15 Dec Thetford Outdoor Program Gets Winterized
Just as this week's extreme cold settled in, the Thetford Outdoor Program completed the construction of their new yurt. The 20' diameter structure will serve as the Environmental Studies and Outdoor Education class's home base for the winter months, and allow the class to continue their work studying--up close--the biology, ecology, and history of their local landscape. Today, though, the TOP Environmental Studies students took some time to simply celebrate their accomplishment-- it's been no easy task raising the new building in just 5 days. Students have been working hard in some difficult temperatures, in snow and wind, to ensure that...