Cornwall School News 8/2/24
It has been busy at Cornwall School in July! Here are a few highlights:
- Our summer four week summer program wrapped up this week. Throughout the program, our days were joyful and (mostly) calm, and our kids thrived. In the last week, I learned the term frass, and we all watched a monarch caterpillar spin its chrysalis in real time. You can see the wonder on our students' faces in the photo! A huge thanks to summer program teachers Val Calzini, Mindy Harvey, and Patricia Roeding for making this so successful for students.
- So much gardening! Thanks to the families who joined, our gardens look tended and happy. Shari Johnson from the UVM Master Gardener program has also been checking in regularly on our vegetable garden and harvesting the cukes and tomatoes to the delight of our summer program students.
- Full speed ahead planning for the school year. That list is too long and too boring to include here, but Cornwall families can be confident that this new principal is getting a huge amount of support and feeling up to the task.
I'm headed to the ACSD leadership retreat next week, and then on to a family vacation of my own. Cornwall staff will spend the week of August 19 getting ready for our students, and before we know it, they'll be here! We can't wait.
- Nadya
August 5-14, Cornwall School closed
August 26, First day for students
TBD, Back to School Night and FOCS Potluck. Stay tuned!
August Watering
Our flowers will be thirsty while we're gone for a few weeks. The flowers in the window boxes on either side of the building, as well as in the school sign planter out on the lawn--need water just about every day if it's hot. There's a watering can next to the front door and a hose at the front, hidden by the flower bed.
In prolonged hot weather, the beds along the south side of the school and the circular pollinator garden by the flag pole also could use a drink - there's a hose at the front for that purpose. Thanks!
