21st Century Learning for Pre-K-8 in Shelburne, VT
Join us for our annual Green Up Day event on Friday, May 2nd from 1:00- 3:00 pm! Students, parents and teachers will work together to green up Vermont Day School’s campus by planting flowers, picking up litter and spreading wood chips on our playground areas. We hope to see you then!
This is a fun-filled week to celebrate Vermont Day School educators who bring the magic each and every day! A huge thank you to the VDS Parent Committee for planning a week full of treats and surprises to show our teachers some love!
Come celebrate Vermont Day School’s 10th anniversary! The 10th anniversary celebration will take place on Saturday, May 17th at Hula in Burlington from 6-10 pm. Tickets can be purchased here and include live music from The Grift, along with hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a live auction.
Proceeds from the event will go towards tuition assistance, merit scholarships and supporting VDS’ mission of academic excellence and inspired learning today and into the future! As we have seen applications for tuition assistance almost triple this year, raising funds to help VDS education be more accessible to families in our community is more important than ever.
We hope to see you there! Ticket and event info.
CLIC Week (Create, Learn, Innovate and Celebrate) is an all-school event during which students participate in a project with a unified theme. During our Spring CLIC week, VDS typically partners with a business, who gives us a real-world problem to solve. For past CLIC Weeks, VDS students have worked with Vermont Green, Ben and Jerry’s, Lake Champlain Chocolates, 7th Generation, King Arthur Flour Company, Echo Museum and others. Stay tuned for more info on this year’s project!
Our 2nd-8th grade is heading to Hosmer Point in Craftsbury Common, Vermont for an inspiring adventure in the great outdoors! 2nd/3rd graders attend for one full day (a “lateover”), while 4th-8th graders attend for 3 full days, 2 nights. Students will enjoy swimming and paddling on Hosmer Pond, cooperative team-building activities, visiting the garden, eating in the dining hall, sleeping in cabins, and of course, an evening campfire! HP is always a highlight of our school year!
In March, parents and guests were invited to come to VDS to view student’s projects in Global Studies and STEM during our annual PBL Shares. Below are some photos from these wonderful showcases of student learning:
The 4/5 class is leading our annual Food Drive to benefit the Shelburne Food Shelf from March 17-28. They are accepting donations every morning after drop off in the VDS front hall. Our school goal is to collect 765 of food and non-perishable items for our community!
We look forward to meeting with parents on Thursday 3/20 and Friday 3/21 . Conferences are a chance to discuss your child’s progress, ask questions and look ahead. Portfolios for K-8 students will be coming home, so please be sure to take a look. The portfolios are a way to document student learning throughout he course of the year. 4th-8th grade students are asked to join their conferences. Check your inbox for the digital conference sign up!
All parents are invited to join us in the Community Room for coffee and casual conversation after morning drop off. We look forward to seeing you then!
On Friday, April 11th, the PreK-3rd grade will perform “Winnie the Pooh.” Students will be involved with all aspects of the play production, from learning lines, music and choreography, to designing the set and costumes. It is sure to be a wonderfully creative and heart warming play!
During March 15-18, VDS Middle Schoolers will embark on an ocean ecology trip to Ocean Park, Maine. Stay tuned for more details and photos to come!
Hosted by BETA, The Young Inventors’ Program and Vermont Day School, the Vermont Invention Fair was a very inspiring event with 20 inventors from 6 schools participating. Congratulations to the 10 inventors from Vermont Day School who participated! Check out this WCAX report with a fantastic interview from VDS 6th grader, Emme Lanoue.
