That's Entertainment

Having been at Woodstock for a little more than a year now, we've gained some wisdom about how to keep kids entertained for a night. Each semester, we have an advisor night where we take our group (which has grown to 17 students) and do something fun with them. They just wanted to take it easy and watch a movie. We decided to add on to that itinerary with a few Boven specialties. The first key to a good night is to keep our students full of junk food. We started the night with pizza and moved from there to candy, popcorn, cookies, and soda pop.

The next step is to get everyone tired out. We staged an elaborate scavenger hunt that had students running from one end of campus to another. They also entertained themselves by playing other games.

We let the students choose their own movie from a selection. We were a bit disappointed that they didn't choose "The Incredibles," but we made it by with "Cheaper by the Dozen." We've now had our fill of Hillary Duff for an entire year.

Possibly the most important step in making this a successful evening was to employ our students in the cleanup. They did a great job of getting all the desks back in place for Beth's science classes and cleaning off the places where they had spilled pizza and pop.

It was a great change of pace for everyone and we all had a lot of fun. It was also a lot of work, so we're glad that these nights come around only once every semester.

Dave and Beth