Snow Fort

Here are some pictures from today's winter carnival snow fort contest at WHS. The seniors and the freshmen, in particular, really really kicked butt on their forts this year. Because I teach all seniors, I included some pictures from their fort. Below, you can get a good look at the snow bank the students used for the construction of their "fort." The spray painted date is their graduation. They actually built a real staircase that led up to the top "floor" of their fort. You can't really tell from the picture, but the steps really had an equidistant rise/run . . .just like real steps. See one of the tunnels on the left? There was a whole network of tunnels and slides, etc. The kid with the shovel is my dentist's son. Just in case you needed to know that.
Our student senate president standing alongside another senior on top of the fortress. This is the back part of our campus, and you can see how the main snowmobile trail runs right in back of the fort. You can notice from the uprights that this is actually a football field . . .when there isnt like 4 four feet of snow on the ground. There are some pretty trails back there.

Here is a picture of my school, taken from the "living room" of the fort. See the port-a-potty the construction crews use? To the right of that is a door. To the right of THAT, you can see some windows which are obscured by a huge snow drift. That is my classroom. Just in case you wanted to know . . . Some of my seniors, standing on the main staircase of their fort. All the classes did a good job and their work really shows some strong school sprit. That is one thing WHS definitely has . . .school spirit! Tomorrow is the assembly, and then tomorrow night Sally and I are chaperoning the Sadie Hawkins dance. After this week, I think I will be "Winslowed out!"