Maple Sugar in the Air!

Ravenscroft Farm is a small, family run maple sugaring operation in Cambridge, VT. We presently tap just over 2000 trees collected by tubing run to our sugarhouse, as well as two small traditional bucket woods. Last season we began hosting the Bellcate “Tap to Sugar” apprenticeship. The program is designed to give students a hands-on… Read more »

Rocking Climbing by Jack

Jack started rock climbing at Petra Cliffs at the beginning of Quarter 2. Over the course of the past few months, Jack has developed into a strong climber and is working on honing his skills at Petra on and off the walls! A moment of reflection from Jack: “I Enjoyed the fact that I have… Read more »

Attendance Matters

A high percentage of Bellcate students come to Bellcate with a history of truancy challenges. At Bellcate School, we recognize that absences add up. Missing school just 2 days a month means a student misses 10 percent of the school year. Also, by 6th grade chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will… Read more »

Turning Up the Heat in Yoga

Yoga has been a therapeutic staple at Bellcate School for a number of years. The positive outcomes have been clear right from the start. As a result Bellcate School has engaged in a process of progressive development of our yoga program for the past 3 years. Yoga practice at Bellcate school linked with direct instruction… Read more »

Eric Wins Weight Class In His First (Ever) Wrestling Meet!

On November 27th, Bellcate’s Athletic Director, Jamie Moore, dropped Eric off at Milton High School for the first wrestling practice of his life. The two could only imagine that in two short weeks, Eric would not only participate in his first wrestling meet, but win his weight class. Well, as the story goes, that’s exactly… Read more »

Our Growing Garden

This summer Bellcate School was privileged to receive a very generous donation. Jace, The Vermont Tech Guy, who supports all of Bellcate’s technology needs, donated four beautiful raised beds to our garden program. Jace and his husband were moving and no longer had the need for these mammoth raised beds. We fell in love with… Read more »