Middle School Book Club reads Katherine Arden's Small Spaces

Tuesday was the first meeting of the Middle School Book Club! We are reading Katherine Arden's Small Spaces in preparation for her upcoming visit to our school. The publisher's note describes the book as "...a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure."

Prior to writing the Small Spaces quartet for middle-grade readers, Arden wrote The Bear and the Nightingale for adults which was on The New York Times bestseller list. Publishers Weekly described it as "stunning" and Booklist called it "utterly bewitching." We have Arden's debut novel in our library along with the second book in the Winternight Trilogy titled The Girl in the Tower.

The Middle School Book Club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00-12:30 pm and Katerine Arden will be visiting later this month or in early February. The Young Adult Diverse Books Book Club will be meeting on January 24 at 11:00 am to discuss Black Birds in the Sky and the Faculty/Staff Book Club will be meeting on January 30 at 3:15 pm to discuss Solito: A Memoir.

If you are interested in joining any of these book clubs, please stop by the library. If you have overdue books, please return them and pick out some new titles for your winter reads.

Vermont legislative pages 2023

Each year, thirty eighth grade Vermont students are selected by the state to work as Legislative Pages in the Vermont State House. We would like to congratulate our Woodstock pages for 2023, Adelle Danilchick and Nicholas Cellini!

The pages live and work in Montpelier for 6 weeks during the legislative session, providing support for members of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative offices. Serving as a page offers a unique opportunity to observe the workings of the legislature and to witness in person the often historic events in our state capital.

Art students make animal clay planters

Seventh and eighth grade Studio Art students used basic forms to build 3D animal clay planters, using a variety of hand building techniques. After several weeks of building and glazing their artworks students took a field trip to our Green House. Abbie Castriotta, our Garden/Greenhouse Manager, taught students how to propagate, plant, and care for a plant of their choice.

Middle School Volleyball Club Off to a Great Start!

The Middle School Volleyball Club is off to a great start! We have 12 students participating (2 absent from the picture), and we've been practicing skills and having scrimmages to become awesome volleyball players!