Hanging With Friends!

The girls at a pajama party!

The guys at school!

Future Broadcast Journalists?

The North Star Yearbook Staff went on a field trip behind the scenes at KOAT 7, our local news station!

SWAT Team Award!

Wouldn't you know that my boy would get the nerd award for being "an intelligent and top-notch student in every way"?  We are so sad to say goodbye to SWAT team.  Dylan has learned so much on and off of the computer with our amazing tech teacher.

Guild Audition Day!

HE PASSED!!!!  Three years on the National Piano Guild roll!  I'm super proud of this boy!

A Bit Of Music!

Tomorrow is a huge day!  Dylan will be auditioning for his third consecutive year on the National Piano Guild register.  It is always so amazing to watch this come together and to see the work that he puts into it.  He has to play ten songs by memory for one judge.  Each year, the selections have to be a bit more difficult or longer than the year before.  Each year, I have my moments of thinking there is NO WAY this is going to happen.  Then, suddenly, he is sitting at the piano playing all ten songs with ease and I'm wondering when this happened and why I did not notice.  It floors me that he can move from one song to the next seamlessly.  This program is one of our favorites.  It presents a goal that keeps Dylan focused on piano practice, which naturally makes him a better player.  It is not a competition with other people, just a way to show your own skill.  Below are the ten songs he is playing this year in their various forms of "perfection".

The kitty wanted to introduce this first video...

"Feelicitous"

This is the super zippy version of Waltz in A Minor.  This song has been difficult lately and I hope that it leaves on a good note when he plays it tomorow... Also, you'll notice that the boy is a bit itchy...

 

Senior Prom!

It was an outdoor dance on a chilly, super-windy night, but they managed to have fun anyway!

Science March!

This Is Getting Real!

SWAT Team Awards!

The SWAT (Students Working to Advance Technology) team was recognized by the APS Board of Education for hosting a district-wide film festival.  I included the video because I think that it is a perfect description of what the SWAT team kids do.

2017 Alliance Francaise d'Albuquerque Award!

The French teachers at the APS schools were allowed to choose one of their students in each level of French to receive an award of excellence.  Hannah's teacher chose her for French One and her friend Simran's teacher chose her so they ran into each other at the banquet.

Happy Easter!