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if you ever find yourself at the ranch on a hot day, watch out! the upper levels have a stash of water balloons!

"it was actually quite refreshing when they came at me with the water balloons"
-steven

"i didn't even see them coming!"
-stuart

"one day when they're unsuspecting... i'll find those water balloons and i'll get them back!!"-brooke

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three-legged soccer turned into a laugh-fest!

the girls had a lot of coordination and team-work practice!

pre-graduation jitters!

this week's graduates!

check out the graduate blog to see the graduation pics!

these are the girls getting ready for the graduation, not all of them knew i got them on camera!

the graduates in their last "glam" shot!

thursday advancements!

we held our advancement panels on the dock at the lower pond this week, the speeches were incredible, and we had two girls advance!

"i want to be sober for me"

-natalie

"i can't tell you how much of a change i have seen in myself since before i came to Diamond Ranch Academy to now... going up for supervisor, it is just like a dream. if you believe in yourself, then you are going to be so much more successful..."

-sydney

my trusty "A" team: drew, kamiah, and ashley!
these girls are some of my trusted upper-levels who are chosen to help out with advancements. they are assertive, honest, and care about the progress of the younger students.

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fiesta time!
a few of the girls wanted to hit a pinata, so we did...

after smashing the pinata full of h2o balloon certificates, ledger and student store cash, we had a really good discussion from don't sweat the small stuff...
"RELAX!"
"it comes... from reminding yourself over and over again that you have a choice in how you respond to life."

after dinner, we watched National Treasure 2

"GOOD TIMES WITH MY UPPER LEVELS!"
-tayleigh

BrAceLeTs

For the Saturday activity we made bead bracelets.  The girls had a blast being creative and mixing COLORED beads.  We also watched "Hairspray" and everyone sang along.  Thank you Jentry for the fun activity.

Melissa (Media Club)

Weed Picking and BBQ Night!

After class on Friday all the girls were split into groups for a WEED PICKING CONTEST.  The girls campus was cleared of weeds when they found out the winning team would have a PIZZA PARTY!  Staff and students eagerly participated and everyone enjoyed themselves.  The night was completed with an AmAzInG BBQ! 

Look at all those weeds!!

Their pile was pretty big...

even bigger...

WINNERS!!

Enjoying the BBQ!!