BFUHS Cafeteria on Across the Fence

On Tues. Nov. 9th, Bellows Falls Union High School will be featured at noon on the WCAX television show "Across the Fence."

The episode, called "Locally Grown: Understanding Local Foods," will feature BFUHS’s food services provider Cafe Services, which partnered with the Windham Farm and Food Network this past summer to bring students farm-fresh food.

The Windham Farm and Food Network is a not-for-profit, farmer-owned, University of Vermont Extension-supported produce delivery service for wholesale buyers in the Windham County area.

It piggybacks produce from several local farms onto Westminster Organics’ local delivery truck, picking up and delivering en route, resulting in low-cost, fresh local products.

Check out the video on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj03pGQ_RL8

Thanks to John Ayer, the our food service director, for doing such an amazing job of offering local food to our students!
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Upcoming Presentations

I will be doing two upcoming presentations at Social Studies conferences:

-On Nov. 11-14th, I will be at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference in Denver. I will be presenting on topic of "Dissent and Opposition in Eastern and Central Europe (1945-1991)" at the International Assembly. I'm excited about this opportunity to meet other Soc. St. teachers from throughout the country and hopefully will learn a number of new strategies from the presenters.

-On Dec. 3rd, I will at the Vermont Association of the Social Studies (VASS) annual conference in Manchester, VT. I will be presenting on the topic of "Using the Smithsonian's Online Resources in Your Classroom." This presentation is part of my being honored as a Smithsonian Teacher Ambassador while I was in Washington, DC in April. I am excited to see so many of the great Soc. St. teachers from across the state and hear all of the wonderful things they are doing in their classrooms.

Cheers!