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I Love Vermont
Zachary Trono - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

I love Vermont. I would not live anywhere else in the world. I have lived in Vermont all twelve years of my life and plan on staying many more years, in this wonderful state I call home. I love Vermont in many ways from the beautiful rolling hills of the Green Mountains to the small farm villages.

Vermont: My Home
Daphne Plante - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

Vermont is a beautiful place in the United States. From spring to summer, and fall to winter, the seasons hold many surprises! From the sweet taste of syrup, to actually making it yourself, you’ll always love it! The seasons here are the best. In spring, you can play in the slushy snow. In summer, you can spend a relaxing time by the pool, basking in the sun. In fall, you can jump in all the leaves or scare someone for Halloween! And in the winter, you can ski, snowboard, or just play in the snow! You'll be living your life to the highest level, and, as a Vermonter, you'll always belong here. This state holds many secrets only known to the people who live in Vermont.

Vermont and Vermonters Thomas Robinson - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School Vermont is a very amazing place, but to be a Vermonter is even better. Vermonters are the luckiest people in America. Vermont has incredible mountains and fantastic views that make Vermont the best state there is. Although there are not a lot of people in Vermont, it is still a great place.
The most important thing to everyone who lives in Vermont is that they can buy and use a lot of things from local towns. If everyone in Vermont bought from local farms and businesses, the farmers and businesses would earn more money so the economy would be even better than it is. Recently, Burlington was declared to be the cleanest city in America, and Vermont was voted the healthiest state!

Vermont’s Beauty
Nathan Comai - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

Have you ever been to Vermont? If you have, you probably know it is a very beautiful place with beautiful weather and an amazing blue lake. If you haven’t come here before, you probably should. Vermont is a very fun place with lots of things to do in the summer, winter, and the fall.

The One and Only Green Mountain State
Natalie Franklin - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

How many places could you wake up to the twittering of birds outside your window, a clear blue sky, and the smell of fresh maple syrup drifting up your stairs??? Not many, well at least none of the other places are as special as Vermont. Vermont is just one of those areas where there are no cars zooming by, or factories polluting the air. Vermont is made up of cows, activity, and peace. Some people think Vermont may be a small, simple place compared to New York City. They’re wrong. Vermont is unique, like a pink elephant, it is one of a kind.

My Home, Vermont
Alissa Stone - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

Living in Vermont is very special to me. I love every morning waking up to see the beautiful mountains, stepping outside and feeling the cool breeze. I love looking out over the lake and seeing the sunset behind the purple mountains. This is something many people take for granted but they shouldn’t. My home, my Vermont, is one of the most beautiful things to me.

What Vermont Means to Me

Elliott Mitchell - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

If you live in Vermont, what does it mean to you? For me, I don’t think there is anything better than waking up at 6:00 a.m. to go skiing on a freshly groomed trail, glistening in the new dawn light. Or, maybe playing in the snow with your dog, trying to wrestle yourself away while he tries to steal your hat and rip it up into shreds! Or, you can go to a nearby general store, so your dad can get his morning coffee, while you go looking for Vermont-made maple candies. Yum, my favorite!

The Perfect Home - Vermont
Maddie Turnau - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

What does it mean to be a Vermonter? What is the most important thing to me about living in Vermont? How has growing up here affected my outlook? I have never really thought about these questions before, but now as I think about it, there are many reasons why I am lucky to be living in such a perfect place, Vermont.

Vermont
Aryn Hall - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

Vermont. What a strange name, as in vert or green, and montagne or mountain. Vermont is my home, as it is to many others. I hope that in ten years only a few things will have changed, and that me, myself, living here, is not one of those things.

The door
The wood
Creaking open.
I take in the scene.
The walls
The bricks
The table
The wood
The metal
The silver
The red
My father
Why?

The grief
The tears
The pain
The anguish
The sorrow
The mourning
The funeral
Why?

“Nate wake up, its time to go hunting,” says my dad as I yawn. I peer at the digital clock on the stove it reads, 4:45am. I make a low sigh/groan then start to get dressed. My hunting clothes are made up of 2 pairs of pants, 3 shirts and very heavy sox. My dad tells me I need something to eat something so I choose an English muffin to feast on. I put it in the toaster, it pops I put some butter on it and gobble it down. I get my boots, hat, gloves, and my orange vest on and get my gun.

Vermont? Why Vermont?
Kurt Weidman - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

Vermont? Why would you pick Vermont to live in when there are so many other places to go? Well, there are many reasons why you should live in Vermont. Why would you want to live anywhere else when Vermont’s an option? Burlington, Vermont has just been named the healthiest city in the United States of America! Wow! That’s incredible!!! What is one thing you would change about Vermont? If you could live here in ten years, would you live here or not? What is the most important thing about living in Vermont?

Vermont: My Home
Noa Urbaitel - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

It’s a matter of opinion whether you like where you live, but I can tell you, I love where I live. I was born in Vermont and I have never lived anywhere else. Some people think that when you have lived in one place for your whole life all the excitement has worn off. You think you have seen everything there is to see, heard everything there is to hear, and tasted all the foods there are to taste, but the fact is, there is always something new in Vermont.

