School news
C.R.A.F.T. wraps up first official year
The first official year for the CRAFT program is wrapping up! Current and rising CRAFT students gathered at Springbrook Farm in Reading to tour the cheese making operation and dairy barns. We also reflected on the first year of classes and experiences and set some good structures and excitement in place for the 23-24 school year. For a closing reflection, students completed this phrase: "CRAFT IS" with: hands-on, community, helps you get outside, fun, an adventure, a lot of trees, community building, creative, gardening, fun, cool, awesome, amazing, great, exciting, building resilient systems, not boring, creativity, our future, growing and eating a lot of good food, learning, an experience, outdoorsy, interesting, and crucial for our future. Couldn't say it better!
Food & forest systems field trip
Students in Food and Forest Systems worked with the U.S. Forest Service and the Green Mountain Club to learn about and remove invasive species from the Appalachian Trail on Rte. 12. They also viewed a cabin that has been there since the 1930"s to make suggestions for what it might be used for on the trail.
The field trip finished their field experience by visiting the Kiss the Cow Farm in Barnard to learn about their agricultural practices, meet the cows and enjoy some of their incredible ice cream!
AP Environmental Science spring field trips
AP Environmental Science has had a few spring field trips to explore things that most people take for granted, wastewater treatment and electricity. First in April we visited the Woodstock Wastewater Treatment Plant that is located near East End Park. We learned that there is a lot of science to wastewater treatment including the use of microbes, chemical disinfection and water quality monitoring.
For our second spring field trip, we toured the McNeil Biomass power plant in Burlington and the Winooski One hydropower generating station on May 18th. Students learned about how electricity is generated and about how these two renewable stations try to minimize their environmental impact.
Woodstock Unified basketball team plays first game
The Woodstock Unified Basketball Team played its first ever game against Hartford last Thursday, April 20th. The team earned a win with a score of 41-40. The stands were packed with smiling and cheering fans for both teams!
The Woodstock Unified Basketball Team played its first ever game against Hartford last Thursday, April 20th. The team earned a win with a score of 41-40. The stands were packed with smiling and cheering fans for both teams!
Stewardship Action Project class builds bird nesting boxes
Students in our Stewardship Action Project class, Holden Larmie, Declan McCullough and Cyrus Hawkins are building bird nesting boxes in the innovation lab to sell in the spring sale. These boxes are wonderful nesting sites for bluebirds and swallows and provide a safe haven for returning birds to safely raise their young.
Students in Foundations of Agriculture are hand mowing down the cover crop in the garden beds and pressing it down and covering it to allow it to die back. The advantage of a cover crop is reducing erosion, building soil health and providing necessary nutrients to new plants that we will be growing in our garden. We have 3 student interns working with Ms. Castriotta this summer will help to manage our garden crops which will allow us to plant a wide variety of fresh, local food!
