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With hiring project manager, GMUHS takes step to replace roof
By Stephen Seitz ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors has selected BMA Architects & Planners of Manchester to oversee replacement of the high school’s roof. Facilities manager Brendan McNamara told the board at its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 22, that he had received four bids. “Bids ranged […]
An explainer: Proficiency Based Education fuels growth of transferable skills
Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of TRSU Curriculum Coordinator Michael Eppolito’s series explaining a seismic shift in public education, classroom work and grading that will be implemented throughout Vermont schools for those graduating in June 2020. You can read Part 1, explaining Proficiency Based Education, here. Part 2, on whether Proficiency Based Education will […]
Williams River Corridor plan meeting in Chester; 5K run for new CAES playground; Rock Library urges kids to get library cards
Public meeting set on Williams River corridor plan The Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District will hold a second public meeting on the now-completed Williams River corridor plan. At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, consultant Evan Fitzgerald will present the plan and its findings and discuss potential future projects for the river corridor. The […]
College News
Castleton University of Castleton welcomes the following students who have recently registered for the fall 2016 semester: Alisha Dykes of Chester; Jared Jackson of Chester; Reilly Knipes of Andover and Cassidy Yrsha of Londonderry Christine Duke of Weston has enrolled James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., for the fall semester of 2016. She is […]
An explainer: Proficiency education could aid in college admission
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of TRSU Curriculum Coordinator Michael Eppolito’s series explaining a seismic shift in public education, classroom work and grading that will be implemented throughout Vermont schools for those graduating in June 2020. You can read Part 1, explaining Proficiency Based Education here. By Michael Eppolito ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC One […]
An explainer: Proficiency Based Education is on the way
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks in The Chester Telegraph, TRSU Curriculum Coordinator Michael Eppolito will be explaining a seismic shift in public education, classroom work and grading that will be implemented throughout Vermont schools for those graduating in June 2020. We begin with Part 1. By Michael Eppolito States across the nation, and […]
Andover celebration helps fill scholarship coffers
By Kevin Kunze ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC More than 20 artists, craftspeople and bakers lined the grounds of the Andover Town Hall on Saturday to show and sell their wares under warm blue skies for the third annual Andover Day Fair. (See photo gallery below.) Music by fiddler John Specker and his daughters, Ida Mae […]
College News
Orrin Amsden of Chester earned a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., in May 2016. Catharine Leiter of Weston will be studying abroad in Union College’s fall 2016 term. Leiter will be is traveling to Rennes, France, to study the French language and culture. She is a member of the […]
College News
Luke Brophy of Chester received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering. RIT is located in Rochester, N.Y. William Culver of Grafton has been named to the Dean’s Honor List at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., for the spring 2016 semester. The Dean’s […]
Spater Scholarships award $14,000 to former GMUHS students;
VSAC distributes scholarships to more than 350 statewide
The Tom Spater Scholarships awarded $14,000 in scholarships this year to two graduating Green Mountain Union High School seniors and six college students. These scholarships are given in the name of Tom Spater, who brought his leadership to this community. He was chair of the Select Board, school board member and moderator, a Trustee at […]
College News
Orrin Amsden of Chester has been named to the Dean’s List at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., for the spring 2016 semester. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below C. Amsden studies Electrical Engineering. Muriel Chase […]
CAES replacing 30-year-old roof; GMUHS begins process
By Steve Seitz ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Replacement of the leaking 30-year-old roof at Chester-Andover Elementary School is under way, with completion expected to be by early July and plans to replace the leaking decades-old roof at Green Mountain Union High are in preliminary stages. Marilyn Mahusky, who chairs the Chester-Andover Elementary School board, said […]
College News
The University of Vermont awarded 2,329 students a variety of bachelor’s degrees during its 215th commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 22. The following local students were among the graduates: Mary Carta of Grafton graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History Ian Furrer of Chester graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
GMUHS announces 4th quarter Honor Roll
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 4th Quarter Honor Roll for the 2015-2016 school year. Honors Middle School Honors are earned by those students with one off-setting grade not below a C-.(There must be an A+, A, or A- to offset the one grade of a C+, C or […]
No More Pencils: GMUHS graduates the Class of 2016
Fifty-seven seniors graduated from Green Mountain Union High School on Friday, June 17, as staff and students said farewell to Fritz Wendlandt, long-time music teacher, band director and musical theater impresario. This was also the end of supervisory union Superintendent Bruce Williams’ tenure. Salutatorian Robert Haseltine and Valedictorian Sarah Baker spoke as did English teacher […]
Springfield Rotary awards scholarships to three
Tyler Putnam, center, son of late Rotarian Paul Putnam, congratulates the winners of this year’s Paul Putnam Memorial Agriculture Scholarship. Elizabeth Mackenzie, left, will be studying at the University of New Hampshire. Hunter Grace, right, will attend Vermont Tech. The two Springfield residents will each receive a $1,000 scholarship, thanks to the generosity of the […]
College News
The University of Connecticut has graduated one area student recently. She is: Christina MacKenzie of Bondville Also, two area residents have made the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the spring 2016 semester. They are: Madeleine Fulkerson of Bellows Falls and Jordan Bauer Crowley of Springfield Christopher Armstrong of Chester was awarded Gold […]
Scholarships, honors fill GMUHS 2016 Awards Night
Green Mountain Union High School held its annual Senior Awards Night on Friday, June 10. In addition to awards, the winners of a number of scholarships and the names of the salutatorian and valedictorian were announced. The awards and their recipients are: THE CHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT Recognition and gift Lucas Trask TOM SPATER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS […]
6 GM seniors awarded Chester Rotary scholarships;
Kurn Hattin graduates 16 eighth-graders
On Tuesday, June 7, the Chester Rotary Club presented its annual scholarship awards to six Green Mountain Union High School seniors. The evening event was held at the American Legion and was attended by about 65 Rotarians, guests and scholarship winners. The scholarship awards were based on academics, financial need, community service and a written […]
6-week summer kids camp set for CAES;
free summer kids meals offered in Chester, Ludlow
The CAES Afterschool Program will be holding six weeks of Summer Camp from Monday, June 20 to Friday July 29, for children entering grades 1 through 7. REAP Summer Camp will be held at Chester Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St., and utilize the town pool to engage campers in fun recreational activities. The camp […]
