Sample Schedule

7:45    Morning Chores: feed wood into wood chunk furnace to keep the heat going at school.

8:00    Breakfast: buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup from our very own sugar bush.

8:25    Morning Meeting: announcements, news, Derby dorm skit.

8:45    English: listen to journal readings and discuss Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.”

9:40    Pre-Calculus: hand in elliptical table design and review with group for test.

10:30     Snack time

10:40    Art: visit the frog pond and draw water.

11:35    Free Period: advisor meeting with Gwynne, work on Environmental Science homework.

12:25    Lunch: eat homemade pizza and salad from the greenhouse.

1:30    Work Period: plant asparagus in the greenhouse.

4:10    Environmental Science: visit my science site and take core samplings of the trees.

5:05    Humanities: current events presentation on biotechnology and discuss Ishmael in groups of four.

6:15    Dinner: lasagna, salad, and brownies.

7:30    Quiet Study Time: work on speech for English, finish reading Ishmael for Humanities, sketch tree branches at sunset for Art, study for Precalculus test, and analyze core samples for Environmental Science.

9:30    Dorm Check-in: hang out with roommate.