School Vacation Days Programs - Common Ground High School, Urban Farm, and Environmental Education Center
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What do we do each day?
Vacation Day programs have MIXED AGE groups. We find that the mixed age groupings work well, and they give friends and siblings of varying ages the option to choose to be together. Children must be a minimum of 5 years old to participate in vacation day programs.
Seasonal activity examples
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Fall: hiking to Judges Cave or Lake Wintergreen, cooking over the campfire, building forts, making harvest pizza from the garden, caring for farm animals, making inventions in Tinkertown, and more!
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Winter: snow play, winter animal tracking, cooking with food from the farm, maple sugaring, sheep & wool art, snow shoeing, sledding, cardboard fort building, recycled art, and more!
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Spring: fort building, nature hikes, visiting baby farm animals, wetland exploration (frogs & tadpoles), gardening, cooking with food from the farm, mud art, hikes to Judges Cave and Lake Wintergreen, fairy houses, natural and recycled arts, games, and more!
The majority of our activities are OUTSIDE in all weather so it is important to make sure your child is dressed for outdoor activities. Children bring their own bagged lunch and water bottle.
2026 – 2027 Schedule
We plan to offer vacation day programs on many of the days that schools are closed! We confirm staffing and open enrollment 2 – 3 weeks before each program date.
HOURS are 8:30 AM – 3 PM.
2026 - 2027 school year dates we plan to offer programs:
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September 21
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October 12
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November 2
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November 3
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November 11
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January 6
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January 18
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February 12
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February 15
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February 16
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March 10
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March 26
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April 12
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April 13
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April 14
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April 15
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April 16
Questions? Call Rebecca Holcombe at 203-389-4333 x 1213 or email rholcombe@commongroundct.org.
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.