Pierson tapped for co-principal role at Crossett Brook Middle School
Crossett Brook Middle School already has a new principal lined up for next school year, according to an announcement made on Friday.
Lawmakers hear how school staff shortages persist midway through school year
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.
Holocaust Remembrance Day inspires events, student education
In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day in Vermont Jan. 27, educators around the state will have access to a variety of curriculum resources for students in grades 7-12 to learn about and reflect on the Holocaust next week. Several special events are also planned in Bristol and Stowe.
After 14 years, Crossett Brook Principal Tom Drake looks to ‘graduate’ in June
After being the face of Crossett Brook Middle School for the past 14 years, Principal Tom Drake announced today that he will be stepping down at the end of this school year.
Applications open for summer Governor’s Institutes of Vermont programs
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.
Listening sessions in Barre seek input on career, tech ed
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.
Tips for parents: 23 Things to Do in 2023
WINOOSKI – When counselors at Vermont Student Assistance Corp. speak with students who have successfully completed high school and achieved their first early-adulthood goals – be it college admission, starting a technical program, or starting a job – there is usually one common denominator: adults who supported their expectations and gave them encouragement and advice.
Socrates Café returns to Harwood
“What does it mean to forgive?” That was the question at the Socrates Café at Harwood on December 6. For the first time in three years, students, administrators, school board members and community members of all ages gathered at the school to engage in civil dialogue to discuss a timeless and timely question.
Professional chorus premieres Harwood senior’s original song
Harwood Union High School senior Molly Caffry is having a big week marking the culmination of a special project as one of her original musical compositions is featured in a series of free holiday concerts around Vermont.
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.