The Vermont Historical Society is accepting applications through May 15 for two summer fellowships open to high school and undergraduate university students with opportunities to assist with research on Italian-American history in Barre and Vermont women’s history.

They traveled from each of Vermont’s 14 counties on Saturday to gather at Vermont Technical College in Randolph for the first Youth Chess Day event hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

For its spring musical this year, Harwood Union High School’s theater department has chosen a classic of both stage and screen with special ties to Vermont. 

Nearly half of all girls around the world have no access to an education. Yet research shows that when a girl is educated, she can help lift her whole community out of poverty.

The Harwood Unified Union School District received word this week that the Harwood Harkness Initiative has earned an award from the National School Boards Association. 

Warren elementary school teacher Heidi Hill has been recognized by a National Life Group Foundation program that honors K-12 public school educators and staff who exemplify excellence, positive influence and leadership.  

MONTPELIER — Vermont schools face “critical” staff shortages midway through the academic year, education leaders say, with some suggesting the state hack away at its 1,000 teacher and staff vacancies by providing loan support and reducing red tape in licensing and certification.

The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont has just opened applications for the 2023 residential summer programs with a March 31 deadline for high school students to apply. 

The Central Vermont Career Center is one of six regional career center locations around the state hosting in-person listening sessions this week to solicit feedback regarding career and technical education, governance and funding in Vermont. The two Barre sessions are today - Jan. 11 - at 4 p.m. and at 6 p.m. at Spaulding High School. An online survey is available, too.

Harwood’s Battle of the Bands turned the school auditorium into a mini rock festival for a few hours last Friday as student acts from high schools around the region performed and competed for cash prizes.

For its fall production, Harwood Union High School’s theater program has picked the classic Shakespeare tale of star-crossed lovers, "Romeo & Juliet," presented this coming Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 9-11. 

After multiple public appearances at community events since he arrived in Vermont in July, school Superintendent Mike Leichliter plans an online meet-and-greet event on Tuesday, Oct. 25. 

MONTPELIER – The Vermont Wing of the Civil Air Patrol has awarded the Amelia Earhart Award to two Vermont cadets. 

Crossett Brook Middle School hosts its second Community Harvest Dinner on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 5 to 6 p.m. ahead of Back to School Night activities. 

Professional disc golf player Ricky Wysocki paid a visit to Brookside Primary School last week.

Members of the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board will host a second community meet-and-greet event for new Superintendent Mike Leichliter on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Warren Town Hall.

Harwood Union High School’s commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 11, starting at 10 a.m. under the tent on the school’s front lawn. The event will be live-streamed on the school's YouTube channel.

Harwood Union High School math teacher Rebecca Allen reports that the school had a great turnout this year for the Vermont High School Prize Examination in Mathematics. 

The 2021-22 school year has just two weeks remaining. Here are a few important dates left on the school calendars.