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IKE ON HER BIKE

Awesome and awful, at the same time, is how some people decsribe my bike ride across America.  I expected the first couple of weeks to be difficult because of starting up in the mountainous terrain, the next couple of weeks I would feel stronger and the last couple to be cruising into the east coast.
 
The scenery was [...]

Update – Ike on Her Bike – Week #5

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” Rachel Carson
I wondered what I would write about this week. It seemed like all [...]

Update – Ike on Her Bike – Week #4

Happinesss is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” Zeno
Everyone is ‘wallcome’ at Wall Drug Store/restaurant/ice cream/gift shop in Wall, SD. They put the [...]

Week #3 – Ike on Her Bike!

“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the right to do the same.”  Voltaire
 
“In the wilderness is the preservation of the world.”  Henry David Thoreau
 
Sunday, Independence Day off in Jackson was patriotic, starting with a local parade in town, a performance organized by the Grand Teton Summer concert series, a western rodeo and ending with more fireworks.  The hit [...]

Week #2 – Ike on Her Bike

Every second is of infinite value.”  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.  It will never fail you.”  Frank Lloyd Wright
 
Sunday, we had a relaxing day off between week one and two in the quiet, big town, little city of Missoula, Montana, home of Adventure Cycling, where you can see many bicycles [...]

UPDATE….”IKE ON HER BIKE”

There are about 85 people on this tour.  Over half are over 50 years old.  There are a bunch who are in their forties and thirties and just a handful under 30.  There are many who have done this before.  The oldest is 81.  The youngest is 17 years.  There are many more men than women.  There [...]

WONKA JR THEATRE PRODUCTION

 
BRAVO!!  BRAVO!!! 
 On Friday, May 28th ……FVAM elementary students performed Wonka Jr and transported their audience into the magical journey of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.   The performance ended with a standing ovation!  Congratulations to the FVAM students for a fantastic performance, to the theatre staff for their incredible work and our wonderful FVAM parents for [...]

SKATING/HOCKEY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH!
FVAM Extended Day and Elementary students invite parents to their skating show on Friday, April 9th at 1pm at the International Skating Center.
 FVAM hockey players invite their parents to join them in a hockey game on Friday, April 9th at 2pm at the International Skating Center.

FVAM STUDENTS ATTEND MONTESSORI MODEL UNITED NATIONS

FVAM students in grades 6 through 8 arrived in New York on Sunday, February 27, 2010 to represent Croatia.  The students researched, wrote and submitted their postion papers on important issues facing Croatia before arriving in New York.  The student delegates were part of the 2010 Opening Ceremony that took place on Sunday evening.  The delegates will act as ambassadors [...]

SCHOOL OPENING ON A 90 MIN. DELAY – FEB. 24TH

FVAM will open on a 90 minute delay today, Wednesday, February 24th.  Morning drop-off will begin at 9:40am.  Please drive safely!!