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Students shared their experiences of being back in school for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic state of emergency was declared.
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Fresh outfits were laid out, lunches packed and masks were at the ready as South Burlington students prepared themselves for the first day of school. We caught up with a few locals to see how their return to the classroom looked and felt.
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Eighth grade student Vivian Volver would have been changing rooms between classes this year at Hinesburg Community School.
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“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.”
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Students arrived for the first day of school in Stowe Tuesday, some by bus and some behind the wheel of their own cars. No matter the means of transportation, though, the drill was the same: temperature checks and health screenings.
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Peoples Academy students gathered Tuesday in scattered groups for the first day of in-person classes in nearly half a year, after schools were shut down in mid-March due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Here are some more images of life in Vermont during the coronavirus pandemic that has marked 2020 as a year like no other. To see images from March 18 to Aug. 13, 2020, please view the photo collection "In pictures: Coronavirus affects local Vermont communities - Part 1.”
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“Exposed,” the Helen Day Art Center’s annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, is on display throughout the town of Stowe, this year spotlighting Vermont sculptors.
The Bijou Cineplex 4 in Morrisville has shown plenty of creativity during the pandemic, including a drive-in theater with two screens located in a field adjacent to Stafford Avenue, not too far from the site of the drive-in of yesteryear. The Bijou has had weekend viewings of classic movies …
The coronavirus canceled the annual Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival last weekend, but Stoweflake promised a flyover to bolster the balloon spirit, and it happened Friday morning. On the ground, a balloon inflates; over the trees, a balloon follows the wind.
The annual Fourth of July boat parade on Lake Elmore was awash in red, white and blue in an aquatic celebration of the nation’s Independence Day.
Stowe’s Independence Day fireworks coincided with a full moon, which certainly seemed to like the show.
Chad Hollister and bandmate Primo play a rolling concert Saturday night on the streets of Morrisville. Since the pandemic canceled a lot of concerts, Spruce Peak Performing Arts is bringing the concerts to the streets. Information: sprucepeakarts.org/drive-by-concert-series.
Peoples Academy students took a victory lap around Morrisville last Thursday as part of their 2020 graduation ceremony, their cars decked out in various green and gold regalia, led by police, fire and rescue vehicles blaring their sirens and flashing their lights.
South Burlington High School had a graduation like never before on Friday, June 12. Many decorated their caps with hints of their next steps. With a drive-in audience and screen of jumbo proportions, students, families and the school community aren’t likely to forget this one.
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