Early spring may be the toughest of seasons, but late spring may be the finest. The transition is fast. Today, air is cool and dry, with little wind and very warm sunlight.
After a long winter and a tough, cold spring, it feels good to be outside!
Forsythia are in bloom, fruit trees are budding and this is a short season of particular beauty. If the air is still, conduct your discussion outdoors, before black flies hatch.
Surveying is a popular spring elective that takes us outside.
Sarah McIntyre's zoology class took advantage of a fine afternoon to apply a rubric called the Macroinvertebrate Survey, a part of the Rapid Stream Assessment Technique provided by the state's Department of Environmental Services.
Their task is to assess the health of a watershed by identifying the population of specific species. The stream chosen is one of the grandest of all descending through Proctor property, Mitchell Brook.
Alli gives a hand to Tori at the stream.
The class helps Tori drain her stylish boots.
A Spanish class plays a language-based version of "red rover."
Astronomy paces off the relative distances of the planets from the sun, which is represented by a basketball at the dining room. The planets are nuts and peas at great distances spaced across campus. The distances are unbelievable!
