Looking Ahead with AHIA
Friday--November 29, 2019 Colorado Lagoon Tree Lighting Ceremony
Holiday fun with music from the Wilson High School Choir. Santa delivered on a fire truck with blaring sirens. Polly's Coffee hot chocolate plus homemade chocolate chip cookies. Then of course the countdown to the lighting of the trees. It is a great night of fun.
3rd Week of December 2019 Holiday Lights Contest
Be a winner when you light up your house for the holidays. A crack team of AHIA Holiday Lights Judges will cruise the neighborhood for the best of the best. It's not to early to start planning your holiday lights.
Thank You 2019 AHIA Picnic Raffle Prize Providers
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Spotlight on a Neighbor
Luke Wannemacher is a Flying Squirrel
Luke Wannemacher lives in Alamitos Heights. In October 2018, he joined a STEAM program (STEM + Arts) called Destination Imagination (“DI”). DI builds extraordinary life skills such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, teamwork and communication skills. DI blends creativity with hands-on scientific exploration. Kids get to dream up ideas, and then use scientific principles to make it real.
Luke Wannemacher, Jade Steege, Allegra Steege, Harrison Armus, Emerson La Porta and Maya Geer are The Flying Squirrels. The Flying Squirrels spent the last 6 months logging 150+ hours building, testing and learning from dozens of prototypes, as well as writing scripts, building set elements and creating props. They applied pneumatics, mathematics, aerodynamics, and rocket science, to create a device that could fly, land and drop payloads with remarkable precision. They wrote a narrative that was incredibly top-of-mind, diving into the bright and dark sides of humankind’s relationship with important evolutionary advancements with fire, trade, language and today’s use of technology, particularly the effects of social media and device addiction.
The 2019 Flying Squirrels competed in the LA Regional Tournament and the California State Tournament and won both the Technical and the Creative components of their challenge. They are headed to the 2019 Global Finals in Kansas City to compete with national and international teams.
If you would like to help the Flying Squirrels they are fundraising the trip to the Global Finals. Options for tax-deductible donations are as follows:
1) Venmo @DI-Squirrels,
2) Make a check to California Creativity Association, and mail it to Flying Squirrels 28 Prospect Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803
3) Credit card donations may be made at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/caldi
- Via credit card elect the option to donate for a “special purpose” and look for the Flying Squirrels team name on the pull-down menu.
