Student Life Program

…aka Electives.

One of the extras that have been introduced while here at Appelsbosch, in the Academy, are electives or in our case the Student Life Program.  All the grade 6-12 students were given several options to choose from and then every Friday afternoon for 6 weeks they spent developing new skills.  Today the Academy had a presentation of the skills learned and presented the students with certificates of completion.  The areas included, out-door survival, sewing, automotive and cheerleading.  Today starts the beginning of new areas of focus.  The options are cooking, photography, gardening and being a good neighbour.  Enjoy the photos of todays presentation.

Bess joined the sewing class

Lara Palmer, Bess Palmer, Josie Biney, Hannah Palmer and Alisia Jacobsen model their creations.  The first week saw the girls heading into to town to pick out patterns, material and notions.  The following weeks included setting the patterns, cutting, sewing and adding the finishing touches.  A huge thank you to Ms Nikki for many hours of hard work to see these outfits to completion!

Alanah and her fellow Cheerleaders!!

Rachel, Alanah, Bethany and Iona demonstrate some dance moves as they build up to the lift seen below.

The lift and finale

The cheerleading skirts were found in the equipment locker and put to use!

John worked alongside our transportation manager Olly Peet and learned about different kinds of engines, what it takes to maintain the Africa Mercy fleet and even drove around the campus!  Here he is explaining about 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines.

He would have preferred to drive a landrover into the gym!

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