0024_Aurora Alternative High School, The Phoenix, 1998

Description:	Hilary Rice was in charge of the Goldfish Game at the FallFestival. Some people discovered that their next stop was apet store in order to purchase an aquarium and food.This feature is dedicated to schoolevents and unusual occurrences. Someparticularly special occasions include thebirth of two babies. One is Abigail, Boband Stacy Jacobs’ new daughter. Theother is Brandy Dyer and Matt Balle’slittle girl, Sierra. We also achieved ourgoal in the canned food drive, and yourstruly broke both his wrists at a schoolpicnic. In life you gotta take the bad withthe good just like everyone else.The Aurora Open House tookplace in October and was a chance forparents and community members to visitour new building. It was a productive andfun evening, and many peopleattended. School fundraisers and activitieswere discussed, and visitors learned aboutAurora’s classes and programs.The next major event was theSecond Annual Fall Festival. Our biggestsuccess was raising $500 for school activities. There were games for children,snacks and popcorn, a cakewalk, bake sale,and the most popular event— throwing piesat Chuck and Jeff.The canned food drive was anothersignificant accomplishment for the school.During a two week time period in December, we managed to raise 409 lbs. ofcanned food. That’s 4.8 lbs. per student,which is a higher percentage than North orSouth achieved.Amee and Bob talk with interested parents at the OpenHouse in the fall while Mark Allen looks on.
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Collection:	Aurora Alternative High School

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