Vermont’s 2025 Teacher of the Year teaches in Winooski, lives in Moretown
Vermont’s 2025 Teacher of the Year is Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver who teaches at Winooski High School and lives in Moretown.
All is well after hoax threat to Waitsfield Elementary School
All is well at Waitsfield Elementary School after school officials worked with Vermont State Police this morning to investigate what they quickly determined to be a hoax threat directed at multiple schools.
New Harwood cellphone routine takes hold; school board eyes a formal policy
As the new school year settles into a routine, students at Harwood Union Middle/High School are getting accustomed to having cellphones away during the school day. But some school board members have pushed back on spending $21,000 for the phone pouches in use and even more favor the district creating a formal policy addressing cellphones in all schools.
Concert fundraiser aims to fund student travel scholarships
The memorial nonprofit Launch Into Foreign Travel – or L.I.F.T for short – is hosting a fundraising concert and party on Sept. 14 at Camp Meade. The organization funds local student educational travel in honor of Moretown teen Cyrus Zschau, who died along with four friends in a 2016 car crash.
CVCC site search narrowed to two including U-32
BARRE — The search for a new home for the Central Vermont Career Center has tentatively been narrowed from nearly 200 sites to two and neither is in Barre, where the center has operated since it opened under a different name in a wing of Spaulding High School in 1969.
Envelopes to stand in for locking cases as school’s phone-free plan hits a bump
Harwood’s plan to go cellphone-free this school year has hit a slight bump in the road. Special cases for students to store phones during the school day have not arrived in time for the start of the school year.
Harwood teachers, district reach three-year contract agreement
With the new school year about to begin, one big hurdle for the Harwood Unified Union School District has been cleared -- the union and school board have reached a three-year contract agreement that increases compensation in an effort to attract and retain teachers in a competitive job market.
Harwood Co-Principal Greenberg to step down in October
In a letter sent to Harwood Union Middle/High School families this week, Co-Principal Laurie Greenberg announced that she will be stepping down from her position with her final day being Thursday, October 10.
Waterbury Kids take the Seven Days Good Citizen Challenge
Ten-year-old Susannah Rye of Waterbury has had a busy summer. In June, shortly after classes ended, she set out to complete all 25 activities in the Good Citizen Challenge, a nonpartisan youth civics project organized by Burlington-based Seven Days newspaper.
Harwood: Updated bus info. posted has new, fewer routes
New – and fewer – school bus routes are in effect for the 2024-25 school year.
Lock it up: Harwood memo outlines new phone-free school rules
With the first day of school less than a month away, principals at Harwood Union Middle/High School have announced details for the new school policy to keep students’ cell phones locked away during the school day in an effort to reduce distractions and improve learning and socializing.
Harwood superintendent joins state commission to reform education system
The newly created Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont begins its work this morning and Harwood’s superintendent is one of the commission members.
Strategic buying puts Harwood district at the head of the class for local food purchases
Some savvy shopping and buying has helped the food service program in the Harwood Unified Union School District qualify for state grant funding to help pay for its student meals.
So long, farewell ... to teachers moving on from local schools
As the 2023-24 school year came to a close, students, staff and families said farewell to a number of teachers departing local schools. Some faculty are moving on due to retirements, some are resigning to take other positions, and some are pursuing new interests.
Final celebration sends off Crossett Brook 8th graders
Crossett Brook Middle School’s 73 eighth graders crossed their graduation stage on Thursday, marking a milestone in their school careers as they now look to high school.
Harwood Class of 2024 graduation in photos
Harwood Union’s Class of 2024 crossed the graduation stage on Saturday, June 8. Find photo galleries here by Gordon Miller
Maxi’s serves up the First Grade Special
On a recent weekday morning, Maxi’s Restaurant was hopping with breakfast diners packed shoulder-to-shoulder along its legendary counter bar.
Harwood's class of 2024 becomes part of school tradition
As they spent their final moments together as a class, Harwood’s newest graduates on Saturday were reminded of some unforgettable early experiences of their high school careers that began early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pride flag goes missing at Harwood
The Pride flag flying for the past three weeks on the flagpole in front of Harwood Union Middle/High School was stolen over the weekend, Harwood administrators announced on Tuesday.
Harwood Senior Awards
In the Senior Awards Night ceremony on June 6, a number of graduating Harwood students were recognized for their achievements and presented with awards and scholarships from community organizations and school staff.