Nelson Hall Dedication Ceremony
Our new dining hall is open! On Saturday we had a dedication ceremony, which included a Native American blessing of the building. Thanks to everyone who has made this facility possible, and thanks to Vance for the photos. Our students began eating in Nelson Hall on Thursday evening.
The crowd at the dedication ceremony
Kim Marcus performing the Native American Blessing
Native American Blessing
Momchil, David, Ashley and Hyon Jae performing
Chris and Drew – SACCO employees
Nelson Hall
Below are some photos from the students’ first meal in the dining hall – dinner on Thursday and from breakfast on Friday morning. Thank you to Darren, Doug and Theresa for the photos.
Eating dinner outside on the deck
Eating dinner inside
Matt
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast group
Josh
Victor
Todd Bucklin and Alexis Baloji
Idyllwild Earth Fair
On Saturday the 20th, Idyllwild held it’s annual Earth Fair. Four of our students were invited to sing during the Fair. Thank you to Pam and to Gene for the photos.
Casey, Josh, Travis and Josh
Students enjoying the music at the Earth Fair
Josh, Josh, Casey and Travis performing
Student Recital
Alejandro had his Junior recital on Monday evening. Great performance. Thank you to Darren for the photos.
Alejandro
Alejandro
Creative Writing Senior Readings
On Monday night, Brianna, Meredith A. and Blake had their senior readings. Congratulations to the creative writers! Thank you to Theresa for the photos.
Brianna
Brianna reading poems and a short story
Meredith
Meredith reading her short story
Blake
Blake reading his poems and an excerpt from a short story
Meredith, Blake and Brianna
Student Recital
Gail and Wei had their Junior recitals on Tuesday night. Thank you for the performance and Thank you to Darren and Doug for the photos.
Gail
Gail and her guest performer, XuanBo
Wei
Wei and guests
Creative Writing Senior Readings Tuesday was the second evening of the senior readings by Heather, Laurel and Meredith M. Congratulations again to all the Creative Writing seniors. Thank you to Theresa for the photos.
Heather
Heather reading her poems
Laurel
Laurel reading her short story
Meredith
Meredith introducing her 30-minute screenplay and film
Meredith reading her short story
Meredith 
