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Natural Resource Management Academy

May 5, 2025 By ncaswell

When: Jul 11, 7 PM to 11 AM, Jul 13, 2025
Where: Buck Lake, Woodbury, VT
URL: https://go.uvm.edu/1k7da

For youth entering grades 7-11 (in the fall of 2025) who are interested in the environment and ready to explore their passion for Vermont’s natural resources. This weekend is full of fantastic learning opportunities aimed at understanding Vermont’s forests, wildlife, soils, water ecosystems and more! All programs will be hands-on and mostly outdoors. Each workshop will allow for extensive in-the-field exploration of the subject matter. In addition to these workshops, participants will have opportunities to hike, fish, canoe, and swim during the weekend.

Location: Green Mountain Conservation Camp in Woodbury, Buck Lake
Dates: July 11-13, 2025

Hands-on workshops by professionals in the field, learn new skills, all lodging, meals, and snacks provided. Cost: $125. Contact Camille Kauffman, Camille.Kauffman@UVM.edu for more info.

Garden Party Sunday 5/4

April 28, 2025 By ncaswell

This Sunday 5/4 from 2-4pm we’ll be welcoming spring through an UBUNTU Perennial Planting Day in the garden! We’ll meet in front of the school at 2:00, then walk back to the garden. Come for the whole time or just drop by. There will be many tasks to help out with, for folks of all abilities, regardless of your gardening experience! Also, there’ll be cinnamon buns from Chile Colorado, bagels, and homemade gluten-free lemon squares!

If you would like to be involved in our school garden in any way (no big time commitment needed), register for the newsletter here!

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Garden Visioning

Maisie Anrod, one of our 6th grade teachers/informal garden coordinator, is gathering input about HMS families’ dreams and visions for our school garden, so that what we grow (literally and figuratively) can be rooted in our community. Please fill out this survey, and/or keep an update for an upcoming conversation with BAGELS in the garden!

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Rosie’s Girls Aviation Camp – FREE

April 8, 2025 By ncaswell

This is a fantastic opportunity for any girl* interested in aerospace, engineering, flying airplanes, and many other STEM concepts. VWW is running this camp in partnership with Burlington Technical Center and it is ** FREE ** for Burlington School District students.

June 16 – 18, 2025 (Monday – Wednesday)
8:00 – 3:30 pm
Open to girls* & gender expansive youth who are comfortable in a girl-centered space
Entering grades 7, 8, and 9 in the 2025-2026 school year (current 6, 7, 8^th graders)
Snacks included. Please bring a lunch each day.

Camp will be full of:

Hands-on activities each day
Field trips to Heritage Aviation, Beta, Vermont Flight Academy, and other partners
Optional, free airplane ride through Vermont Flight Academy available to all campers
Rosie’s Girls Power Skills curriculum to build confidence and dream big about their futures!

Registration is open here: https://reg.planetReg.com/E2121441990374

*Rosie’s Girls is open to all youth who identify as a girl regardless of assignment at birth, including nonbinary and gender expansive youth who are comfortable in a girl-centered space.

STEM Showcase @UVM

March 23, 2025 By ncaswell

Geared towards middle grades, check out a unique showcase of hands-on STEM learning! Presented by the UVM STEM Ambassadors on Saturday, March 29 from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm on UVM campus, in Discovery and Innovations Halls, Burlington. Parents and caregivers may attend the brief opening welcome session, but hands-on activities are for youth only. Please register for this free event. You will receive an email before the event with parking and other information. Registration open until March 24 or until full.

Choose from the following workshops

Poster listing the workshops presented at the event:
How Science Scores: The Biomechanics Behind the Perfect Shot.
Shake it Up: Earthquake Engineering.
Renewable Energy: Fueling the Future.
Sun Printing: Art from Invisible Energy.
Fizz, Foam, and Ferment: Yeast in Action.

