again, and along with it a wide array of ghouls, goblins, Gumbies, and goodness knows what else. My advisory put forth a particularly strong showing in the annual 7th grade costume contest, and with various parades, scary music groove-a-thons, and ghost stories happening, this is shaping up to be quite a day here at Lab. Here's a selection of some of the costumes--the creativity and humor of the kids here is so wonderful to see (and there's a great shot of my whole advisory at the bottom):

Seventh Grade Boys Soccer Season Comes To A Close

This afternoon the seventh grade boys soccer team capped off a wonderful season with a convincing win over Latin. Thanks to the guys for all of their hard work throughout this autumn. They persevered through some difficult stretches, and they all made impressive strides in terms of both skills and fitness. Here are a few pictures to sum up the season . . .

Dunes Day!

This past Monday the entire 7th grade traveled to the Indiana Dunes to see succession in action and to make observations about biotic and abiotic factors. Their science teachers know more about what that data will become upon analysis. The day itself was beautiful, with blue skies, breezes, and all sorts of interesting flora and fauna to see. Here are a few pictures that tell the tale of the day . . .