For the past three years the School Forest Committee has organized and led six-week spring and fall programs in the School Forest. These take place after school, two days a week, from 3 to 5 pm and are open to all students in grades Two through Six. Activities have included building six new trails, installing an information kiosk,   constructing a lean-to hideout, playing woodland games, maintaining the trail system, and enjoying camp fires and swims in Sacketts Brook.

 

The School Forest Committee has also developed and led a snow-shoeing activity as part of the school-wide Winter Sports Program. During January and February, students in grades Four through Six shoe-shoed the School Forest trails, identified and followed animal tracks, including mouse, fox, turkey, otter, and deer, built and used a group hideout, played games on snowshoes, constructed “quinzees” (snow houses), and ate ’smores around a campfire.