Class Continues Farm-School Relationship with Ripton Farmer

In the fall of 2006 our upper elementary group joined the Farm to School Program organized by NOFA - the Northeast Organic Farms Association. We began a relationship with Nola Kendra, who owns Nola's Secret Garden and produces greens for area markets. Two years later the relationship is going strong. The class has been out to Nola's twice and Nola has come to the school to see our garden. In between visits, Nola and the students write letters back and forth. Here are photos from a recent visit.

We arrive at Nola's.

Nola brings us into her greenhouse.


C, Evan and Kellen help with the watering.


Nola talks about the different greens and herbs she is growing.






Nola takes us on a walk into the National Forest that borders her property.


A trout lilly in the path


We come to a beaver pond. There are jellied blobs of frog eggs all along the shore - from which tadpoles are hatching as we watch.


The beaver dam area is extensive.


Back at Nola's before we leave, she serves up a chocolate cake she made for us.

Red Cedar High School Class Trip to Boston and Acadia 2008

High school class at the hostel in Boston, MA.

Kelsey and Chelsea in the city.

Chelsea at the arthropod exhibit, Museum of Natural History Harvard U.

Kelsey and Matt rocking in the free world.

Pizzeria Regina, Thatcher St, North End Boston...

MIT Science Museum, Cambridge, MA...Is that Kelsey's eye ball?

Traveling on the MBTA trains. Is this Kendall station?

Aerial view of the greater Boston watershed, Museum of Science Boston.

Chelsea and Kelsey at Fenway Park.

Boston skyline from Fenway Park.

Brendan at Fenway Park. Home of the Boston Red Sox!

Kelsey and Chelsea at Fenway Park.

Boston defeats Toronto in the bottom of the ninth, 1-0.

Vasily at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.

Archaeopteryx fossil at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Vasily watching Eartha at the Delorme map headquarters, Yarmouth, ME.

Vasily, Eric, and Matt at the Blackwoods Campground, Acadia National Park, ME.

Matt scoping the sea ducks in the Gulf of Maine.

Eric and his product endorsement of goldfish, popcorn, and slimjim.

Kelsey at Ship Harbor, Maine. What is she doing?

Vasily discovers the wonder of tide pooling!

Marita birding on the ferry to Swan's Island, Maine.

Matt enjoying the sunset from the slopes of Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, ME.

What happened to their teeth?!

Vasily and Eric skiing across the tidal mudflats.

Vasily recovering from his romp across the tidal mudflat.

High school class enjoying some ice-cream in front of Ben and Bills Ice-cream Emporium, Bar Harbor, ME.

Eric at the Swan's Island Lighthouse after a day of biking in Acadia National Park.

Wow! That is some big seaweed!

Kelsey with her friend kelpy!

That quite a hairstyle!

Wow..there goes a Blue-headed Vireo and Pine Warbler! Studying urban landscapes and neotropical migrants at the Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Kelsey and Chelsea at the Boston Museum of Science.

Spring Variety Show

We held our Variety Show on the evening of April 16. Students performed one-act plays, skits, music, poetry, magic, gymnastics and more. Here are a few snapshots from the show.

Sean, Jezriel and Gracie in a scene from Goldifox and the Three Chickens


Jezriel, Gracie and Margot in a scene from Goldifox


Eric performs Mardy Bum by the Artic Monkeys


Toby, Nadine, Xzavia and Isaiah perform a jumprope routine


Adrian and Kellen perform The Pet Shop – a Monty Python Skit


Kelsey sings Stay by Sugarland


Amelia, Sam and Xzavia in a gymnastics performance


Leyla sings Yo Me Llamo Cumbia, a traditional Colombian song


Evan and C perform The Cheese Shoppe – a Monty Python Skit