What We Did With Our Summer (Pt. I)

Hello Team Equinox -

We hope the summer is treating you well and that you've been enjoying these sunshine days. Here are some of the things your teachers have been up to, and if you'd like, please post your summer happenings in the comments. We'll share half of the teachers today and half in another post.

Ms. Koester

This is me trying to stay positive after our third attempt this summer at a trail ride on Icelandic Horses was canceled because of rain. I love to ride horses and on this day, the rain started as we pulled up to the barn! We will try again soon. We had severe thunderstorms and intense heat and humidity in Iowa and Illinois this summer, when we spent 12 days visiting family and friends. We even celebrated my Grandmother's 90th birthday with a big party! I was a server - that meant I did whatever my Grandma, Mom, and Aunts told me to do. In between traveling, painting our living/dining room, training our dog Buddy, and watching a sidewalk be put in on our street, I read three educational books for school and am reading some of the middle school summer read books. 

Ms. Menard

Following my graduation from Johnson State College, my summer started off with a bang when I went on a trip to the Caribbean island of Martinique through an anthropology course at Lyndon State College. During this two week adventure I went sight-seeing, ate delicious Martinican cuisine, observed and interacted with the locals, learned about the history of the country, and even hiked a volcano! The rest of my summer was spent reading, hiking, visiting the city of Philadelphia for the first time, and spending time with family and friends.







Mr. Moore

Directly after last school year, I went to Portland, Oregon to work at Camp Ukandu (a camp for children living with cancer). The picture here is from one of our skits at campfire (I'm in the yellow shirt). The rest of the summer saw me either attending to baby preparations or swimming and canoeing at Lake Dunmore. I also read some terrific books. I particularly enjoyed Ghost by Jason Reynolds (which had some great characters you could really root for and a wide-open ending), The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (a rollicking adventure with illuminations (drawings in a medieval style) on nearly every page), and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie (my favorite 'adult book' read - a memoir about the famous author and his relationship with his mother). But the best part of my summer had to be the birth of my daughter, Imelda Eliot BinderMoore. We're pleased to report that she and mama are healthy and happy!


Ms. Thibault-Cote

I have enjoyed spending time with my family and friends this summer. Some of the activities that I have been doing include taking day trips to local parks, hiking, attending boot camp classes and running. My favorite summer challenge was participating in the "Dirty Girl Mud Run" in Killington, VT. It is an obstacle course fun run for women and I got to do it with some of my family members. It was a blast and we had lots of laughs as we waded and crawled through mud and over various obstacles. I have also done a lot of reading for fun. I read ten of the books that were on the middle school summer reading list. My favorite book was The Inn Between by Marina Cohen because it kept me guessing. I am looking forward to the new school year and all the new adventures that lie ahead.