The school garden was under 6 feet of water back in July. Our Agriculture classes have been working hard to clean up and rebuild.

We will be able to use some of the (very resilient) crops that survived the flooding; such as garlic, corn, carrots, amaranth, tomatoes, and ground cherries; as seed for next year.

Luckily, we grew produce in a new permaculture garden behind the bus barn that Josie Cross designed for her Stewardship Action Project in the spring. We have been making zucchini bread, salsa, kale chips, and zucchini tots with the produce.

In this week's From the Library newsletter, you'll see we had a busy week with the Young Adult Diverse Books Book Club meeting to discuss The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia and the Faculty/Staff Book Club meeting to discuss Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

Please remember to return your overdue books, check out new ones and let Ms. Piccoli know if you need help with anything.

Our Middle School Journalism class published its first issue of The Hive.

In this issue, you will find pictures and stories from our first few weeks of school, including; harrowing tales from the 7th grade camp out, updates on middle school football and soccer, encouraging news about vaping in our school, an extensive weather report, and MORE! Our class will publish new stories each Friday.

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Members of our high school and middle school Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) had a fantastic time at the Pride Parade in Burlington, VT last Sunday, September 10th. The students and their club advisors proudly joined the march, promoting unity and acceptance. Kudos to our QSA members for representing our school community with pride!

The cast of the 2023 spring musical, Percy Jackson.

Yoh Theatre will begin its 2023-2024 season with an Opening Meeting, Potluck and Preview Performance on Sunday, August 27, with pre-season rehearsals beginning on Monday, August 28. This preview performance is open to the public and starts at 6:00 p.m. Come see a select group of Yoh Theater Players perform a preview of scenes and songs from our upcoming season.

For students interested in learning about Yoh Theatre, we will have an Opening Meeting and Potluck prior to the start of the preview from 4:00-6:00 p.m. We will have a slide show, information about our program, and about an upcoming performance trip to Edinburgh, Scotland! Bring finger foods and we will eat together before the preview at 6:00pm.

If you attend the opening meeting and potluck, you will receive a complimentary ticket for the preview performance. Sign up for the meeting, potluck and show on our website.

First show and pre-season: Rehearsals for our first show of the year will begin on Monday, August 28, with pre-season rehearsals before school begins. To sign up for our first show, visit our website.

Yoh Theatre is open to everyone, grades 7-12.

Heather Wolfe, dietician and nutritionist at Dartmouth Hitchcock and author of the cookbook Sustainable Kitchen, returned this week to the school kitchen where she took her first cooking class and decided her career path. Heather joined this year’s middle school cooking class to share her passion for healthy, sustainable living, and some recipes from her book.

Students made hummus with her and were able to sample homemade kale chips, energy balls, aquafaba meringue cookies, and watermelon basil water. No leftovers! Here you see two photos of Heather in the WUHSMS teaching kitchen - one from 1997 (making homemade pasta) and the other with this year's ms class! (More connections - some people will remember Heather’s mother, Karen Hawkes who taught French at Woodstock for many years. Heather is married to Woodstock social studies teacher Nick Wolfe.)

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The middle school celebrated the last full day of the school year with fun and community spirit at our Spring Carnival. Students played capture the flag, painted rocks, ran relays, tossed water balloons, and had a blast in our student-built “dunk tank.” In the afternoon, faculty members took on students in dodgeball (congrats to the 8th grade on their win).

Our afternoon assembly featured several fantastic musical acts by students as well as a wonderful dance performance, games, prizes, and the dedication of the middle school yearbook to Mr. Kent for helping kids enjoy math.

Thanks to IDEA students and Sumanth for the dunk tank and Jenga, to the school spirit crew and Vali for planning a great assembly, and to student leaders Addison Tapley, Tilly Richardson, Pippa Shaw, Nick Cellini, and Alexis Audsley for their work planning and organizing the Carnival–it was the perfect ending to the year!

8th graders celebrated the end of middle school with a fun and exhausting overnight trip to Bethany Birches Camp this week. With sunny skies and temperatures in the high 80s, students spent lots of time swimming in the pond, socializing in the pavilion, and competing in—and losing at—many games against their incredibly athletic teachers.

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The Middle school volleyball club is wrapping up its spring season.

This awesome group of students have worked hard learning new skills, playing games, and just having fun!

Thanks to parent volunteer Jenn Tessier for participating this spring.

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