Thursday, May 18, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Team Couloir in Ottawa!
Day 1
We walked a good seven miles today around Canada's capital. We began our walking at the Museum of History and then crossed the Ottawa River and started a scavenger hunt at The ByTown Museum. After a quick check in at the dorms at The University of Ottawa, groups hit downtown for dinner and of course 'Sugar Mountain' before visiting the National Art Gallery. The Tulip Festival starts tomorrow, so we have an added bonus of color to our trip. Stay tuned for Day 2.
Day 2
With sleep behind us(or lack of :)), we headed off to Commissioner's Park to see more of the Tulip festival. The Tulip is a symbol of International friendship. The festival in Ottawa is the largest in North America. After a nice morning walk through the park, we were off to The Canadian War Museum. About to head home...Thank you to our amazing chaperones Steve Mundell, Ray Chamberland, Lanie Kanat, Carol Sullivan, Andy Kelly, Mary Morrissey, Jenn Roberge, Gina Howard, Phil Surks, Paul Gale, Paul Allard, Hannah Deene, Pam Clark, Terry Johansson, Jessica Adams, Gerald Stockman, and Jennifer Pontius. We could not have done this without your support. A huge thank you to our chaperone's Jennifer Roberge and Pam Clark who led the fundraising effort and to all of the individual families who made donations to make this trip accessible to all. Finally, a thank you to the students for being such an amazing group to travel with. You represented, BRMS, Vermont and the USA with positive character and respect.
We walked a good seven miles today around Canada's capital. We began our walking at the Museum of History and then crossed the Ottawa River and started a scavenger hunt at The ByTown Museum. After a quick check in at the dorms at The University of Ottawa, groups hit downtown for dinner and of course 'Sugar Mountain' before visiting the National Art Gallery. The Tulip Festival starts tomorrow, so we have an added bonus of color to our trip. Stay tuned for Day 2.
Our awesome Chaperones
Team Couloir 2015-2017-Ottawa
With sleep behind us(or lack of :)), we headed off to Commissioner's Park to see more of the Tulip festival. The Tulip is a symbol of International friendship. The festival in Ottawa is the largest in North America. After a nice morning walk through the park, we were off to The Canadian War Museum. About to head home...Thank you to our amazing chaperones Steve Mundell, Ray Chamberland, Lanie Kanat, Carol Sullivan, Andy Kelly, Mary Morrissey, Jenn Roberge, Gina Howard, Phil Surks, Paul Gale, Paul Allard, Hannah Deene, Pam Clark, Terry Johansson, Jessica Adams, Gerald Stockman, and Jennifer Pontius. We could not have done this without your support. A huge thank you to our chaperone's Jennifer Roberge and Pam Clark who led the fundraising effort and to all of the individual families who made donations to make this trip accessible to all. Finally, a thank you to the students for being such an amazing group to travel with. You represented, BRMS, Vermont and the USA with positive character and respect.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Helping to eliminate 'Knotweed'
On Thursday, Students from Team Couloir took on the task of continuing a project that was started 4 years ago by Maria Germano, a former teacher at BRMS. The original project was a collaboration with Maria Germano and her then 7th grade students and Vermont Fish and Wildlife, to restore habitat along the river and help eliminate 'Japanese Knotweed'. Our students put a small dent in the 'Knotweed' yesterday with the guidance of Amy Golodetz.
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