WE ARE LAKE PLACID: MATT SMITH, NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL
MARCH 2021 — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed North Country School Director Matt Smith about the Lamb Watch program. The school has a working farm, including barn animals, and ninth-grade students spend nights in the barn this time of year to monitor the pregnant ewes and see if they go into labor.
LAMB WATCH: NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL STUDENTS MONITOR PREGNANT EWES OVERNIGHT
FEBRUARY 2021 — North Country School interns Hania and Melody dropped off a dinner to ninth-grader Arden around 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. She wasn’t in the cafeteria because she’s a day student, and she was on Lamb Watch that night.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS WEATHER COVID-19
JANUARY 2021 — As schools across the country are preparing to welcome back students against the backdrop of new COVID-19-related guidelines, North Country School is embracing its legacy of hands-on education in the outdoors.
ORGANIC ROOTS WINTER 2021
WINTER 2021 — The winter 2021 issue of Organic Roots includes stories on how North Country School handled the COVID-19 pandemic, the tradition of Wilderness Action Role Play, our new Outdoor Leadership Program, and more.
PEDUZZI WILL BE MISSED IN SCHOOL’S KITCHEN
OCTOBER 2020 — Paulette infused the North Country School kitchen with a humble, creative and independent spirit. Quite simply, she is the definition of honorable work ethic.
SAVOR THE SEASON: NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL HEAD OF KITCHEN REFLECTS ON LOCAL FOOD
SEPTEMBER 2020 — It’s hard to find an institution around the region more dedicated to producing its own food than North Country School/Camp Treetops on state Route 73.
WHY LEARN A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE? WHY NOT?
AUGUST 2020 — Why do I teach Japanese at NCS, and what can my students gain from it?
NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS
AUGUST 2020 — As schools across the country are preparing to welcome back students against the backdrop of new COVID-19-related guidelines, North Country School is embracing its legacy of hands-on education in the outdoors.
NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOL DONATES HARVEST TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRY
SUMMER 2020 — Beginning shortly after classes ended in May 2020, Garden Manager Tess Faller began making weekly runs to the Lake Placid Ecumenical Food Pantry, loading up the bed of a pickup truck with a colorful collection of crates that included leafy greens, shiny peppers, and plump tomatoes, all grown on the North Country School and Camp Treetops campus.
THE UNDENIABLE PODCAST: THE SELF-SUSTAINING CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE (FEAT. TODD ORMISTON)
MAY 2020 — How do a 3,800-lb. bag of potatoes, 2 buckets of sap, and an "intentional tech" approach build leaders for the next generation? A junior boarding school in the Adirondacks may have the answer.