A True Vermonter
Katie Bedell - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

What exactly is a true Vermonter? Are they just people who live in Vermont? Or, are they people who love Vermont for what it is? Well, let me tell you, you don’t just become a sincere Vermonter overnight.
If you are a real Vermonter, Vermont has changed your life. It shouldn’t just be where your house is. It should have made your life improve in some way. It could have made you think about living healthier, or got you looking at the big picture and how we need to save our Earth from global warming. It could have done everything from teaching you how to ski, to helping you come up with an idea to stop world hunger. Vermont has done a lot for me. It really made me think about recycling and trying to make our world a better place. Has Vermont done anything for you?

Vermont Affection
Sophie Judge - Grade 6
Charlotte Central School

I have always thought of Vermont as a tranquil place. It is small, rural, and mostly untouched by stacked skyscrapers and crawling traffic. It is cut off from the rest of the world which makes it truly special to me. That is why growing up in Vermont has affected my life in many ways, and why I often reflect on the important reasons why I like living here.
Being raised in Vermont has affected me a lot. I have learned many things about nature, farming, and people. I also get to have first hand experiences when I learn about things in and out of school. Living here has given me a sense of right and wrong, and the true meaning of freedom. Since Vermont is so distant from the outside world, I am not exposed to bad influences, and I can grow up peacefully, surrounded by natural beauty.

I went for a walk in the woods. I was in the dark part of the woods when I sat on a log and rested. All of a sudden I had an uneasy feeling. I got up and started walking. Then the woods got rely quite and I felt I was being watched. I began to get a real uneasy. I started to run back to my house. When inside the wind began to blow.

Not all people living in Vermont are Vermonters. A Vermonter’s popular description is being born here, having at least six generations buried in a Vermont cemetery, and having a pick-up truck with a chainsaw. Although these are true, Vermonters are many other things, too.
Vermonters have always been conservationists and still are. They use only the resources they have and save everything because it may come in handy later. They take only the fallen maple trees from their sugar woods to burn to heat their houses or to burn in the sugar house. My grandfather has a portable sawmill which he uses to cut wood for other people and he saves the scraps to burn. Once when we needed drip edge for a shed roof, Grandpa found us some in the barn that his father had saved long ago.

The morning sun rose and shone in my eyes. I slowly opened them, not wanting to. The smell of bacon climbed up the stairs and up my nose. "Silver," my mother called. My mother had a soft voice, like honey slowly sliding off a spoon.

I slowly climbed out of bed, my feet twitching as they touched the cold wood floor. It had snowed last night, and everything was so cold. It was like we had been stuck in a freezer, and tiny ice cubes were falling from the sky.

I looked out the window; kids were skating on the pond and having snowball fights, laughing. I enjoyed watching them; I felt like I knew them, even though I didn't.

My eyes softly floated over to a small, round snow fort, where not many people could have fit in, I guessed. There was something awkward about the fort, but what?

"Silver," my mother's voice broke my thoughts about the fort.

Vermont doesn’t have any big cites, or the ocean. It doesn’t have resorts, skyscrapers, or huge flocks of tourists. This is what makes Vermont so special. Without any big attractions, Vermont has managed to stay a small rural state that no one knows about. This is a good thing, because without cites to destroy it, nature can take control.
Long winding dirt roads, covered in vibrantly colored leaves, and lined with ancient oak and maple trees, are much better than huge hotels, skyscrapers, and casinos. This is much closer to the way the earth was created, closer to how nature intended it to be. Long hikes through the Green Mountains, lunch on top of an overlook, and nature walks looking for perfect autumn leaves are better than taking a lunch break from a giant twenty-story office. They are better than walking through crowded sidewalks with people everywhere, strangers that you have never seen or met before and probably won’t ever know.

Silver

By Courtney Panton
Monkton Central School, Grade 6

When the word silver is said…
I think sparkly,
Silver is a necklace, half a heart is hooked around my neck and the other around my bff.
When the word silver is said a couple is joined by a shining ring.
Silver is the file cabinet that holds all the boring work of school as we sit and stare into space.
Silver is the color of the guard rail that tries to stop fatal accidents as cars zoom by.
Silver is the lock that keeps my journal private and without a sign that says, “Please open”.
Silver is the key to my heart that only love receives.
Silver is a true color that makes you think and has many meanings.

In winter,
Vermont's green mountains turn white,
Covered by a snowy blanket.

In spring,
Vermont comes alive with the joy of new life,
And the ground is made soft by mud.

In summer,
Vermont is warmed by the glowing sun,
And Lake Champlain glitters under the mountains.

In fall,
Vermont is beautifully sprinkled with a sunset of leaves,
And the mountains burst into flame.

Silver

By Eden Hubert
Dover Elementary, Grade 6

She listens.
Hoping they call her name.
Many names get called, but she doesn't hear hers.
Yet.
Then they call it, "The silver goes to Caitlyn Johnson from USA."
She can't believe it.
She heads up to the podium, taking her place.
Silver.
She won the silver.
Not gold, but silver.
Just knowing she had achieved something.
Hey, it's better then nothing.

