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Our children have started school for another year. Katie and Desire’ started school on Monday. They are officially in High School. Ana, Alia and J.J. started Wednesday. Here are pictures of Alia’s and J.J.’s first day. Can you believe it? J.J. is in Kindergarten. Alia is in the fourth grade and Ana is in the […]
Read MoreKatie and Desire’ had their Eighth Grade Graduation on Thursday. The School put on a nice ceremony. We are proud of bout Katie and Desire’ for their accomplishments. And also, congratulations to Desire’ for winning a “Citizenship Award” for her school and civic contributions. She also received a fourth place ribbon for the Einstein Award […]
Read MoreJ.J. graduated from preschool on May 22nd . They had a nice little ceremony that lasted about thirty seconds and here is a video of it. They also had a inflated bouncy toy to play on. Click on a picture to see a larger view. Enjoy! John
Read MoreClancy School hosted a Spring Concert consisting of three schools. Clancy, Boulder, and Montana City students attended this nice concert on May 19th. Ana has been playing the clarinet this year and participated in the concert. Ana and all of the students from the three schools did a fantastic job. Click the picture to see […]
Read MoreThe Missouls Children’s Theatre presented “The Little Mermaid” as conceived and written by Jim Caron, at the Clancy School. The students had tryouts on Monday, they practiced for four days, and presented the program today. Katie got a part as a “Sea Scout” and Ana got a job as a stage manager. For Ana, that […]
Read MoreKatie got a part in her school drama class play as the “Supreme Technocrat”. As part of her costume, she has to have a crown appropriate to the title. Being a life long nerd, I decided she needed something more than the standard crown, she needed a Technocrat’s crown. We rounded up a bunch of […]
Read MoreLast night we went to Clancy School to watch the school’s Christmas program. All of the classes did a great job. Desire’ was in a “Young Women’s Choir”, Ana sang with her class and also played the clarinet in the band. Alia also sang with her class. Carol helped the kindergarten class sing their songs. […]
Read MoreTonight, we all took a trip over to J.J.’s kindergarten school and watched his class perform. They were all darlings and did a great job. They sang five songs and took a whole ten minutes for the entire performance. We can only guess how many hours their teachers practiced with the children to get that […]
Read MoreIt is very rare that I delete a post after it is published. I made this rare exception yesterday. The post was about a school teacher that reprimanded a student after he shared Linux disks with his fellow students. The computers at my house run under Ubuntu Linux, NOT Windows. Many Many people believe that […]
Read MoreYesterday, I posted a nice article from the Helena Independent Record about Clancy School winning the Science Olympiad. Here is another nice article from Jefferson County’s small weekly newspaper. Again, great job Desire’ and Ana! John Clancy students experiment their way to success. by Jefferson County Courier. by Melynda Harrison, MSU News Service and Jan […]
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