By Anna Saclolo and Toby Marshall Well it’s 11:10 in the a.m., time to go off to work or home right? No, you’ll miss Mini 5. Wait, what do you mean you’ve never been to Mini 5? Well let me tell you about the party you’ve been missing. Mini 5 is required for students who … [Read more…]
By Dan Oraivej Mini-School, I saw it as a way to get credit for graduation that I failed to get in mainstream. I saw it as a bunch of kids that have too much pride and not enough common sense. I saw it as the easy way out of hard work and an easy way … [Read more…]
By Andrea Hamilton As I sit in a coffee shop, my primal existence place, I sometimes wonder how I got here from where I was one year ago. I was angry, sick and frustrated with life. I had few values or morals, and the ones I had accumulated had vanished. My integrity was gone and … [Read more…]
By Gabe Hargrove
Hey y‘all, this is Matt (Meatball), still lovin’ it out here in Oregon. (Proper pronunciation: O-rah-gun). I just finished another term in school and now I have turned my brain off for the next week so that I may live in blissful ignorance once more. I’ve been doing real well in school, in fact I’ve … [Read more…]
It’s me! Chris! Well, here I am at Fort Campbell, KY.., and I thought I’d drop a line since I missed most of you when I was on leave. Right now I’m sitting at this neat little café…. “The Retro Caffe.” (There are two f’s there.) The first coffee house in Clarksville, TN. Whew. They … [Read more…]
By Emily Matejcek Jay Johnson was in Mini-School quite a while ago, but there are still many memories of him here. He has been very successful after Mini and was very successful during Mini I’m sure. Before the last issue I found Jay’s phone number and tried to get in touch with him, but never … [Read more…]
Dear Mini-School staff and students,Greetings and salutations guys and gals. All right that was a terrible opening, but what do you want? “Have a great Navy day?” Anyway this is just another note from one of your boys in blue (really they’re black). Well, Scooter and I went our separate ways March 5, I’m up … [Read more…]
By Geno Faraci When I first walked through the doors of Mini-School I did not think I was in the right class. I did not belong here. I was asked to stand up in the front of class and answer the question “If I was a musical instrument which one would I be and why?” … [Read more…]
Dear Mini-School Staff and Students,Thank you so much for the Winter 1996 issue of Com-Mini-Cations. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the articles and poems in this edition. I also appreciated the reminder about Recognition Night and have put June 4 on my calendar to attend your celebrations that night. Congratulations to you all on a … [Read more…]