Red Cedar School

3/17/08

Students Share Learning with Parents

On the morning of March 13, primary and upper elementary students shared learning from the past months with their parents. The primary group has been studying the human body in science and shared models, drawings and diagrams, writing and experiments. They have also undertaken a 'Northern Studies' humanities exploration and shared writing and artwork from this integrated study.

Gabe tells his mother about the dog sled visit while looking at pictures of the expereince.

Nadine shows her project to Amelia's mom.

Nadine's drawing of the brain

Amanda reads her writing to her parents.

Amelia shares her project on the human heart with her grandparents.

Amelia's model of the human heart - which she made from duct tape, balloons, paint and plastic tubing

Louis's project on cells

The upper elementary group shared their science models as well as personal narrative stories, essays, poetry and fiction writing they have done this year.

Adrian demonstrates his Wright flyer with circuits and small motors.

Miranda, Zoe, Nimaya and Jezriel demonstrate their steam engine boats.

Kellen demonstrates his magnetic guass rifle.

Margot with her alternative energies project.

NImaya's dad, Ark, reads her fiction story.

Evan and C demonstrate their levitating magnet model.

Sean and John prepare to launch the film can cannons.

POP!

3/15/08

Vermont Dog Sled Visits Red Cedar

Lissy Heminway (partner of teacher Bill Heminway) brought a dog team to school on Monday, March 3rd.

Getting set up

Lissy

Willow

Adrian with Glaston and Willow

Sean with Gilly and Leo

Heading out

Another kind of team

3/5/08

Older Students and Staff Take to the Woods for Three Days

Red Cedar's middle and high school students, and all of the school's staff, set off on a winter camping trip on February 20 - 22. Our intention was to cultivate a deeper sense of interdependence within the upper school community, give students an intensive experience with the natural world, and focus on the leadership role of the older students in our K-12 school.

Planning the trip together, figuring out how to deal with the frigid cold, getting all our provisions a mile up the mountain through snow to the cabin (and back down again), sharing a very small space for three days, meeting to talk about our goals for the year—personal and collective—and our hopes for the remaining months, figuring out together how to meet everyone's needs throughout the experience, spending lots of time in the snow under the clearest of blue skies in fiercely cold air, watching the full moon rise over Camel's Hump just across the valley from the cabin and watching the lunar eclipse from the windows and porch of the cabin, listening to night owls, skiing and snowshoeing by the light of the sun and the moon > all brought us closer together with each other and the woods of Sleepy Hollow.