AVID speaker: Mr. Bart Vandegrift

We has the privilege of hearing Mr. Bart Vandegrift, the Chelan County Court Commissioner today, for the AVID speaker of the week. Mr. Vandegrift has been an appointed judge for the juvenile and family court for the past 17 years. I really liked his words of wisdom that he presented today:

1. If you're not a genius, work harder.

2. Make friends with inspirational people.

3. Get out of your comfort zone.

4. READ READ READ 

(and no, I didn't pay him to say that!) He encouraged the students to read everything they enjoy and then try something new. Wow, I couldn't have said it better. 

We have an author coming!!

I have some exciting news: on February 29th Devri Walls, a YA fantasy author from Idaho, will be here to share with some of our English classes. I have purchased five of her books and they will be available after she speaks.

Here are her books. The Wings of Arian, Wings of Lomay, Wings of Tavea and Wings of Nestor are all in the Solus Series.  The Wizard's Heir is a stand alone title. I hope you get to hear her, she should be very interesting. She visited Quincy High School last year and they enjoyed her so much they invited her back this year. She added more high schools in our area on her tour. If you are a writer, be sure to speak to Mrs. Gemeinhart so you can be a part of a group of student writers who spend some time with Devri Walls.