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Allison Fiske of Springfield recently joined more than 50 other nursing students who participated in the annual Arnold P. Gold Foundation White Coat Ceremony at Castelton University. A short-film by Maya Lindberg of Cavendish of the Class of 2024 and Emma Fisher of the Class of 2025 is one of 16 featured finalists at the […]
TRSU board agenda for May 4
The board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 04 at the ART Room at Cavendish Elementary, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville, and via Zoom, by clicking here, and by phone: 646-876-9923 . Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order A. Roll Call II. APPROVAL […]
GM Building Restructuring Committee agenda for May 8
The Building Restructuring Committee of the Green Mountain Unified School District Board will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 8 at the Green Mountain High School Library, 716 VT-103 in Chester. You can also access the meeting by Zoom: https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85789511807 and Phone: 646-876-9923 The committee is made up of Dennis Reilly of Cavendish, Katie […]
Cavendish school concerns rise to top at GM board meeting
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC The agenda for last Thursday’s Green Mountain Unified School District board meeting looked pretty tame compared to recent meetings but, as it unfolded, the board’s discussion was described by some in terms of “animosity” and by others in terms of “intensity” and passion. The difference depended on […]
TRSU board agenda for May 4
The board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 04 in the Art Room at Cavendish Town Elementary School, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville. You can also access via Zoom https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85756476936| Phone: 646-876-9923 . Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order: A. Roll Call II. […]
Families invited to ‘Listen Up’ film at Flood Brook
Listen Up,” a screen adaptation of the live performance of a musical written and performed by Vermont students, will be shown at the Flood Brook School, 91 Route 11 in Londonderry, at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 27. In the film, documentary filmmaker and theater producer Bess O’Brien explores what teens in Vermont are thinking and […]
GMUSD board agenda for April 20
The board of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday April 20, 2023 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85863233984. Below is the board’s agenda. I. CALL TO ORDER: A. Roll call II. Approval […]
GM board hears complaints that Chieftain name violates policy
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Tuesday night, Chester resident Matt Gorsky told the Green Mountain Unified School Board that the harm in using the Chieftain name is “in the inescapable connection between it and 50 years of a racist mascot depicting people this country has conducted cultural genocide against….” He was […]
Fierman to TRSU board: departures are for individual personal reasons
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC At the regular monthly meeting of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union Board last Thursday, Superintendent Lauren Fierman briefed that body on the recent spate of administrators departing the system. “I know from the outside it looks like as though there must be something awful happening that all […]
3 complaints target ‘Chieftains’ name; to be considered at April 11 hearing GM District Board, AOE to contemplate next steps
By Shawn Cunningham © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC At a special meeting next week, the Green Mountain Unified School District Board will hear three complaints alleging that the continuing use of the “Chieftain” name for the Green Mountain Union High School is a violation of a school district policy adopted earlier this year. This “quasi-judicial” […]
Hill, Donohue departures from GM mark latest changes at TRSU 3 of 5 schools must find new principals; 1 coming on board
By Shawn Cunningham and Cynthia Prairie © 2023 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain High Principal Keith Hill has announced that he is leaving the school at the end of this school year, almost two years to the day that he was first appointed in April 2021. He announced to parents of students his decision in […]
TRSU board agenda for April 6
The board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday April 6, 2023 in the professional development room at the Ludlow Elementary School, 45 Main Street, Ludlow and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/85756476936 Below is the board’s agenda. Call to Order A. Roll […]
Spaghetti fundraiser April 20 to help send CAES kids to Keewaydin
The community is invited to a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. at Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St. in Chester, on Thursday, April 20. All proceeds will be used to help send the 5th- and 6th-grade students at CAES to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center for a week-long outdoor learning experience in […]
GMUSD special hearing agenda for April 11
The board of the Green Mountain Unified School District will hold a special hearing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday April 11, 2023 at the Green Mountain High School, 716 Rt. 103 south, and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://trsu.zoom.us/j/81803924162. Below is the board’s agenda This meeting is a quasi-judicial proceeding. As such, […]
Mamma Mia! at GMUHS March 31, April 1
The Green Mountain Union High School Drama Department presents its spring musical, Mamma Mia!, an iconic show featuring the music of ABBA. Opening night is Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m., with two performances on Saturday, April 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The shows will take place in the GMUHS Auditorium, 716 Route […]
College News
The following students have been named to the President’s List for achieving a grade point average of 4.0 or higher in the fall 2022 semester at Champlain College of Burlington. Ashley Bolton of South Londonderry Grace Guild of Chester Amber Prepost of Springfield The following students have been named to the Champlain College Dean’s List […]
GNAT-TV announces youth media workshops, TV production camps
GNAT-TV announces its upcoming youth media workshops at its state-of-the-art studio, 6378 VT Route 7A, Suite #1 in Sunderland. Its new Media Education coordinator, Keegan Douglass, has curated fun and engaging video camps and workshops for spring break week and throughout the summer. The camps will kick off with “Make Your Own Studio Show” from […]
The Grammar School raises $7,630 for Putney Foodshelf
On March 22, at its weekly All School Meeting, The Grammar School in Putney presented a check for $7,630 to Hannah Pick, the Putney Foodshelf’s executive director. This amount beat out The Grammar School’s first-ever Ski to End Hunger event that, five years ago, raised more than $4,000 for the Putney Foodshelf. After a pandemic […]
After musical hiatus, GM hits the stage with ABBA hit ‘Mamma Mia!’
By Basil MacDonald Green Mountain Union High School presents its first musical since 2019. Catherine Johnson’s Broadway hit Mamma Mia!, which reignited a love for the 1970s pop music of ABBA, will be performed in the GMUHS auditorium on Friday, March 31 and Saturday April 1. “Putting on a musical is a really big task,” […]
GM honors Student of the Month awardees
To recognize students who embody the spirit of the core values at Green Mountain Union High School, which include relationship, respect, responsibility and academic excellence, the school has established a “Student of the Month” recognition award. This award honors those students who actively help make GM a vibrant school community. Following the end of the […]
