Community invited to Harwood spring Socrates Café on May 18
The Socrates Café returns to Harwood Union High School on May 18.
Local student compositions on the program for Music-COMP’s May 2 Opus 37 concert
On May 2 in Burlington, the nonprofit Music-COMP organization presents a world premiere concert event featuring 23 new compositions by Vermont students including two Crossett Brook Middle School students.
Two tracks: Local, state education leaders consider ending student restraint, seclusion practices
State lawmakers are hearing testimony in support of banning harmful restraint and seclusion practices used with Vermont school students, some as young as preschoolers. Meanwhile, the Harwood Unified Union School District is moving ahead with a policy with limitations on the practices that are stronger than what state rules currently allow.
Middle schoolers take home Vermont History Day prizes
Twenty local middle school students attended the Vermont History Day competition at the Univeristy of Vermont last weekend sponsored by the Vermont Historical Society.
Local 8th-grade writers take top honors in Hildene essay contest
Three local middle school writers won top honors in an annual statewide essay contest that took on the controversial topic of book banning recently.
Harwood hiring decisions fill three top jobs, likely launch another principal search
As the school year winds down, administrators at Harwood Unified Union School District are busy filling positions for next school year where staff have announced resignations or retirements.
Harwood students to share Rwanda travel stories at Zenbarn April 16
Students and teachers from Harwood Union High School’s Rwanda Travel Study program will share stories from their recent trip to Africa at a special community event at Zenbarn on Sunday, April 16.
Vermont Historical Society offers two summer student fellowships
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.
Sen. Sanders’ Youth Chess Day draws more than 130 student players
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.
Moretown teacher picked to be Crossett Brook co-principal
A 15-member committee charged with rounding out the leadership team for Crossett Brook Middle School next year has chosen a Moretown teacher currently working at Winooski Middle-High School.
Harwood presents the classic ‘The Sound of Music’ April 6-8
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.
School district 2023-24 calendar set: students get Thanksgiving week off
Although this year’s last day of school has not been finalized yet, the school calendar for the 2023-24 school year has been posted with one new feature for families to note.
Harwood Harkness Initiative gets national recognition, Vermont interest
Harwood Unified Union School District is getting some national education community attention at the National School Boards Association annual convention this weekend while practitioners have been busy meeting with Vermont student and teacher groups to offer first-hand demonstrations.
School board wrestles with, but approves $879K school kitchen bid
Sticker shock didn’t deter the Harwood Unified Union School District’s School Board last week from voting to move ahead with plans to build a functional commercial kitchen into Waitsfield Elementary School later this year. Even if it ultimately costs over $1 million.
What goes around comes around – Tom Drake is a finalist for Crossett Brook co-principal job
Three finalists for Crossett Brook Middle School’s co-principal position have been announced and one of them is … current school Principal Tom Drake.
Waitsfield kitchen redo likely on hold after single, high bid pushes costs over $1 million
At its regular meeting this Wednesday, the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board will review plans for building maintenance projects for the next three years and likely will put the brakes on plans to overhaul the Waitsfield Elementary School kitchen.
Crossett Brook student chefs land Jr. Iron Chef award
Preparing a Fancy Farm Flatbread recipe landed one of Crossett Brook Middle School’s two student culinary teams an award for cooking with local ingredients at the 15th Junior Iron Chef Vermont competition at the Champlain Valley Expo last weekend.
Harwood School Board keeps ‘dream team’ leaders for the coming year
The Harwood Unified Union School Board unanimously re-elected its chair and vice chair for another year as what one board member dubbed its “dream team” leaders at this week’s organizational meeting following the Town Meeting Day election.
Career center passes its first budget test
Voters across the region last week gave a strong vote of approval to the budget for the Central Vermont Career Center. According to election results released on Monday, the $4.1 million budget passed by a vote of 6,535 to 1,806 on Town Meeting Day.
Reporter’s notebook: On voters’ minds in Waterbury, Moretown
On Town Meeting Day, students from the University of Vermont’s Community News Service reporting program traveled to communities around the region to sit in on town meetings and talk with voters at the polls. Student reporter Sam Jefferson visited Waterbury and Moretown and filed this report.