Beauty and the Beast Ballet

Logan River Academy students participated in a culture event at the Ellen Eccles Theater in Logan as they attended the “Beauty and the Beast Ballet”.  Some of the students found it to be mesmerizing with the music, dancers, lighting and costumes.  The story was easy to follow even though there were no words.  The music was expressive (such as slow & soft or anger & concern) and the students were able to feel the emotions, but it was incomplete without the dancers.  The dancers showed the real story, the events that caused or displayed the emotions.  They did a fantastic job and it was a great opportunity for our students to be exposed to another form of art and expression.

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Halloween

On Halloween, we had a party for the Logan River Academy students. We started by splitting the students up into three groups and showing them a short Halloween Film. Following the film, the students came to the gym for the party which began with a costume contest. There were four categories for the costume contest; Best use of Material, Most Creative, Most true to character and Best overall. Many of the students dressed up and participated in the contest. The winning costumes were: an 80’s fitness trainer for most creative, an 80’s Cat lady and her cats for best use of material, Steve Urkel for most true to character and Pocahontas for best overall.  After the costume contest, we divided the students into groups and had a haunted house contest. The students were all given the same materials and about 20 minutes to work on their houses. After the 20 minutes, three of the teachers judged the houses and chose three groups for the winners. Some of the students were very focused and creative on their houses. This was followed by refreshments and the students were allowed to participate in a group or individual Halloween photo booth.  The students could use fun holiday themed props to pose in front of Halloween backdrops. Overall the students seemed to enjoy the party and it was a big success.

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Scary Stories on the Lawn

As part of a class at Logan River Academy, students went to Stokes Nature Center in Logan Canyon on Halloween eve and listened to Daniel Bishop.  The students drank hot chocolate and sat around a campfire as Daniel told the students about the mysteries and a few of the stories about the canyon, such as Bigfoot and the LakeMonster at Bear Lake.  One of the stories he told was about the Witch of the Wind Caves.  She was a settler in Logan.  But not just any settler, she was an outcast.  Eventually, she moved to Logan Canyon and no one has seen her since.  If you go to Spring Hollow Bridge today in your car at night and park there and if you wait long enough, the fog will come in on the bridge.  If you stay longer, you will start to see shadows in the fog.  If you stay even longer, you will see the witch at your window who will ask you, “WHAT DO YOU WANT?”

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER