Students in Rory Flynn’s fifth grade class at Bernardston Elementary School visited Jordan DiGeorge of Bald Mountain Sugar House on South Street in Bernardston on Friday. The students were learning about the process of making maple syrup from maple trees while studying ecosystems and different types of trees. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Jordan DiGeorge of Bald Mountain Sugar House in Bernardston checks the quality of the syrup he is drawing off his evaporator during a visit from students in Rory Flynn’s fifth grade class at Bernardston Elementary School on Friday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Bernardston Elementary School fifth grader Garrett Liberatore and other students enjoy maple cotton candy while visiting Bald Mountain Sugar House in Bernardston. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Bald Mountain Sugar House in Bernardston. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

A student from Bernardston Elementary School’s fifth grade class looks though the steam rising off of Jordan DiGeorge’s evaporator at Bald Mountain Sugar House in Bernardston on Friday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