By Margaret Hopper

The Governing Council of ALCS (Aldo Leopold Charter School) met March 9, 2017, at the school on East 180 with a quorum of Shauna McCosh, Dale Lane and Dave Peck to start at 5:35 p.m. Ken Stone arrived later.

Lincoln Herrera spoke for the student council, mentioning work each class was doing. This was further expanded in Cheryl Head's staff report. Highlights of her report included that SBA science tests for 7th and 11th graders were finished and PARCC for grades 6-11 would start in April. Ninth and 10th grade PowerPoint -

The new 10th-grade format, World Summit, was presented at GRC Tuesday, and might be continued next year. Also, their research papers will complete their projects in a few weeks. Eleventh-grade projects, integrating US history and language arts, are building their presentations to be presented in April. Seniors are focused on careers and research around their final internship placement. They include career employment, education requirements and source interviews.

Middle school has an overnight campout at City of Rocks, where Dr. Al Grauer, astronomer, is giving a night presentation. Some students are in the Gila area for Leadership Enhancement Workshop, doing activities plus sweat lodge and solo camp out. Juniors and their sponsors will travel to San Diego for the Marine Ecology trip in late March. Seniors and their sponsors will travel to Moab for ecology and activities for their senior trip. Dragonfly Nights fundraiser helped fund this.

The New Mexico History trip, last week, focused on immigration issues. It included courthouse work, the ACLU, and will finish with a Border Patrol agent in class, after spring break. A four-day NM history trip is being planned in April, to include Santa Fe, El Morro, Taos and more. These student trips came under the title of experiential education and travel.

Director Wayne Sherwood used the overhead projector to assist with David BoyceG