We traveled to the high school today (in the rain!) to join Gwen from the Vermont Compost Company to plant lettuce. While at the high school greenhouse, we toured and learned about how students in high school grow and take care of their lettuce as part of their biology class. Students also learned about how the compost we collect at our school gets turned into compost, which turns into soil, which then helps the lettuce grow. The lettuce grown at the high school gets brought to UES to be eaten at lunch! We were so lucky to be able to try many different kinds of lettuce and also to plan our own! We finished the morning by playing a relay race. While playing, students practiced placing objects into different bins depending on whether the item was compostable, reusable, recyclable, or had to to be thrown in the landfill. 
Later in the day we continued our year long study of life cycles. Today, we began reviewing the life cycle of a plant and focused on the stage of being a seed. Throughout the next week or so, please send in any seed your family comes across. We will be observing a variety of seeds and their characteristics. Thanks for your help!
