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Trevor Speaks at Public Salon
Hollyburn Snowshoeing
If the falling snow we snowshoed to the Scouts cabin we will be staying at for our winter camp trip in February.
We are still here
We might have been quiet on posting updates about what we have been doing but we have certainly been busy the last two months. We will have a series of posts to catch you all up.
Lighthouse Park Hike: Nov. 19th, 2015
After a few days of high winds and rain we took the opportunity to get out to the water and trails of Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver and bask in the sunshine.
In the Garden Nov. 9th
Our main tasks today in the garden was to aerate the compost, pull weeds and dead plants for composting, seeding cover crops and nitrogen fixing plants, adding leaves for winter protection and erosion control, harvesting potatoes and leeks, and planting garlic. This week we will make potato salad and potato leek soup with our bounty!
3rd Annual Alt. Bowling Tournament
Today Streetfront participated in the 3rd Annual Alt. Bowling Tournament at REVS along with 10 other VSB alternative schools. While we didn’t win the Bergeron Cup we had several strikes, too many gutter balls to count and a lot of fun! Thanks to Foundation Alt. for hosting yet another fun tournament and congratulations to Outreach Alternative for winning the tournament!!
I wish the general public can see these tournaments, the annual Arts Fair and Sports Days when Vancouver’s Alt. Schools come together because they would see a diverse, talented and energetic group of youth.
Deep Cove Training Run
We had 16 youth (of a possible 28 for the Seattle Marathon) running the 19 km Deep Cove route today – and in record time too! Well done gang!
CLICK video: “Jesse’s Journey”
Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids (CLICK) is a community-based, non-profit foundation that was initiated to help inner city children and youth in Vancouver. They are a great supporters of the students at Streetfront. They have produced this touching story highlighting a former students journey. Jessie does a great job in representing many of the challenges our student’s have and do face in their lives. Well done Jessie and thank you for representing your peers so well and sharing your story!
Cycling at the Burnaby Velodrome
On Thursday our students had the fantastic opportunity to try their hand at the sport of cycling on a velodrome track. There wasn’t anyone in the Streetfront class (students and staff included) who could say they were not intimidated by this sport that sees one cycling around a track that had up to 47 degrees in pitch! We would like to thank Nikki from Urban Native Youth Association and Michael from Burnaby Veldrome for giving us this opportunity and expert guidance. We hope to return soon to this wonderful sport.
Michael takes us through a progression of skills.
Cody riding in no-mans-land
Stokes showing us how its done!
Justin
Abdi and Michael
Abdi on the track
Justin rocked the track!
Thyme in the Garden
We had our first session in the garden this school year with Ian (Britannia Food Security Co-ordinator) and Matthew (Environmental Youth Alliance) who guided us through the importance of seed collection. We learnt many cool facts about seeds like the majority of our food plants require human intervention for propagation and have lost the capability of doing it naturally; the existence of heritage seed banks; how to harvest and store seeds for planting the next year to name a few.
Trevor and Vaelin seeking for seeds.
Matthew explains how to remove the seeds from the pods.
No sunflower seeds were found after the birds collected their bounty.
A collection of seeds ready to be collected, dried and stored for the winter.
Matthew educates us on this tobacco plant and how long tobacco leaves are cured for.
George holds a very large zucchini.
Abeil and Abdi removing beans from the pod.
Matthew gives us a lesson on the anatomy of a bean.
Streetfront Alternative 