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| School begins - First day orientation |
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| An older - younger pair-up game |
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| Circus Smirkus did a week's residency as part of our orientation. Our hope in the beginning weeks of school is to create a strong social community of trust and respect, and to lay the groundwork for academic engagement, curiosity, risk taking, and sustained focus. |
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| Charlie - learning to juggle scarves |
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| Anoushka with hoops |
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| Performance at the end of the week |
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| The spinning plates! |
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| Crys with devil sticks |
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| Evan |
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| Mind reading |
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| Yes! |
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| A middle school science seminar |
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| Performing poetry |
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| Bailey at work on a piece of writing |
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| Primary group morning meeting |
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| Darius and Lexi - Reader's theater |
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| Husking corn |
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| Lena and Jez in the gather up at the beginning of writer's workshop |
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| Algebra class |
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| Sharing a good book |
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| The upper elementary group did a 2 day camping trip on the side of Mt. Mansfield at the end of September. – Ari going over some safety information |
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| On the trail |
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| At Cantilever Rock look-out |
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| S'mores! |
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| Brendan at the Bristol Harvest Festival with our cider press |
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| In the garden |
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| Lily and Bill gathering seeds |
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| Some of the harvest |
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| Delights of the garden |
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| Isaiah and Reid at work on the Monarch butterfly project |
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| Butterfly with a mark-recapture tag |
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| We send data to the Monarch Watch Program at the University of Kansas. |
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| A butterfly emerges |
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| Record of data |
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| Cole at work on a math problem |
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| Annie leading conversational Spanish with the upper elementary group |
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| Alexis in Writer's Workshop |
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| Lillie |
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| Building - in the primary room |
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| The middle school group did a 3 day backpacking trip in the Breadloaf Wilderness in October. – 1st morning right before we head out |
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| On Sucker Brook Trail |
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| Sunset silhouettes |
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| Skylight Pond |
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| Leaving Skyline Lodge on the last day - in the snow! |
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| We gleaned vegetables in early November for the local food shelf. – Lily picking kale at New Leaf Organics in Bristol |
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| We joined some of the Addison Gleaners from Middlebury College at Lester Farm in New Haven. |
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| Older-younger mentor relationships begin – Lucas and Henry |
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| Crys and Bailey |
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| Margot and Amelia |
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| Anoushka and Zave |
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| Right before the holiday break in December, we held a bazaar. Families sent in gently used toys, books and other items. Students set up a store and wrapping stations, and some parents set up cooking and craft present-making stations. Students then bought and made presents for family members and friends. The proceeds from the bazaar were donated to the Humane Society of Addison County. |
