Alison Byrnes knew that biking wasn’t her strong suit. After a 2.4 mile swim and a 26 mile run she felt exhausted, and had 112 miles of biking ahead of her. She would be disqualified from the Iron Man if…
Category: Teacher Profiles
New Faces: Hunter Hedenberg
In the summer of 2019, Hunter Hedenberg and her partner Rob were hiking back to the car after a day of rock climbing on a ranch in Wyoming when they encountered a herd of cows. Hunter grew up around cows,…
New Faces: Julia Pritchard
In 2006 Julia Pritchard went to Wisconsin to compete in the American Birkebeiner, the largest cross country skiing race in North America. Julia competed in the classic marathon, which is 34 miles long. She finished 3rd in her age group. …
New Faces: Garret Badeau
Garret Badeau discovered he was lost. He was kayaking up a river in Bolivia,. he looked around in the pitch black. Then somebody yelled out to him saying he was almost there. Garret Badeau is a graduate student at UVM,…
Grant and Alison: Off to China
Two years ago Grant Gunther received an email from his sister Elise, with a link to a story about the elderly and what they regret the most about their lives. It wasn’t the stuff they had done, it was the…
Jim Willis: “I’m Having a Blast, Man!”
A busy day in Math White Table: Jim is in his element, lively and animated. Bouncing between tables, he makes sure kids have signed in, teaches math, and offers witty comments. Cody Potwin, drowsy from working until 10pm the night…
Teacher Profiles: Meg Allison, “It’s community that matters most”
In the back of the library, scattered around the couches, 7th graders were reading their homemade picture books to elementary students. One of the hosts for this event was our librarian, Meg Allison, who helped the 7th graders make their…
Teacher Profile: Adrian Wade, “They Make The Connection On Their Own”
Adrian Wade sits on a bench in the center of her studio, surrounded by her students and the sound of glazed pieces being clinked together. She is explaining the student’s tasks for the day. “You know what to do…