Fall Fest--October 30--WCS

While the school's Fall Fest is in its third year, this is the first year I've been present to participate. I thoroughly enjoyed climbing Mt. Grace with students and getting to connect with small groups of them in different ways than when on our regular schedule. On the way up the mountain I learned from students about snowmobiles, and about practices around climbing the mountain. Some students have only climbed with the school, while others have climbed so often with their families that they know which trees have initials carved into the bark.

I had fun posing questions to students. Is it colder at the top or the bottom of the mountain? Which senses are you using to gather relevant information? One student told me that his sight informed him that there was snow only at the top of the mountain, and his skin sensed more cold there.The meaning of the sign that says ".25 Olsen Field" baffled the students who were with me. How great to test our classroom learning in "real" situations--and time for a review of decimals.

I hope you will enjoy this video of the hike with a recording created by our music teacher, Kim Wallach, with students from a school in Westmoreland, NH.