Another Successful Group of Students

Another group of Logan River Academy students reached the milestone of meeting graduation requirements and had the opportunity to participate in a commencement ceremony.  As we gathered to celebrate the progress of these young dedicated students, each one joyfully walked up to accept his or her high school diploma as parents and friends from around the nation gathered to look on and congratulate them on their success. As always, we are very proud of all of our graduates and hope for the very best for each of their futures. 

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

USU & Bridgerland Tours

Logan River students enjoyed another tour of Utah State University and Bridgerland Applied Technology College this last semester.  What stood out for students on the USU tour was the great atmosphere.  They observed the diverse student body that embraced a positive and diverse culture.  It was overwhelming and impressive for them to learn how much goes on at one single campus and to learn that it is an academic powerhouse.  Afterall, USU is a Carnegie Level One school—top 3% of schools in the country.  At Bridgerland, the students were able to tour a school that provides a fast track towards their future college and career success.  They were awestruck at the amount of courses offered that enables a person to get a job within a short period of time. It is always a great opportunity to expose our students to a couple of different options for their post-high school education and give them a chance to think about what they might like pursue for their own future education and careers.

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A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Organ Festival

 Some of our students enjoyed attending an Organ Festival at the Kent Concert Hall on Utah State University's Campus recently. Stephen Cleobury played a selection of Organ Music which was at times accompanied by the Utah State University Chorale and Chamber singers. The students enjoyed the variety of music as some pieces were fast and spirited while others were slow and contemplative. The students also remarked on the intricacy of the organ tubes, the different moving pieces and complexity of the instrument.

We have had a fun filled semester and the students are enjoying their exploration of culture and art!

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Craft in America

 Our Adventure Art and Culture class went off campus this semester to view a film screening at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art that complimented the exhibition exploring craft and art. The film was called Craft in America and showed the working processes and lifestyles of different craft artists in America. The film explored everything from basket weaving and glassblowing to ceramics and jewelry making. The students enjoyed seeing and learning about the different processes and products that each method produced. It also didn't hurt that there was a snack table at the screening.

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Adventure Art and Culture

One of the classes we offer at Logan River Academy is an Adventure Art and Culture course which gives students the opportunity to explore a variety of cultural and adventurous activities that help broaden their understanding of different types of art and expression. The students attend local cultural and art exhibits and spend time in nature on hikes and in different plein air (on location painting or drawing) art activities.

One of the events the students attended this semester was a one woman show that explored different depictions of influential women in black history. The performance by actress Janice Brooks was engaging and entertaining. The students enjoyed singing some of the historical songs as Janice led the audience in song and appreciated her transformation of costumes and personality between her depictions of the different women.

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design Exhibition

A class of Logan River Academy students recently went to the beautiful Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art on the Utah State University campus.  The students were met by a guide who showed and explained the intricate art displays.  The first artwork was a permanent installation of 100 shoes hanging on wire cords from the ceiling.  The guide pushed a button and the shoes started making sounds. Soon, the students realized the shoes were making rhythmic music.  They were then shown and told the history of artwork from the Black Mountain College of Design through the exhibition ‘Shaping Craft + Design’. The displays included a double sided tree made out of wires which looked like a painting, vases and urns with intricate designs, knotted-like patterns, interesting designs from orange threads being sewn together, attractive and practical chairs and desks made from different kinds of rich materials, and very colorful 3-D sculptures that seemed to jump out at you.  The students also had the opportunity to show their own artist abilities with the watercolor pencils made available for their use. It was a great, enriching experience for the students to be exposed to so many different forms of art and be able to express themselves with their own art as well.

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

A Student and Teacher Relationship

One of the many Logan River Academy students took several classes from one specific LRA teacher who started out with long brown hair with a touch of white.  Over time, the student watched as things began to change for this teacher. One day she noticed that the teacher showed up to work with a new hairdo, only to discover it was a wig. The teacher had shaved her head.   The student also watched as the teacher ate a snack between classes so that she would not vomit, as she was going through chemo treatments.  The student then watched as her teacher struggled with her thoughts as she battled chemo brain and the fatigue from radiation.  The student then turned to her teacher for ideas for a service project.  The student knew she wanted to do something for the Cancer Center and who would be better to learn from but that teacher.  The student, along with several girls, later went with her teacher to the Intermountain-Huntsman Cancer Center in Logan to deliver the blankets they had made for the patients to help them stay warm during their chemo treatments.   The teacher’s appreciation for the student grew stronger as she watched her (and the other girls) show kindness and care to others going through similar experiences in battling cancer.   It was a special experience for everyone involved.

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A PREMIER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER

A Future Teacher at LRA?

Do we have a future teacher walking the halls of Logan River Academy?  A student was recently given an opportunity to teach something she had learned to her classmates and she took full advantage of it.  (After all, it has been said that you learn something better if you can teach it to another person.)  The first thing she did was what all teachers do; she used some time to prepare by writing some things on the white board.  When she and the class were ready, it was time for her to teach.  Her presentation was great, the skills were correctly taught, and she even had the class participating and answering questions.  Way to go future teacher!

LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
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