Text Box: Text Box: Approximately 50 students, faculty, parents, V.A.A.S. members, and friends attended the Spring symposium held at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont on April 8th. After allowing participants a little time to say hello over coffee and doughnuts, symposium coordinators Tom Williams and Richard Weinstein got the day’s events started. Green Mountain Dean of Faculty Thomas Mauhs-Pugh welcomed V.A.A.S. and the presenters to the college and then Fred Evering said a few words on behalf of V.A.A.S. A brief choral interlude was presented by a small chorale from Green Mountain’s choir. Songs were performed in both English and Welsh; James Text Box: Cassarino conducted. After the performance, groups split off and went to the rooms designated for the six simultaneous sessions in History, Art, Philosophy, Music, and English (2 sessions). Each session had from two to four student readers or performers. The works were rich and varied, and the most difficult thing about the whole day was having to choose just one session to attend. Artistic works included ceramics, sketches, paintings, and sculpture and ranged from detailed drawings of people to free-form ceramic interpretations of seashells. The English sessions included

V.A.A.S Spring Symposium
Text Box: Vermont Science & Mathematics Fair Story and photo by Fred Evering Text Box: On April 1, President Lauren Howard and Treasurer Fred Evering represented VAAS at the Vermont State Science and Mathematics Fair. Over 200 students, grades 7 to 12, presented projects. With their teachers, parents, and judges, the organization resembled D-Day! The staff at Norwich did their Text Box: usual admirable job and all the judging, data collection, and prize selection went quite smoothly. VAAS awarded $100 and a certificate to Sarah Lensing of Woodstock Union High School. Her teacher is Tim Brennan. The title of her project was: Pendulum Experimentation: Beyond Small Angle Approximations." Text Box: She set up a pendulum with an optical sensor to determine the period for different angles and masses, then used a computer to derive an equation for the period for angles larger than 21 degrees. It is quite interesting and fun to see so many students doing (or attempting to do) science and mathematics. Text Box: Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences

Spring 2006

Volume 20, no 1

V.a.a.s.  Newsletter
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V.A.A.S.  Officers:       

 

LAUREN HOWARD, President                                 

CONNELL GALLAGHER, Vice President                                                     

NANCY NAHRA, Secretary                                 

FREDERICK EVERING,         Treasurer

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