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Vol. 2, Issue 18
The FUNd Stuff!
Stories from the Office of Advancement at Pacific Northern Academy
Vision Courage Integrity
Dear Linda,
Whether you're process driven or goal oriented, at
some point, it's time to perform. Maybe it's a math test,
maybe it's summoning the courage to submit your
essay in a competition. At some point, we stand up and
say: This is it. It's time. I'm ready.
When it's performance night, it's clear - there's no
choice. The audience is waiting! Other situations are
less clear that it's time to stand up and DO - and there
are so many excuses not to. Your painting needs a little
more work; the experiment needs a little
more tweaking. Or maybe it's more immediate: I am not
brave enough to speak up in class, I won't bother to tell
that person they're hurting my feelings.
Shakespeare says, potently, that there is never a time
when it's not time. The world's a stage, and life is a
performance. Sara Bareilles, the songwriter of PNA's
finale song Brave, says don't let your life's performance
go by silently. Say it honestly, and say it loud!
We say: Be brave. Make your performance count.
And boy, did PNA's student's perform!
007 is no stranger to adventure in
unusual places. PNA is no stranger to
procuring unusual adventures.
Hot leaks from Headquarters hints at
South Dakota pheasant hunting and
fabulous western Alaska fishing.
Watch the website and Facebook pages for
details coming soon.
They'll be yours for the bidding,
if Bond doesn't get there first.
Got a great idea? Got a place you think
people will bid, bid, and bid again to go to?
Contact Laurie Hoefer with donation ideas
at [email protected] or
(907) 333-1080 or just stop by the office!
PNA's MTV Winter Concert
Ladies and Gentlemen - Rock and Roll!
O07 Arm Chair Travelers:
The Places He Goes!
8th graders made film clips to introduce the performers
and song selections - Meet your successor, Martha
Quinn!
James Bond isn't a man much concerned
with his carbon footprint. Whether he's
jetting off to the Caribbean, blasting into
space or jetpacking his way out of a French
Chalet, 007 definitely isn't afraid of clocking
up a few airline miles on the job. Here, then,
is Empire's map of his adventures, showing
you just where everyone's favorite secret
agent has gone over the past fifty years,
starting with London and, well, you'll find out
for yourself...
Pull out your spy suit, and prepare to
enter the world of MI-6 and spine
tingling action at PNA's Auction Gala!
Tickets are on sale now;
call (907) 333-1080 to reserve yours
or buy them online at
www.pacificnorthern.org
February 22, 2014
Be there.
HEY!
The ballad of the death of the radio star, and the VJ
who killed him.
Did you miss the concert? Want a
front row seat from the comfort of
home? Get the DVD!
Nevaeh and Dev ROCK the mic, calling out the ABC's.
PNA Winter Concert 2013 teaser
CLICK TO WATCH!
DVDs on sale December 16!
$20 per DVD.
Pay via credit card on Paypal or
cash in person to Krystal.
Pick up at PNA.
Kid's World walk-off...er....slide-strut-parade-off.
Notable Quotes
"Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel
it, you can't help but move to it. That's what
happens to me. I can't help it."
Elvis Presley
Links We Love
5th grade Minions take over the stage, and Cooper
takes over the Bababa-bababanana song.
Potaaaattoooo!!!!
For a trip down memory lane...
MTV Original Broadcast 8/1/1981
So you can sing along with your child...
Freeze ray! If you take it personally, that's OK. So
Despicable.
Sara Bareilles - Brave (Lyric Video)
Inspiration for the next step...
Cup song in Gaelic
(Next time - we'll do the Cup song with the
whole audience - and in Spanish!)
Dylan unleashes his inner Gru.
Tune in next year for Winter Concert
2014! Until then, sing loud enough to
be heard on the moon!
Deborah and Jonah (and the rest of 4th grade) on the
blue ukes accompany EK and Kindergarten....
(And yes, we know there is no sound on the
moon.)
Love What You See?
...who sing and act out Baby Beluga.
You Can Support It!
Support educational excellence in
Alaska! Your gift benefits today's students
and everyone's future.
Spread the word! Don't let PNA be
Anchorage's best kept secret. Let your
friends know!
Midde School Choir girls perform the Cup Song.
