Holbrook Indian School
Chilly Day, Big Smiles by Nicole Potgieter
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t 5:30 a.m., before the winter morning had even begun to dawn, the campus was already stirring to life. It was Rec Day for the students at Holbrook Indian School (HIS)—one of the highlights of the school year. This year there were three different field trips for the students to choose from. One group went to Bearizona, a safari park. Another group signed up to go bowling and ice skating. The third group went skiing and snowboarding. The first group of students loaded up early and headed for Sunrise Park Resort on the Fort Apache Reservation, where skis and snowboards awaited them. The excitement was palpable as the bus
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drove off campus. A few hours later, the safari park and bowling/skating groups were ready to go. The buses pulled out of the driveway and Rec Day began. The two-hour drive to the safari park in Williams, Arizona, seemed to take forever. Finally, Bearizona came into view and the students got ready for the drive-through safari. Phone cameras clicked as bison ambled across the road. Up next were the wolves, who surrounded the bus and sniffed the tires. Finally, the wolves wandered off and the safari could continue. The fuzzy, cuddly-looking black bears were among the kids’ favorite animals. When the safari came to an end, everyone headed to the
PHOTOS: NICOLE POTGIETER, LOREN FISH, ULYSSES CAMPOS
A Seventh-day Adventist Boarding Academy Serving Native American Youth Since 1946
