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CAES Board of Directors meeting Monday, May 9
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 9 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order-Determination of Quorum II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of April 14, 2016 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]
Public forum on school consolidation options in Chester
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC There will be a public forum on Act 46, Vermont’s school consolidation law, on Wednesday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the library at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 Rt. 103 South in Chester. A committee consisting of school board members, educators and the public have been studying the […]
GMUHS announces Honor Roll for 3rd quarter
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 3rd 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 […]
Have Lab, Will Tinker: Portable lab to bring joys of tinkering to TRSU schools
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Come Sept. 1, Venissa White hopes to be ready to travel around the elementary schools of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union with her portable Tinker Lab, introducing kids to the thrill that discovery, exploration and working with your hands can bring. Tinker Lab is a relatively recent movement […]
‘Screenagers’ film on digital impact screened at GMUHS; Ludlow Elementary gets rehab funds; Springfield Hospital offers nursing scholarship
Green Mountain Union High School will be screening the film Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age, exploring the fallacy of multi-tasking and the impact of social media, the Internet and screen time on a child’s brain and family life. The movie is free and open to the public and will be shown at 6 […]
GM-RVTC students earn health-related certifications
A number of Green Mountain Union High School students were recognized on Thursday, April 14 during the GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for having earned health-related certificates in a variety of career programs at River Valley Technical Center. They are: Culinary Arts Program, ServSafe industry-recognize credential: Trevor Moore American Heart Association’s Basic Life Support for […]
Fund-raiser pulls in $5,200 for new CAES playground, fire equipment
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chester-Andover Elementary School Parent-Teacher Group raised more than $5,200 on Saturday night during its free community supper and silent auction event held at the school. Of the total, $3,700 becomes the fundraising base for a new playground and $1,500 will go to the Chester Fire Department for […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for April 14, 2016
The Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will meet at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 in the Sam Adams II Room at Green Mountain Union High School, 716 Route 103 S. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order-Determination of Quorum II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for April 14, 2016
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet immediately after the 6 p.m. meeting of the joint school board meeting on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Library Learning Commons at the school, 716 VT 103 in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order-Determination of Quorum II. Approval of Agenda […]
Exchange program seeks host families
The Program of Academic Exchange – PAX – is searching for families in local school areas to open their homes to exchange students. The program works with more than 70 countries and works with a local community coordinator for support and supervision for both host family and student during their entire stay. Students are 15 […]
College News
Robert Haseltine, a Chester and student at Green Mountain Union High School, has won a $3,000 scholarship to Paul Smith’s College after participating in the Presidential Scholarship competition on campus. Haseltine was one of 69 competitors at the event, held on Saturday, Feb. 27. Recipients who choose to attend Paul Smith’s are eligible to receive […]
Boys Scouts to hold intro meeting; Chester preschool open house; TRSU awarded program grants; story telling institute this summer; and kids get a lesson in recycling
Boy Scouts intro meeting to be held at CAES All boys in first through fifth grade, their brothers, sisters and parents are invited to an informational meeting on Cub Scouts at Chester-Andover Elementary School at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9. Attendees will have a chance to create a rocket and shoot it off as well […]
Local Jr. Iron Chefs win at competition;
Chester Fall Festival 2016 accepting vendor applications
Green Mountain Union’s high school and middle school teams took home wins at Saturday’s 9th Annual Jr. Iron Chef competition held the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. This statewide culinary competition challenges teams of middle and high school students to create healthy, local dishes that inspire school meal programs. This year, 17 middle school […]
College News
Robert Allen of Londonderry, a Clinical Health Studies major at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y., was named to the Dean’s List in School of Health Sciences and Human Performance for the fall 2015 semester. Patrick Cote-Abel of Londonderry, a Castleton University student, presented at the International Organization of Social Science and Behavioral Research Conference in […]
GMUHS science teacher honored by middle school association
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School’s Brett Mastrangelo, a middle and high school science teacher now in his 2nd year, has won the Promising Practitioner Award from the New England League of Middle Schools. This recognition honors excellent teachers beginning their teaching careers who are effective middle level educators who provide powerful […]
Come out swinging: CAES parents, kids kick off ambitious plan for new playground
By Cynthia Prairie ©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC A group of parents, school staff and students have come together to begin working on a plan to replace Chester-Andover Elementary School’s well-worn 25-year-old playground known to generations simply as “The Structure.” The effort began several years ago when maintenance on the castle-like Structure began to get overwhelming […]
VSAC urges parents to fill out FAFSA for college aid
Vermont Student Assistance Corp., the state advocate for Vermont students in their pursuit of higher education, is urging parents and student to file their FAFSA forms now. The FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the crucial first step to receiving financial aid, including federal Pell grants, VSAC’s Vermont State Grant, financial aid […]
All invited to enter video contest sponsored by Vermont Access Network
The Vermont Access Network is sponsoring its first-ever statewide video contest. The VAN Video Challenge will run from March 21 through April 1 and is open to all Vermonters. Overall winners will be chosen in each of three categories: up to grade 9, grade 10 through 12, and college/adult. Winners will be notified in late […]
CAES Board of Directors Meeting for Monday, March 14, 2016
The Board of Directors of the Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14 at the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Board Reorganization a. Election of Chairperson b. Election of Clerk c. Warrant Signer d. Code of Ethics Signatures III. […]
Chester Rotary’s Annual Ladd Scholarship fund-raiser set for March 19
The 8th Annual Ladd Scholarship Auction, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chester, will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the Fullerton Inn, 40 the Common in Chester. In the past seven years, this event has raised funds to provide 41 high school graduates $62,000 in tuition assistance for post-high school […]
