Superintendent seeks CDL to help with bus driver crunch
With a shortage of bus drivers being made worse by flu season, one Vermont school superintendent is going after his commercial driver’s license.
Gymnasium floor replacement expected to take until late January
Work to rebuild the gymnasium floor at Harwood Union High School continues with added steps needed that now put the target completion date at the end of January, according to school officials.
Meeting Dec. 15 will review Harwood Union’s school choice program
Families interested in learning more about the Harwood Unified Union School District’s program for choosing to enroll children in any appropriate K-8 district school regardless of where they live can learn more at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15.
Harwood Union’s National Honor Society adds 24 new members
Harwood Union High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Harwood auditorium.
Harwood’s Travel Study returns to ‘The Land of a Thousand Hills’ in 2023
“Rwanda kind of feels like home,” says Harwood Union High School English teacher Stephen Rand. In his 13 trips there, the kinship between Harwood and this remote African country has strengthened.
Harwood holds first Socrates Cafe in three years
What does it mean to forgive? As we see conflict escalate in our world every day, students at Harwood Union High School wonder if forgiveness and reaching out to those with opposing views are truly in our nature.
Out with the old, in with a new gym floor by … January
Demolition on the Harwood gymnasium floor got underway this week with contractors using heavy equipment to rip out the old hardwood surface that’s been in place for more than 50 years.
Harwood Music Department Citrus Sale returns
After a two-year hiatus, the Harwood Union Music Department has brought back its annual Citrus Sale and orders are being collected now.
Brookside celebrates good behavior with a ‘rainbow parade’
What better way to end the week than to put on a quick parade? That’s exactly what the students and staff at Brookside Primary School did on Friday.
Bands battle it out at Harwood
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.
Harwood presents Shakespeare’s classic ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Nov. 10-12
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.
School board update: Waitsfield kitchen overhaul on deck
The Harwood Unified Union School District board last week heard a request to move ahead with a long-discussed overhaul of the kitchen at Waitsfield Elementary School that would rely on using more than $500,000 of the district’s Maintenance Reserve Fund.
Waiver clears the way for new school board member
A Waterbury seat on the HUUSD School Board has a new member as of last week when the board appointed Jacob Pitman to serve until Town Meeting Day in March. The appointment passed muster with a waiver from the Vermont Secretary of Education given Pitman’s role as a coach in the district.
Q&A: Superintendent talks academics, COVID plans, mental health & more
During an online Zoom community Q&A meeting this week, discussion with Harwood Unified Union School District Superintendent Mike Leichliter ranged from board goals for the year to COVID-19 plans to improving academics.
Harwood holds first ‘Battle of the Bands’ contest on Friday
To end the week on multiple high notes, the Harwood Union Music Department presents Battle of the Bands, a new event where high school rock bands compete for prize money and fame. It happens Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. on the Harwood stage.
Moose on the loose keeps kids inside school
There was some morning excitement at Brookside Primary School on Tuesday.
Superintendent online Q&A set for Tuesday, Oct. 25
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.
After water damage, Harwood gym will be replaced
The gymnasium floor at Harwood Union High School will be completely replaced after it sustained significant water damage from a fire sprinkler break several weeks ago.
Harwood gym update: Drying out
The gym at Harwood Union Middle/High School will remain out of use for at least this coming week as efforts continue to dry out the floor from water damage from a major sprinkler system leak.
School board vacancy opens for Waterbury
One of Waterbury’s four seats on the Harwood Unified Union School Board has come open and applicants are needed to fill the spot through Town Meeting Day in March.