School news
Graphing sine curves in Trigonometry
Trigonometry students are working on graphing sine curves using smaller prototypes of water wheels that were made by the NUVU lab. Students were tasked with creating a proposal for a city that needs a waterwheel installed to generate electricity. They could change the height, the size and the speed of the water wheel to give ideas to the city council on which one they should choose.
CRAFT launches first cohort!
CRAFT (Community and Climate Resilience through Agriculture, Forestry, and Technology) has officially launched its first cohort! In just this first semester, 16 students have declared a commitment to work through 6 credits of interdisciplinary, hands-on, community-based learning to earn a credential on their transcript and recognition at graduation! Students across grade levels met at Farm and Wilderness to build community, vote on the program values most important to them, and participate in a community science project on biodiversity.
Pictured above:
First row: Skye Cully, Holden Larmie, Hudson Maxham
2nd Row: Priscilla Richardson, Eleanor Williams, Daphne McDermott
3rd Row: Edwin Lynds, Annesonia Beardsley, Riley O'Neal, Owen Whalen, Jesse Magner
Not pictured: Ada Mahood, John Severance, Kody Latiegne, Schuyler Hagge, Aleks Cirovic, Caleigh Webb
VTLSP Club's Red Ribbon Week
The high school's Vermont Teen Leadership Safety Program (VTLSP) Club had a great time with Red Ribbon Week!
The Red Empire Apples donated by Woodstock Farmers' Market for Nutrition Day were a big hit! This annual tradition that always includes Red Empire Apples saw 5 cases of apples go pretty quickly! Students would comment that the apples were "really delicious" and "I'm not an apple eater, but those apples were great!"
Also, another big hit was the Spin to Win on Destress Day and a prize giveaway of four $10 Amazon gift cards. Students had to write what their "Natural High" was to be eligible in the drawing. Winners for this event were: Cat Delieto, Jada Ruch, Sophia Randolph, and Kassidy Haley. Many of the Spin to Win prizes were donated by the Mount Ascutney Prevention Partnership.
VTLSP is a high school peer-to-peer education, prevention, and activism organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug misuse, risky and impaired driving, teen violence, and teen suicide. The purpose of VTLSP is to develop among teen leaders an awareness of prevention and wellness issues while providing them with the resources, skills and adult support with which to facilitate positive change among their peers.
Reading dystopian works of fiction
In a recent unit, ninth-grade English students have been hard at work reading and analyzing dystopian works of fiction. Check out some candid shots of students reading and working together, plus some awesome posters students made about their books!
Artnatomy students learn at VINS
Did you know that penguins do have knees? And that wings actually move in more of a rowing mechanism than up and down? And that it takes a bird TWO breath cycles to fully exhale? These are just a few of the incredible facts that Ms. Jimerson's Artnatomy students learned at VINS.
Students were on the receiving end of a fascinating interactive lecture about bird anatomy and were treated to an exploration of skulls, bones, and feathers all while being carefully watched over by a tiny screech owl. Rounding out the day was a visit up the tower to complete landscape drawing from a vantage point in line with tree tops; creating a sound map from a sit spot; sketching raptors; and of course, a tumble in the spider web. Students will continue their exploration of bird anatomy through sketching and sculptures with a culminating art exposition. Stay tuned!
