It’s Project Based Learning Share Time!
Each year, Vermont Day School students take the time to share their incredible work in their Global Studies and STEM Project Based Learning (PBL) units. Students in Kindergarten through 8th grade prepare displays and short presentations, which are shared with students, parents, and community members.
A defining practice of high quality project based learning is sharing the learning with others. The PBL Share is a wonderful event, which celebrates and showcases the work of all students at Vermont Day School.
Students at Vermont Day School loaded boxes of donations onto their school bus and delivered 
During the month of January, students learned about the concept of food insecurity. They invited Shelburne Food Shelf Board Members, Georgine Grover, and Dana Valentine to a Zoom assembly to talk about the Shelburne Food Shelf, who they serve, and how it all works. Students learned that before the Pandemic, about 1 in 10 Vermont families were food insecure. That number is now 1 in 3 families. This emphasized the importance of the Food Shelf in the community and inspired Vermont Day School to collect as much food as possible. 
Vermont Day School’s 6th Annual Gingerbread Festival structures will be on display at the Pierson Library. This year’s theme is “Oh the Places You’ll Go” with a nod toward travel and our desire to get out and see the world, post COVID. Students and families in grades Prek -8th grade designed and built the structures, which are entirely edible. The festival was judged by local “celebrities”, Kevin Clayton of Village Wine and Coffee, and Courtney Mulcahy of Shelburne Farms. The structures are now on display at the 
