May Self Care Superstars

Self Care Superstars for the month of May were announced during this morning’s assembly. We congratulate Jackie and Dan, who are both very deserving of this honor!

May Students of the Month

Congratulations to the students selected as Students of the Month for May, 2012! Tina, John, Mary Grace and Matt, you all have done a fine job! Keep up the good work!

Coral World

Yesterday the group met at the gangway at 11 a.m. and boarded the kontiki. Steel pan music played. Then they opened their glass bottom to see the reef and fish below. At beautiful Honeymoon Beach at Water Island they ate subway sandwiches and played and swam at the beach. The kontiki returned them to the cruise ship dock where they boarded a taxi to the east end of the island, and visited Coral World. At Coral World, they saw tortoises, reef aquariums, sea turtles, sharks and a wide variety of fish. Then everyone returned to the ship with smiles on their faces as they all held their passports and room keys to board the ship and go straight to the formal dining rooms to enjoy dinner!

"It's a Wonderful Life" - Family Weekend 2012

CELEBRATE! Kool and the Gang had a song called “Celebration” – I’m showing my age! We have so very much to celebrate! First on the list – CATS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPS!!! Hang the Banner in Rupp Arena – AGAIN! Did you also know they are ranked NUMBER 1 in Baseball as of today!?!?

Next – celebrate the incredible spirit and enthusiasm that all our staff and students are displaying in our attempt to help the American Red Cross! Thanks to the Committee – Tammy Blau, Misty Cox, Kristen Quire, Barbie Railey, Eddy Shouse, Patti Wooldridge, and special appreciation to Melissa Ford and Machele Lawless for spearheading this wonderful idea. The originality and creativity of all the departments has been just phenomenal, and we are going to raise a lot of money for this great cause that helps so many people in times of crisis.

Rejoice in Spring – oops, did we really have Spring, with those 70s and 80s in March and April, or did we fast forward to Summer? We did dip down to 27 a couple nights ago, so it’s not summer yet. Nonetheless, the mild winter allowed us to save on energy, salt and provided uplifted spirits among students and staff, which is priceless.

And CELEBRATE our students and their families, which we are about to do in a month at Family Weekend – “It’s a Wonderful Life’. I know everyone is bringing their A game for these next 30 days as we prepare to show all these family members for 3 days what we do the other 362 days.

Lastly, Praise God for allowing us the blessings of loving and caring for our students each and every day.

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON! LET’S CELEBRATE!

Two very deserving students were chosen to be April’s Self Care Superstars. Rachel and Andy – congratulations! You two are terrific!

2012 Awards Ceremony

Our Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Each year, our Ceremony has grown bigger and better, and this year was no exception! Every student was recognized for his or her accomplishments over the past year, and was given a certificate listing all those accomplishments. We also held a drawing, and one student from each Correspondent group was picked to receive a special gift! At the end of the ceremonies, a few special awards were presented (see list below).

In addition, our Stewart Home School kitchen prepared a special lunch of shrimp, fish, baked potato, pea salad and chocolate mousse! And for supper, there was steak, potatoes, asparagus, and key lime pie!! Everything was DELICIOUS!

Students continued to celebrate their accomplishments that evening with the Awards Dance! What a great day!

Special Awards:

Soccer: Alisa & Alex
Flag Football: Alison & Camray
Track: Kenny
Bowling: Norman
Swimming: Luke
Softball: Rachel & Josh
Basketball: Katie & Patrick
Golf: Michael
Miss Spirit: Jordan
Mr. Spirit: Jack
Miss Panther: Amanda
Mr. Panther: Ben
Citizenship: Kristen & Marti

Congratulations to ALL Stewart Home School students!! And thank you for making it such a GREAT year!