Last Saturday night, the men's dorm had their second annual ramen cook-off in the home-ec room. Five teams chopped, boiled, shredded, fried, crushed, sprinkled, and poured ingredients such as eggs, pepper, carrots, cabbage, potato chips, BBQ sauce, mushrooms, onions, Takis Fuego chips, ginger, salt, and much in an effort to create the perfect ramen [...]
On Wednesday evenings, instead of regular dorm worship, the deans of both dorms join forces to plan a joint worship in the chapel. This Wednesday evening, the men's dorm led the music. Mr. Serna, the men's dean, and one of the senior guys led us in two songs, and introduced us to a third [...]
Last Friday evening after Vespers, I spent some time relaxing and enjoying a typical Sabbath evening with the men in the men's dorm. One group of guys gathered around the fireplace to play and sing praise together. Song after song filled the lobby and drifted down the halls - "My hope is built on [...]
'Tis the season for Christmas parties! In the dorms, students celebrated with gift exchanges. In the women's dorm, the gift exchange came as the culmination of a semester-long "secret sisters" program. At the beginning of the year, girls drew names and surreptitiously slipped notes of encouragement a small gifts to the person chosen. At [...]
We have such a great bunch of students here at Wisconsin Academy! We took group pictures this week of our dorm families, and thought you might enjoy seeing them. Men's deans Enrique Serna and Mike Cho are doing a tremendous job leading the 38 men in their dorm. Womens' deans Willyta Wamack and Heidi [...]
This past Sunday, men's dean Kevin Wilkinson led the students in a series of activities designed to build trust and community. Students had to work together and rely on one another to accomplish many of the challenges. The final activity involved a $20 bill, a rat trap, and a promise. Wilkinson closed the evening [...]
