School Programs

"As our final education experience comes to an end, we wish to give a shout out to our VINS School Programs Educator, expressing both our gratitude and appreciation for the exceptional opportunities she afforded our students and school community. It has been a pleasure collaborating and working with VINS throughout the past four weeks. The enthusiasm displayed by ALL the kindergarten and first-grade students in anticipation of her visits was contagious, energizing all of us prior to her arrival..."

"Thank you for your excellent puppet shows, wonderful explorations, and keeping the children on task and learning!  I am very impressed at the quality of your program and appreciate your presenting the developmentally appropriately paced activities and curriculum.  The children enjoyed every moment and were engaged throughout each science class time!  I will be telling all the pre-school teachers and Kindergarten teachers about you and your work this year with us! 

Wishing you all the best and hope that we can do this again in the future!"

"It was certainly a true pleasure to have worked with you over the past two years. You are always so knowledgeable and well prepared, as well as work collaboratively to be sure your lessons meet our goals. I would highly recommend you and VINS to any organization looking to support their science curriculum..."

"Super practical! I came away with lots of ideas that I can implement the next day in the classroom. Also really helpful to learn about the resources VINS has for local schools. It was also nice to be outside experiencing what we might do with our students. I also appreciated how Hannah aligned the activities with NGSS units I'm required to teach. NGSS, but she made it local!"

"The educator gave us concrete ideas that we could take and use right away."

"The resources that VINS provided were wonderful.  Hannah is very qualified and knowledgeable about her field and it was great to be there with her."

"Thank you so much for the high-quality lessons you provided this year.  The children loved the programs and learned a lot about the birds in their backyard.  The trip and lessons at VINS have added rich vocabulary and background knowledge to their understanding of birds and bird habitat.  

"We all had a great time and are still making connections with the information and experiences we had with you. We are visiting VINS next Tuesday. The kids are all excited and a few  of them went to VINS over vacation because of your visit and they just couldn’t wait for the class to go."

"Just wanted to let you know how much we appreciate all that you do for CES.  Thanks for your display at Open House.  It's so great that the parents get to see what the kiddos are learning about."