By Jessica Schultz
By Diane Curtis and Romy Leuchs-Curtis
In order to understand how much I, as a parent, appreciate the Hitchcock Center, it’s important to know a little bit about my own childhood. Don’t worry – I’ll make this brief.
By Helen Ann Sephton
Peter Lamdin has come full circle. “It’s hard for me to believe, but it was 40 years ago this past summer that I first became connected to The Hitchcock Center. That summer of 1975 was the start of my journey as an educator.”
By Colleen Kelley and Jessica Schultz
Each year the education staff at the Hitchcock Center (HCE) attends the NEEEA (New England Environmental Education Alliance) conference to present and strengthen our practice as environmental educators as well as network and build partnerships across New England.
By Jessica Schultz
Work on the building in November included completion of conduit work in both the North and South wings through the Ecotone connector.
By Patty O’Donnell
Thanks to the generous support of Greening Greenfield – a local non-profit committed to building a more sustainable Greenfield – and the Greenfield Public Schools (GPS), Hitchcock Center educator Patty O’Donnell was able to participate in a collaborative watershed education initiative with all 5th grade classrooms in the district in September.
By Jennifer Unkles
The Hitchcock Center has invited families, girl scout groups, and school groups to participate in an annual citizen science ritual – Monarch Tagging. I, along with my son Thomas, have guided many hands through the placement of tiny tags on the colorful butterflies before their long flight – up to 3,000 miles – to overwintering sites in Mexico. Scores of children have run exuberantly through local fields to catch, tag, and release these beautiful butterflies in this annual event…when their population numbers are not in decline.
By Ted Watt
The second full year of our intensive natural history course is drawing to a close as we observe the coming of winter. What does it mean for naturalists to be learning about and documenting our local organisms’ lives and natural processes? We’ve considered this question from a variety of perspectives during these two years.
By Katie Koerten
Let me introduce our exciting substitute teachers who will help keep our children and family programs continuing strong during the spring and early summer of 2016.
By Jessica Schultz
During the month of October, work at the site picked up momentum as two items that were on order arrived, allowing installation and subsequent building steps to occur. These items included: the grey water tank and pump, as well as the black HDPE conduit for our electrical service.
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