How Science Scores: The Biomechanics Behind the Perfect Shot
Shake it Up: Earthquake Engineering
Renewable Energy: Fueling the Future
Sun Printing: Art from Invisible Energy
Fizz, Foam, and Ferment: Yeast in Action

Rosie’s Girls Summer Camps

March 23, 2025 By ncaswell

Rosie’s Girls® is a STEAM, trades, and career exploration summer day camp for middle school girls* offered in communities across Vermont. At Rosie’s Girls, youth are introduced to skills and career fields that are nontraditional for their gender through hands-on learning in a supportive and empowering environment. This summer they’re offering camps in aviation, carpentry, and welding.

Learn More

*Rosie’s Girls welcomes anyone who identifies as a girl regardless of assignment at birth. Also welcome are youth who are non-binary or gender expansive who are comfortable in a girl-centered space.

Two young women operating pneumatic wrenches at a workshop bench.

Science and Engineering Summer Camps @UVM

March 23, 2025 By ncaswell

These day camps, for students entering grades 6 through 8, are presented at the UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

WATER WARRIORS Environmental Engineering Camp

July 21 – July 25

At this this camp, you will: Learn how scientists collect and analyze water samples; design and build a water treatment column and compete against other teams to see whose filter is the best at removing contamination; visit a real water treatment facility.

Learn More and Register

MAKERS Design and Rapid Prototyping Camp

July 7 – July 11

This camp provides an introduction to 3D design using CAD (Computer Aided Design) software and Rapid Prototyping with simple materials and 3D printers. Students gain familiarity with reverse engineering, mechanical assemblies, and design principles.

Learn More and Register

Community Forum on Substance Use

March 4, 2025 By ncaswell

This event has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 20.

BPHC (Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community) will host an open community forum to gather perspectives on substance use issues in Burlington on Thursday, March 20th, in the HMS Library at 5:30pm.

Sign Up for Spring Conferences

February 13, 2025 By ncaswell

It’s time to sign up for spring conferences, and we’re looking forward to seeing you there. Sign up and choose a time slot using this link.

Conferences are on Tuesday, 3/4, between 11:30 am and 7 pm and Wednesday, 3/5, between 12:00 pm and 4 pm.

Please watch for an email from your student’s academic team with additional information. If you need assistance signing up for a conference or have questions, please call the guidance office at (802) 864-8469 x61004.

Discover Engineering Day at UVM

February 3, 2025 By ncaswell

February 22, 2025
9:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Discover Engineering is a day of hands-on learning and exploration for youth in 5th-12th grades to learn about engineering, build skills, and network with college students, professors, and professionals in the field. Organized by UVM’s College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) and UVM Extension 4-H, the day includes an Engineering Scavenger Hunt (interactive exhibits showcasing various types of engineering and career pathways), and an afternoon of learning through hands-on workshops. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the Lola and George Aiken Fund.

More information.

To request language interpretation/translation assistance and/or a disability-related accommodation to participate in this program, please call or email Margaret Coan at 802-656-7634 or margaret.coan@uvm.edu before Friday, January 31, 2025 so we may assist you.

Registration open until filled or Monday, Feb 17 at 5:00 pm.

4-H World Changers: Learn to Code

January 27, 2025 By ncaswell

Burlington, Vt.–Grade 4-8 students will have a chance to create their own customizable quiz game through a free online course, offered on consecutive Wednesdays from February 5 through March 5.

In this introduction to coding, participants will learn how to use the Scratch coding platform and foundational coding concepts to choose the theme, characters, questions and animations to build their quiz game. By the end of the five-week course, they will have a fun, interactive game to play with family and friends.

Preregistration is required to receive the course link. Registrations will be accepted until February 3 at https://go.uvm.edu/0h7ei.

The classes will be taught by University of Vermont (UVM) Computer Science Professor Lisa Dion. Each session will run from 4 to 5 p.m. Sessions will be recorded and available after the live session for registered participants.

The course, which is sponsored by UVM Extension 4-H, is part of the 4-H World Changers Learn to Code series, designed to introduce middle and high school students to coding. To request language interpretation, translation assistance and/or a disability-related accommodation to participate, please contact Margaret Coan at (802) 656-7634, or email margaret.coan@uvm.edu.

Garden Visioning

Choose from the following workshops

WATER WARRIORS Environmental Engineering Camp

MAKERS Design and Rapid Prototyping Camp

This event has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 20.

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