EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Students at Bell Top Elementary School got a unique hands-on learning experience this week as they made fresh apple cider using the cider press in the school’s Learning Barn.

Dexter ― Just days before the official start of fall, Nancy Steinhauer filled up half-gallon jugs with dark brown apple cider. She turned on the taps on a stainless-steel tank holding cider and waited ...