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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!
2022 Vermont Youth Cycling Series Champions
Congratulations to the mountain bike team as they are the 2022 Vermont Youth Cycling Series Champions! They showed their depth and grit this weekend entering the final race in the series with several key riders injured. That did not deter them from performing at their best and capturing the championship on a very wet and muddy course.
Co-captain Graham Farrington was recognized by Vermont Youth Cycling with the Flying Ryan Award for sportsmanship. This is a well-deserved recognition. Additionally, several athletes were recognized for their overall individual performances throughout the series. These include Schuyler Hagge (2nd overall in A Girls), Pip Shaw, Pea Richardson, and Lili Morris (1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively in B Girls), Averil Stevens, and Levi Halley (2nd and 4th respectively in B Boys), and Reno Halley (4th Overall in C Boys).
Currently, the team is in second place behind Stratton Mountain School in the Northern New England Race Series with two more races before the league series Championship.
Way to go Woodstock MTB!
Leadership Summit for Social Justice
The students at WUHSMS hosted the second Leadership Summit for Social Justice at the Killington Grand Hotel. The event had a mix of students from Woodstock Union High School Middle School and Hartford Area Career & Technology Center attend from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students from Woodstock organized an eventful day starting with a session by Ithaca School District's Superintendent Dr. Luvelle Brown who spoke to the students about stories, policies, and student voice in his school district. This was followed by a presentation on the results from a Community Survey by School Board Chair Keri Bristow. The remainder of the day was spent in a student-led workshop to craft a Vermont Student Equity Guide for schools in the Upper Valley.
