Tapping the trees at SCH

Posted 3/27/25

Lower School Science teacher Marianne Maloy spoons out warm sap for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Lower School students Nate Gerard and Evan Cook to sample at the school’s Maple Fest. The event has been a school tradition for the past 9 years, and second graders spent the months researching maple syrup and eagerly awaiting the perfect time to tap the school’s 15 maple trees. This year, after a cold winter — ideal for production — they collected nearly 35 gallons of sap, five times as much as the group gathered last year, and more than double the amount from two …

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Tapping the trees at SCH

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Lower School Science teacher Marianne Maloy spoons out warm sap for Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Lower School students Nate Gerard and Evan Cook to sample at the school’s Maple Fest. The event has been a school tradition for the past 9 years, and second graders spent the months researching maple syrup and eagerly awaiting the perfect time to tap the school’s 15 maple trees. This year, after a cold winter — ideal for production — they collected nearly 35 gallons of sap, five times as much as the group gathered last year, and more than double the amount from two years ago when there was an unseasonably warm winter.