Burkies at the Caledonia County Fair
Three
vanloads of staff and students hit the Caledonia County Fairgrounds on Friday
evening, August 28th. Some students dressed the part while
others did their best to try EVERY "fair food" item sold: fried dough, onion
flowers, fried Snickers(!), apple crisp, sausages, French fries, and cotton
candy (known as "fairy hair" in Australia,
as Luke told us). The food may have taken its toll on some, but the rumor
was that a few lost their insides on a couple of the rides! The $1 games
were also a hit with students and staff going head to head on the water gun
shooting match, and the peach basket toss. It was a great evening with
lots of local color and florescent lights to brighten the night. Christin Lathrop
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Orientation
On Sunday, August 30th the Burkies embarked on the yearly adventure known as the All-School Orientation. Traditionally this event is characterized by a series of endurance oriented events to challenge the body and mind, inspire a sense of community among the students, and to get everyone thoroughly lost somewhere along the way. This year the event lived up to its (in)famous reputation as six teams of Burke athletes and staff raced their way behind Burke Mountain to some arduous mudpits, then by bike to an overgrown stretch of ditch that needed clearing, then to Bald Hill Pond where teams canoed across the lake and back, and finally across to Center Pond to a set of kayaks and a rope swing. Along the way there were various tasks to complete in order to find out where to go next, such as puzzles that each team put together and flipped over to reveal a map on the back, as well as bottles with messages buried in mud. By the end of the 8+ hour race, the students and staff were all pretty exhausted but seemed to enjoy the post-race BBQ while some kids paddled around in kayaks and played on the rope swing.
Matt Johnson
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