First: Henry's World has become a blog site for many students, and a whole series of journal entries are appearing from American Lit classes. Check them out! They'll continue over the next week or so....

Let's start at Ives House, where an evening Christmas cookie-making event became frosty.

Observe the icing....

Sticking with the "food" theme for a moment, Eric Viandier brings French tradition to winter with chestnuts roasted in a wood-fired pan he picked up at the dump:

At 9:50 on Tuesday mornings, we meet as advisories, meaning that each teacher/advisor spends about a half hour with his/her four or five or six advisees. Food is a frequent theme. Patty's group uses an electric griddle to fry up eggs in a hole. Will sprinkles pepper; Johnny protests.

There are vacation cards to be signed, and March projects to sign up for. Some advisories get out earlier than others. A small crowd gathers outside the community center.

Triple I (International Interracial Interaction) is sponoring a food sale in the Wise Center to benefit some cause....I forget.

Then, we're back to classes. This is algebra 1.

World history is studying Japanese culture and Shintoism. They quickly get down to business and begin with guided meditation.

About to depart for a Mountain Classroom adventure in Quebec, Nick and Andrew convene with Sophie (who is going nowhere.)

Mountain Classroom will head west for the Mexican border, Mexico and points further west in January. Today, they're visiting major lumber operations north of Quebec City, and staying at a hostel in Vielle Quebec. Here, they pose before departing. Note the traditional Cheese-Its.