Vermont

By Emma Lodge
People's Academy Middle Level, Grade 6

Vermont is full of beauty and teeming with life. From almost every point in Vermont you can see mountains rising above all else. The mountains are my favorite thing about Vermont. People come from all over the world to see Vermont’s picturesque mountains. The peaks change with every season. In the summer they are a radiant green. They are scattered with waterfalls and places to go hiking. In fall the trees turn brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow. That makes the mountains look like they’re on fire! When the mountains reflect off lakes in the fall they turn the water deep shades of crimson. Winter brings thick white snow. Skiers and snow boarders come from far and wide to ski on Vermont’s icy slopes. In the spring all the plants start blossoming. You can watch the tree line burst back to life right before your eyes, and you know it will soon be summer all over again.

Oliver
Vermont

The wind whistling in my ear, along with the birds singing happily. The leaves gracefully falling onto the muddy forest floor as I walk by. The water trickling down the stream and the leaves hat are being carried away down the stream and some leaves getting caught to the twigs on the edge.
I'm in my back yard and trying to get all the worries out of my life. Being the oldest out of five kids is a big responsibility believe it or not. In the fall I love to just run outside into the woods and lie down on the leaves and just stare at the clouds all day and watch the geese forming a some what formation of a "V". As well as the smell of burning leaves drifting through the air. And very soon fall will come to the end of its domain and "Jack Frost" will visit soon

Vermont
By: Jennie Mabee
Grade 6
Mt. Anthony Union Middle School

Did you ever want a laid back life? Not all the rustling sounds in the city? Come to Vermont! Vermont is a very peaceful, quiet state compared to the city, but we work just as hard as city people do. Los Angeles, New York City, and Boston are some cities that aren`t like Vermont.
We’re the #1 producers of maple syrup in the country. Also, we’re not a dangerous state; we’re the second safest safe state too.
Some people from the city think “Why live in Vermont? There’s more to do in the city”.
There’s plenty to do in Vermont, there’s fishing, biking, and skiing. Try to ski in the city.
Also, Vermont is good for sightseeing. Tourists come from all over in the fall to see all the leaves change. They visit in summer to see all the green mountains.

Vermont
By Kayla Shekinah

Vermont is a very peculiar state. It’s in the little corner of the USA and least known in the USA besides Michigan. It’s not famous for anything really besides maple syrup and it’s TINY! But it’s a great place to live. When I was old enough to go to school, my mom moved up here from Tennessee for my sister and I to get a better education. That’s gotta say something. She said it was because the schools were smaller and that gave more attention to people who need help there. Vermont is great.
Vermont is so cool because of the: (drum roll please) the land. The land is very unpolluted and treated well. Yes, there is litter, but many people are working to clean it up. My grandma moved up here with her husband because down in Tennessee, it was getting to polluted and they started getting headaches. They really like it up here, so that makes my mom and my grandparents that moved up here from Tennessee. Now I just have to get my dad.....

Life in Vermont by Cole Poulin

Life in Vermont? Way different then most states. Vermont is very unique in it’s own style. Instead of being densely populated, it’s densely forested. I’ve lived here all my life, I should know. Vermont is known as a hunting state. There's a lot of hunting because of it. (the forests)
Also all four seasons are shone. Summer, fall, winter, spring are great to have. They are special because most states don’t get all four. They each have a personal feeling, summer swimming in rivers, fall leaves changing, winter sliding, spring mud season and sugaring. That’s just my opinion, theirs many more for Vermont to think of.
In all Vermont is a wonderful state to live in. If I had a choice to create heaven, I’d make it Vermont.

Vermont. Beautiful, wonderful,glorious Vermont. Growing up in Vermont could have been the best thing to happen to me. Being a Vermonter means growing up in a safe secure environment. Growing up in large cities can effect your future with bad ideas and wrong actions. In Vermont you can see wildlife like deer and farm animals like cow, horses and pigs. In the city all you see are dirty cats and dogs that live off of garbage and that need love. That’s sad. Some people that lived in the city never saw a cow before. Growing up in the city can be dangerous and scary. In a blink of the eye you could be stolen, hurt and even killed. It can happen anywhere, but the crime rate in the city is higher.
If I could change one thing about Vermont, I would leave more land for wildlife. I know that people need land, but it should be fair for the animals too.

I think that being a Vermonter means being one of the many people who takes care of Vermont and helps it flourish. It also means helping VT stay green and healthy. If I could change one part of Vermont, I would make mud season less-well-muddy. I would also make VT a green (global warming-wise) state. My favorite part of our beautiful state is the scenery- the beautiful mountains, the glittering lake, the green forests spreading over miles. Growing up here has affected me because I love nature now, and do all I can to preserve it for the next generation. It is, in my opinion, the most beautiful state in the U.S.A.!! If you ask if I want to live here in ten, twenty, any number of years here, I will always say YES!!!!! Vermont is my favorite state, the only one I will ever really love. I want to grow up, live, find a job, work and die here. The best features of the U.S.A. are Vermont’s mountains, lake and wildlife and nothing will convince me otherwise.