Join us on Thursday, November 10th at 2pm in the Community Room!
The 4/5 Class will be presenting their rendition of The Magic Flute
News and Events
November 14-18- CLIC Week
Fall CLIC Week! We will embark on a special school project. It’s a surprise!
VDS Middle School to Travel to Costa Rica
If you see our Middle School students washing cars, selling plants, or making spaghetti dinners, it means they are actively fundraising for their opportunity to travel to Costa Rica this spring.
Students in grades 6-8 will be experiencing an 8 day environmental conservation travel experience in Costa Rica. There, they will assist biologists with vital wildlife conservation projects in the Cloud Forests of Monteverde, zipline through the rainforest on a Cloud Forest canopy your, track endangered jaguars and ocelots using remote camera traps, visit a local school, tour an organic cocoa and coffee farm, and more!
Learn More: Vermont Day School Costa Rica Itinerary 2023
November 30 – Community Conversation: The Digital Lives of Children
The Digital Lives of Children: a practical and non-judgmental look at what kids are encountering and strategies to guide them, with Dr. Jill Walsh
Join us: Wednesday, November 30, 6pm at Vermont Day School – Open to the Public
Although there has always been debate about the opportunities and challenges with technology and screen time, there was
at least a list of best practices that we, as parents, could seek out as guidelines. Then the pandemic made technology critical for both our children’s academic and social experiences.
What do best practices look like now? Dr. Walsh will introduce practical and valuable parameters that parents can establish to help set our children up for success while navigating their technology. Particular focus will be on thinking about quantity vs. quality of tech use and addressing challenges like digital socializing.
She will give parents and guardians insight into what our young people are encountering in digital spaces and offer suggestions for ways to help them navigate these challenges safely. Dr. Walsh will provide a research-based approach in addition to focusing on practical strategies that families can readily employ. Her goal is to arm parents and guardians of young children so that they can set their children up for healthy long-term technology use.
Limited seating available. Please R.S.V.P.
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Dr. Jill Walsh is a lecturer and researcher at Boston University. She obtained a PhD in Sociology from Boston University in 2014, a Masters in Public Policy from Brown University, and a B.A from Harvard University. Prior to completing her graduate coursework, she taught, coached, and mentored high school students at the Noble and Greenough School.
Her recent work examines the way that social media, and the need to document the self online, has altered the paths to adolescent development. Her dissertation entitled “The Highlight Reel and Real Me: How Adolescents Construct the Facebook Fable”, is a multi-method study arguing that Facebook has become a public space where adolescents engage in self-reflection and dialogue.
This work has been developed into a book, “Adolescence and Their Social Media Narratives: A Digital Coming of Age”, published in 2017 by Routledge. She currently teaches undergraduate and graduate levels courses on the intersection between society and technology, with an emphasis on the millennial generation.
Visit https://drjillwalsh.com to learn more.
December 2- First Friday Parent Coffee
Join fellow parents in the community room after drop off for coffee and conversation. This week’s meeting topic will be shared with all parents.
December 16 – Gingerbread Festival
A VDS favorite!! Bring in your gingerbread creations for all to see. We’ll then put them on display at the Pierson Library!
This year’s theme will be: Books, Music, & Movies!
October 14 – First Friday Coffee & Parent Committee Meeting
October 18 – VDS Cross Country Team Meet
October 20 – Grandparents and Friends Day
Grandparents and Special Friends are important members of the Vermont Day School community. You are partners in supporting your grandchildren and special students as they learn and grow here at Vermont Day School. There are many ways for you to be involved and we welcome you!
Join us for Grandparents and Friends Day!
Grandparents & Special Friends Day will be held on Thursday, October 20th. We look forward to welcoming you all again this year!
To register and RSVP for 2022 Grandparents and Special Friends Day, please click here.
October 30 and 31- Shelburne and VDS Halloween Parades
Sunday, October 30: Join us at the Shelburne Halloween parade and walk with the VDS float!
Monday, October 31: Celebrate with VDS students as we parade around the school in costume!
November 5 – Fall Admissions Open House
Visit Vermont Day School and see why our students love school!
Saturday, November 5th, 3pm-4:30pm
Connect with administrators, teachers, and parents. Visit classrooms and see our school building!
We offer a gentle PreK program and high-quality, engaged academics for our grades K-8th.VDS offers a rigorous and personalized academic curriculum that meets your child where they are, whether that be providing a boost in skills, or greater challenge and engagement.
Small class size, research-based curriculum and experienced faculty ensure that your child is learning and engaged each and every day. Art, music, outdoor education, STEM and social-emotional education are integrated into learning.
For questions or to R.S.V.P:
Libby Macdonald, Director of Admissions, lmacdonald@vtdayschool.org
Middle School STEM: Finding Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture
Middle School students kicked off their first STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) project of the year at the Shelburne Farms Market Garden. The driving question for this project is, How can we reduce the impact of our food-growing systems on the environment?
We live on a planet with limited resources and a growing population. Growing enough food to feed the global population requires a lot of resources, and meeting global demand and nutritional needs sustainably is a grand challenge that many people are working hard to find solutions for.
In this unit, students will think critically about the ways our agricultural systems are impacting our environment and about what will happen to global food supplies if we continue with business as usual. Together, they will research and explore different sustainable food-growing methods that farmers might be able to use to reduce environmental impacts.
Working in groups, students will then apply their research to design an experiment that tests two approaches to growing vegetables. We will be implementing these experiments in class and students will be responsible for collecting data, analyzing data, and sharing their findings in a lab report. Each group will then produce a photo essay that educates local food-growers about sustainable food production.
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