Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Ty, where were you????

Extreme kitchen make-over!
Today we left the crews from THREE Home Depot Stores at our school to remake our kitchen!
When we returned OUR KITCHEN had been demolished! New microwaves! New counters! new EVERyTHING!
Thanks to Mary Botts, we have an extreme kitchen make over and a great boost for our school!
THANK YOU HOME DEPOT!!!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Boise- a supportive community...

Running a non-profit business is tough.
HOWEVER!
So many people help us provide a quality education for our students!
Our Board of Directors gets things done! Thank you!!!!!
Parent Mary Botts gets a THANK YOU for getting Home Depot to see us as a viable recipient for their "Volunteer Month" and getting our kitchen redone!
Dave Norton and Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter finds us those who contribute to successful non-profit organizations. Thank you!
Kelli Herring supports us! THANK YOU!
The J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation provided us with computers to help our students get ready for technology at the university level. Thank you!
Boise'sBest Real Estate is a supporter of our school! Thank you!
Papa Joe's Pizza helps us! Thank you!
Rendezvous Restaurant helps us! Thank you!
Teachers at our school work not for the $$$
they work to make difference...THANK YOU!

Parent Cyndi D. at HP, THANK YOU!

Can your company help us best prepare Idaho youth for success? We are a non-profit organization...

We have a a short time to make our students go-getters in this world- people who make CHANGE.
Please contribute!

Host families!

We need host families for foreign students requesting Sheridan Academy as the high school to preparing them for success at a university!
Our foreign students come with excellent English skills, health insurance, and a desire to learn.
Host families recieve a monthly stipend to cover costs of the extra teen!
If you can host a students for 9 or 4 months, please call us!

Where have you been?

Our 12th year!
Greetings to all who have looked for a while for something fresh at this blog!
Our 12th year starts very well! We have 7 foreign students who work very hard!
We have returning and new students who realize that Sheridan is the place to LEARN and get in to and succeed in a university!!!!!!!

We have Home Depot giving us an "extreme kitchen makeover" in two weeks!

We have Mr. Welker teaching! and we LOVE his attention to detail!
We have a GREAT article in the Statesman paper showing how we work!
We open the doors to education, but our students MUST WALK THROUGH!
They are learning this.
What did you do today to make a difference in your life and the lives of others?
Our students from Vietnam, China, etc., appreciate that we ask them to say, "Yes, Mr. Welker," and "Yes, Mr. Norton" when asked to do a task!
Let's be different than others! (NOT better, different!)
Let's have manners and class.
Let's have couth and grace!
push, push, push...
Sheridan has only 180 days of intsruction each year to get your student ready for success!