ECO at BTMES!

This week's School Showcase brings us into the woods with ECO at BTMES! Our friends at the North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier have helped bring ECO (Educating Children Outdoors) to both BTMES and BCEMS for years, and we got to experience a wonderful hour in the woods with a group of BT 5th graders this week on a perfect autumn day.
After watching this video, you surely will have never seen a group of students more fascinated by fungus in your life! BTMES teachers Kevin Rondeau and Luke Spencer bring their students out for ECO every Wednesday, and I was incredibly impressed with the whole lesson. I learned more about mushrooms in that hour than I ever have! North Branch teacher/naturalist Carrie Riker joined the team and also provided her expertise and fun, safe approach to learning about mushrooms. The kids had such an engaging experience foraging for the diverse and wide variety of mushrooms to be found on the trail, and every single student was having a blast while experiencing the natural world. The community can be proud that our schools provide opportunities like this for all of our students.
Thank you for taking a look, and I hope you have a great rest of the week!
Chris

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Would that every school, every student could have such an experience once a week. This is learning!

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