This week, students had their first session of Winter PE at the Shelburne Field House. Students will continue to go to the Field House once per week for sports and games throughout the months of January and February. The first visit was particularly special for students, as it was their first trip on our new school bus!

Our 1st annual Gingerbread Festival was a huge success! Vermont Day School students and community members enjoyed lots of fun-filled gingerbread themed activities, including constructing a life-sized cardboard gingerbread village, decorating gingerbread houses, creating and sewing a stuffed gingerbread person and exploring with gingerbread playdough! A big shout-out to all who participated in the gingerbread structure competition and congratulations to the winners! The submissions were so creative. Many thanks to our Parent Committee for helping to organize this event, and to Vermont Day School families for contributing to the silent auction fundraiser for our financial aid fund.

Congratulations to our talented musicians on their outstanding performance at the Shelburne Town Hall on December 7th. The songs and dances were fun and festive, and your voices, instrumental pieces and stage strong presence were impressive! Thanks to all the parents, grandparents, siblings and Vermont Day School friends and supporters in the audience.

 

Thanks to the generosity of our families, we collected 420 lbs. of food to donate to the Chittenden County Emergency Foodshelf.  This surpassed our goal of 360 lbs. of food. On December 13th, the 4/5 class delivered the donated items to the Foodshelf in Burlington, and also received a tour of the facility.

The 4/5 class was excited to welcome Dr. Tom Roland, Radiation Oncologist at UVM, into their STEM classroom to kick off their human anatomy unit. The students had the opportunity to ask Dr. Roland detailed and thoughtful questions about his work and background, how he diagnoses and interacts with patients, and how the body systems interact to keep us healthy.