Maple Community Day

Here in Vermont our passion for Maple Syrup is part of our history and identity. The tradition of boiling sap every spring provides a unique educational opportunity for Thetford Academy students. TA has a well maintained sugar bush with over 250 trees tapped each year and a small and mighty sugar shack built by TA students in 2018.

Students in the Environmental Studies and Outdoor education class embrace learning important transferable skills in our annual maple unit. Each student becomes a specialist in one specific aspect of maple production from tapping, to reverse osmosis to filtering and bottling. The students then give a series of tours and presentations about their topics to visitors from local universities and elementary schools.

If you're interested in getting a taste of what sweet learning is like at Thetford Academy, join us on Sunday March 22nd from 10am-3pm.

The sugar shack is located on Thetford Academy's South Campus. As you enter the parking lot on Panther Way, it will be on your left. The shack is just past the timber frame outdoor classroom—look for the rising steam! It will be muddy, so boots are recommended.

Questions? Email Scott Ellis at c2NvdHQgISBlbGxpcyB8IHRoZXQgISBuZXQ=.

You may also like the following events from Thetford Academy:

• This Sunday, 15th March, 01:30 pm, One Act Play - Pride and Prejudice in Thetford
• This Sunday, 15th March, 03:00 pm, The History of Thetford and Its Historians Lecture in Thetford

Also check out other Workshops in Thetford.