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MONDAY Â Â EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 25 No. 35

Middlebury, Vermont

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ANDREA  PALMER,  LEFT,  Michael  Durfee  and  Trey  Bosworth  are  relieved  to  discover  the  popsicle  stick  bridge  they  helped  build  with  Weybridge  (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO FODVVPDWHV KROGV XS WR PRUH WKDQ ¿YH SRXQGV RI ZHLJKW ODVW 7KXUVGD\ PRUQLQJ :H\EULGJH VWXGHQWV ODVW ZHHN VWXGLHG ORFDO bridges  before  building  their  own  small-­scale  models  with  the  help  of  an  engineer  from  UTC  in  Vergennes. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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rather  tiny  spans  made  out  of  pop-­ sicle  sticks  designed  to  withstand  at  least  5  pounds  of  weight. ,WÂśV DOO SDUW RI D QHZ HGXFDWLRQ program  spearheaded  by  Weybridge  kindergarten  teacher  Joy  Dobson  in  collaboration  with  her  colleagues  DQG RIÂżFLDOV IURP 87& $HURVSDFH 6\VWHPV IRUPHUO\ *RRGULFK $HUR-­ VSDFH LQ 9HUJHQQHV ,WÂśV DQ RIIHU-­ ing  aimed  at  getting  young  students Â

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KDG DOUHDG\ IDVKLRQHG Âł,WÂśV DOVR DERXW KDYLQJ JURXSV RI FKLOGUHQ work  with  each  other  and  learn  from  each  other.â€? Dobson  explained  the  engineering  program  grew  from  a  â€œmath  prob-­ lem  of  the  monthâ€?  assignment  that  Weybridge  Elementary  adopted  last  \HDU IRU VWXGHQWV DW HDFK JUDGH OHYHO (K-­6). (See  Bridges,  Page  22)


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