Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to tell the story of conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America, and is based right here in Woodstock, Vermont. MBRNHP has been a foundational and critical partner in the development and support of the CRAFT program.
The Vermont Land Trust is a caretaker of the King Farm, a traditional hill farm located within walking and sight distance of the WUHSMS campus. VLT’s mission of ‘uniting land and lives’ provides an excellent foundation to support a learning lab and classroom space for CRAFT.
VIA has been an incredible thought partner, providing outstanding technical expertise and guidance as we work to design and develop a learning lab and community kitchen at the King Farm.
Thanks to the generous support of the Rowland Foundation, educators Janis Boulbol and Kat Robbins were awarded the opportunity to become Rowland Fellows in 2021. This provided the time, resources, finances, networks, expertise, and support to develop the CRAFT program.
Steering Committee: An extremely skilled and passionate group of educators and students has created CRAFT from the ground up, including vision, strategic planning, logistics, funding, schedules, recruitment, and telling the story.
- Jen Stainton: Director of Curriculum
- Gretchen Czaja: School Nutrition Program Director
- Alyssa Smith: Wellness Department Chair
- Tim Brennan: Science Department Chair
- Melissa Fellows: 7th Grade Life Science Teacher
- Luis Bango: Center of Community Connections (C3) Coordinator
- Sofia Bertocci, School Counselor, WUHSMS
- Kelly Jackson, WUHS ‘22
- Corey White, WUHS ‘22
- Graham Farrington, WUHS ‘23
- Hudson Maxham, WUHS ‘23
- Priscilla Richardson, WUHS ’26
- Ada Mahood, WUHS ’25
Advisory Committee: CRAFT has been guided by a talented, committed group of individuals from diverse backgrounds, and we are eternally grateful.
- Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Windsor Central Supervisory Union
- Joe Rigoli, Director of Buildings and Grounds, Windsor Central Supervisory Union
- Pieter Bohen: Conservationist and Director, Cotyledon Fund
- Elizabeth Reaves: Senior Program Director, Sustainable Food Lab
- Steve Mortillo: Integrated Resources Program Lead, National Park Service
- Rainey McKenna, Visitor Experience and Resource Stewardship Program Manager, National Park Service
- Ben Waterman: Lands Director, Vermont Land Trust
- Randy Robar: Farmer, Kiss the Cow Farm
- Karen Ganey: Educator and Permaculture Designer, Regeneration Corps
- Colene Reed: Farm Director, Farm and Wilderness
CRAFT Educators: These teachers are shaping what it looks like and means to BE CRAFT in the classroom.
- CRAFT Educators: These teachers are shaping what it looks like and means to BE CRAFT in the classroom.
- Janis Boulbol, Agricultural Innovation Instructor
- Abbie Castriotta, Greenhouse Manager and CRAFT Teaching Assistant
- Ben Johnson, Innovation Lab, NUVU
- Martha Perkins, American Literature/Environmental Literature (future course)
- Nick Wolfe, Economy and the Environment (future course)
- Jes VanDriesen, Statistics and AP Statistics
- Alyssa Smith, Wellness
- Sammy DeCuollo, Integrated Environmental Science
- Vanessa Cramer, AP Environmental Science
- Luis Bango, C3 Independent Studies and Internships
- Katrina Jimerson, EcoArt
- Kat Robbins, Place-Based Learning Coordinator In Partnership with the National Park Service
- Anna Megyesi, Spanish Teacher