School Board gets a financial caution, allows the pride flag at Harwood for June, and more
It is still too early to tell for sure, but the annual surpluses that the Harwood Unified Union School District has enjoyed and put towards facility maintenance may be coming to an end this year.
Firetruck escort to school caps off successful school fundraiser
It wasn’t a wayward fire alarm or even a real emergency Friday when a Waterbury firetruck pulled up to Brookside Primary School just after 8 a.m.
Harwood board adopts new policy to ban dangerous student restraints
A little over a year after learning that its school district was using restraint and seclusion with students at an alarming rate, the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board has adopted a new policy that officially bans most uses of the practices starting with the new school year in the fall.
School board tonight: Restraint-Seclusion Policy adoption, principal hire, pride flag request
Tonight’s Harwood Unified Union School District School Board meeting has several significant board action items on its agenda including approving the choice for Moretown Elementary School’s principal, adopting a new Restraint and Seclusion Policy, and a request to fly the pride flag during the month of June.
Liam Hale Adventure Scholarship goes to Harwood sophomore Eamon Langlais
Honoring the memory of a very active former Harwood Union High School student who loved the outdoors, a special scholarship with Sugarbush has been awarded to current Harwood sophomore, Eamon Langlais.
Committee picks Harwood alum as Moretown Elementary School principal choice
On Friday, the committee charged with reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, and recommending a hiring choice for the principal position at Moretown Elementary School said it has reached a decision.
UPDATE: Sometimes a squirrel is just a squirrel
Crossett Brook Middle School may be the home of the cougars but as of Thursday, it has a new – and hopefully temporary – mascot: a little exotic pet mammal called a sugar glider that appeared out of seemingly nowhere on Thursday.
Students share highlights from Rwanda travel study
From February 19 until March 10, a group of 28 Harwood Union High School students traveled across the Atlantic as part of the school’s Rwandan Travel Study program.
Harwood students take part in UVM Math Exam Competition
Nineteen students from Harwood Union High School recently took part in the annual University of Vermont Math Contest with two earning honors for their results.
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.