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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 […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for March 10, 2016
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the GMUHS Library Learning Commons, 716 VT 103 in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Board Reorganization a. Election of Chairperson b. Election of Clerk c. Warrant Signer […]
RVTC student hosts WOOL radio program
Rachel Spigel, a senior at Green Mountain Union High School and a River Valley Technical Center Audio Video Production student, is now broadcasting on- air at 91.5 WOOL-FM in Bellows Falls. Her show, More than Music, features a variety of music genres blended with a bit of history. The show airs from noon to 2 […]
College News
Castleton student Joshua Lake of Chester was recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2015-2016 academic year. Nine faculty-student groups earned grants for the spring semester ranging from $500 to $2,000 each. Joshua Lake’s and Dustin Lewis’ project is The Factors that Make a Candidate Electable to the American Presidency. William Culver of Grafton […]
Special Two Rivers SU full board meeting March 3
The full board of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet on March 3 at 6 p.m. at the Green Mountain Union High School – 716 Vermont Route 103 south in Chester. The meeting will be held in the Library Learning Commons. From 6 p.m. there will be an opportunity to meet the candidate for […]
College news
Julie Comstock of Chester, a 2011 graduate of Green Mountain Union High School, graduated from York College of Pennsylvania on Dec. 22, 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then passed the NCLEX-RN licensing exam, and now begins a year-long Graduate Nurse Residency training program at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center […]
College News
Jessica Ralston of Chester was recently named to the Castleton University President’s List for the fall semester of the 2015-16 academic year. To qualify for this highest academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point average of 4.0. Castleton University is small enough to be a community where every student […]
4 from GMUHS, CAES are first in MathCounts competition;
RVTC students design new website for St. Luke’s Episcopal
4 students earn First Place in MathCounts competition Four students representing Green Mountian Union High and Chester-Andover Elementary schools finished in First Place among the six schools participating in the Southeast Vermont Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition in Windsor in early February. These students that were selected to compete from the National Math Club members are Kameron […]
