PGLL Summer '24 Newsletter

A Summer of Adventure!

There’s nothing like summer in Vermont. We wait all year for the chance to swim and fish in Vermont lakes, eat creemees on warm summer evenings, and drive around with the windows down.

Our PGLL Campuses made the most of the summertime months by exploring our great state. We visited working farms, tended community gardens, experienced cultural celebrations, and more!

~ Anna & Anne,
PGLL Campus Facilitators

The Show Must Go On!

The Lamoille Community Learners visited the Hyde Park Opera House in July. The class got a backstage look at the set of the Lamoille County Players upcoming production, Matilda.

Arrows Aflame

The Colchester Campus attended the Shooting Fire Ceremony with Alnobaiwi at the Abenaki Village in Ethan Allen Homestead to celebrate Skweda paskhôzik, the midsummer solstice. They packed small bags with herbs & sweet grass that were placed into a large fire. At solar noon, flaming arrows were shot toward the sun to carry good wishes to the sky. What a great opportunity to learn from Vermont’s Abenaki community & celebrate the “official” turn to summer.

Some of the amazing places our PGLL participants visited this summer:

The Sheep Shop in Woodbury

Coventry Falls Alpaca Farm

The Mini Farm in Milton

The Hyde Park Opera House

The Fairbanks Museum

The Ed Weed Fish Hatchery

Cady’s Falls Botanical Gardens

Burtt’s Apple Orchard

The Statehouse in Montpelier