Alpine Valley School

What a week. 🌞

Our last photo post of the year — can you believe it? The final day of the 2025-26 school year is next Thursday, and we're soaking up every last bit of it.

This week we cracked open the brand new yearbooks and got completely lost in them, reliving a year's worth of memories together. Most of our energy went into prepping for tomorrow's graduation — cooking, decorating, and pulling together every detail for our Class of 2026. Speaking of which, please join us TOMORROW, Saturday, May 16th at 10:30 AM to celebrate our graduates! The reception is a tea party, and we made a trip to the tea shop this week to gather everything we need. ☕

Thursday was unofficially declared Moustache Day after a student brought in a bag of costume moustaches and, well, things escalated beautifully. Gastronomy Corporation whipped up fresh pasta, bread, and strawberry lemonade in their weekly cooking class. A spontaneous craving led to a group trip for snow cones. We welcomed visiting families on a tour. And School Meeting was buzzing — birthdays celebrated, a new rule about where slime is allowed in the building considered, and a thoughtful conversation about updating our Personal Device Policy.

It's been a wonderful year. Thank you for following along with our weekly updates — every single one of them. We're off to soak up summer, and we'll see you back here on August 19th. 💛

What a week! 🎱

Last Friday, our alumni came together for Victory Pie — a pool tournament fundraiser that welcomed the brand new class of 2026 graduates into our alumni community. Players could pay for advantages (or disadvantages!) in the game, and we had an absolute blast raising over $2,000 for the school. Welcome to the family, graduates!

The rest of the week was just as full. A student set up a film projector in the theater and screened a series of silent movies. Volunteers transformed the art room into a star factory, assembling paper banner decorations for our upcoming graduation ceremony. Students painted each other's faces. And on Wednesday, a surprise Spring snowstorm gave us an unexpected snow day.

Behind the scenes, we welcomed a prospective family for a campus tour, got a head start on next year's field trips, and started dreaming up our 30th anniversary Gala Party — and trust us, it's going to be something 🌟AMAZING🌟.

We're heading into the last full week of the school year, with a clothing swap on Tuesday, May 19th and our end-of-year picnic on Thursday, May 21st still to come. And of course, graduation is next Saturday, May 16th — we'd love to see you there!

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