["You're going to miss me when I'm gone...." Yes we
will, excellent 8th graders!]
Call (907) 333-1080
to pledge your gift or refer a
family.
Year Book club has been hard at work, as
has PNA's artists. The entries for the cover
art are on display in the hall.
Joss has a dramatic moment.
Sushi Slide Show
To launch their next segment in World
Cultures, 7th and 8th grade made sushi. We
deduce they're heading to Japan! We also
assume that they have been highly
influenced by their Mexican studies: some
of the sushi rolls looked more like burritos.
From inside out rolls to rice balls, unagi to
home smoked salmon, it was a delectable
feast.
It's as easy as 1,2,3! Shambhavi certainly makes it look
that way.
The string ensemble plays Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
Puttin' on a show, Puttin' on the Ritz. Middle School
Choir boys sashay and swagger. Fred Astaire would be
so proud!
Alumni Out Loud
Our recurring spotlight on PNA's alumni
6th grade girls hold their own.
Leanne Trump and Samantha Pratt - both
PNA 2012 grads - found themselves
competing against each other at a swim
meet in Colorado. Leanne attends Liberty
High School and Samantha goes to
Fountain Valley School. We cannot tell you
who won, besides us - it was so great to get
this picture! Thanks Pete Trump.
Slideshow Re-Update
Paris showed us all the show could be as good upside
down as it was right side up!
The 5th grade Spirit Mask Project is now on
display at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt on Lake
Otis Parkway, just north of PNA. Stop by,
and check them out.
Coming Right Up:
Coffee Break
Every Thursday Morning
Come on in for a cuppa joe!
EK in the front ranks of the all-school finale: Brave.
Encore? Yes. Go to the PNA Media Gallery
Service Day
Thursday, December 19
Winter Break Starts
Thursday, December 19, 3:20 pm
Dear Community,
Driving home Friday night after PNA's winter concert,
my husband and I had to listen as our 12-year-old boy
bemoaned "a wasted Friday night spent singing in front
of an audience." He couldn't understand the benefit of
the performance because in his mind he had no future
plans of the big stage. However, little did he know that
he is destined for the big stage, maybe not as a singer
but as a performer of sorts because no matter his
future career choice he will spend time in front of
others and those lessons he learns from every musical
performance or presentation in front of the class are
skills that he will use over and over.
'Performance skills' are a skill set that are taught with
vigor at PNA. And honestly, I have to say that the
results of these lessons are identifiable. I can pick a
PNA graduate out of the crowd as they carry
themselves a little bit differently; they have a swagger,
confidence brought on by years of 'performing' in front
of others. So no, I do not expect that my son will ever
sing in the Grand Ole Opry but I do know that once he
graduates from PNA, he will have the confidence to
make that key presentation in front of a client thanks to
Friday night performances and some wonderful hard
working teachers. (Oh yeah, did I mention that
photographer Amy captured my son not only singing
but smiling while doing it! But don't tell him I know he
was having a good time performing.)
Laurie
Laurie Hoefer
Director of Development
[email protected]
Just One More....
Classes Resume
Monday, January 6, 8:25 am
For a full calendar, please go to
the PNA website.
Pacific Northern Academy Website
A Coda:
DUKE SENIOR: Thou seest we are not all alone
unhappy: This wide and universal theatre
Presents more woeful pageants than the scene
Wherein we play in.
JAQUES: All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
From As You Like It, by William Shakespeare
How long does it take seventeen 7th and 8th graders to
create a work surface in our new Auction room?
45 seconds.
We are most grateful to the following for their generous support of Pacific Northern Academy:
Avante Medical Center
Ground Breakers, LLC
Mirror Studios
Medical Park Family Care
Copper River Seafoods
The Neeno Family
The Rhyneer Family
The Tucker and Chandler Families
The Weiser Family
We educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers
of vision, courage, and integrity.
Pacific Northern Academy * 9251 Lake Otis Parkway * Anchorage, Alaska 99507
Arnie Cohen, Head of School
Krystal Boyechko, Director of Admissions & Marketing
Laurie Hoefer, Director of Development
TEL: (907) 333-1080 FAX: (907) 333-1652
www.pacificnorthern.org
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