A Harwood Union High School junior is among the students recognized by Sen. Bernie Sanders for having a top entry in the senator’s 15th annual State of the Union Essay Contest. 

State representatives from the communities of the Harwood Unified Union School District will convene a public forum to discuss public education reform from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in the auditorium at Harwood Union High School.

MARCH 19: The Harwood Unified Union School District has announced revised Mud Season bus routes in effect until further notice

The Children’s Literacy Foundation has announced the theme for its  third annual Two-Sentence Story Contest for young writers in Vermont and New Hampshire. 

Waterbury’s Harry N. Cutting American Legion Post #59 recently presented academic achievement awards to two local college freshmen who graduated from Harwood Union High School in 2024.

The personal data of students and staff at several dozen Vermont school districts may have been compromised in a nationwide data breach of a student information system, according to state education officials.

An educational tradition continues at Harwood Union High School on Jan. 9 with the latest gathering of a Socrates Café for community members to join students to ponder a question, share, and learn. 

Two Waterbury high school students are among a group of applicants to the U.S. service academies that will meet with Vermont’s Congressional delegation members on Saturday at the Vermont State House. 

The Snelling Center for Government announced that Brookside Primary School Co-Principal Sarah Schoolcraft of Duxbury has graduated from its Vermont School Leadership Project.

In keeping with his tradition, Vermont’s senior U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has issued his annual call for entries in the 15th State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont high school students.

The Brookside Primary School community received sad news late last week. Longtime school staff member best known as the friendly morning and afternoon crossing guard Mark Swahn passed away on Nov. 21. 

Crossett Brook Middle School recently held its All-School Student-Led Assembly marking the end of the first trimester and celebrating student achievements that highlight the school’s core values to be caring, curious, and connected. 

They promise “this isn’t your grandparents’ ‘Treasure Island’” in announcing the fall production by Harwood Union Theatre. 

Ahead of the annual ceremony to recognize top educators across Vermont, Harwood Unified Union School District has shared its two nominees. 

Vermont’s 2025 Teacher of the Year is Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver who teaches at Winooski High School and lives in Moretown. 

The memorial nonprofit Launch Into Foreign Travel – or L.I.F.T for short – is hosting a fundraising concert and party on Sept. 14 at Camp Meade. The organization funds local student educational travel in honor of Moretown teen Cyrus Zschau, who died along with four friends in a 2016 car crash.

In the Senior Awards Night ceremony on June 6, a number of graduating Harwood students were recognized for their achievements and presented with awards and scholarships from community organizations and school staff.

Harwood Union High School’s seniors are counting down the hours to Saturday’s commencement ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. under the big tent on the school lawn. Find the graduation program here and gallery of photos of the Class of 2024.

For the sixth year, a Harwood Union High School 10th grader has been chosen for a special award that honors the memory of former Harwood sophomore Liam Hale. 

What’s become an annual springtime musical debut event for many young Vermont musicians  -- including Harwood school district students -- will take place soon after April school break.