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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 […]
Girls State program seeking high school applicants
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The American Legion Auxiliary Green Mountain Girls State program, which engages young women in a weeklong exercise in citizenship and self-government, is seeking applicants for the summer 2016 session. High school girls who have completed their junior year are eligible to apply. ALA Girls State participants spend an intensive week of […]
GMUHS announces Honor Roll for 2nd Quarter 2016
©2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 2st 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 […]
GM math teacher honored for use of technology in education
Green Mountain Union High math teacher Julie Parah has been selected as one of Vermont’s 23 transformative and innovative educators — a Vermont IGNITED Educator. Vita-Learn, a statewide organization that promotes technology in education, and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development will be honoring the educators at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier on Wednesday, […]
College News
Forrest Lisle of Grafton was named to the fall 2015 Dean’s List at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. Lisle’s major is adventure education. To be eligible for Dean’s List, a student must carry a semester GPA of 3.6 or better in no fewer than 15 credit hours of graded college level work and have […]
GMUHS, CAES issue annual budget requests, annual reports
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing, LLC The Green Mountain Union High and Chester-Andover Elementary schools have issued their annual reports for 2014-2015. The two reports, of more than 30 pages each, can be accessed online in The Chester Telegraph: GMUHS REPORT and CAES REPORT Each report contains the warnings for upcoming public meetings and votes, minutes […]
Chester-Andover school board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
The Board of Directors for Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 in the Art Room of Ludlow Elementary School, 45 Main St. in Ludlow. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda Action III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Jan. 11, 2016 – Regular Meeting […]
GMUHS Board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 3 2016 immediately following the joint board meeting that will begin at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Band/Music Room of Ludlow Elementary School, 45 Main St. in Ludlow. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. […]
Joint school board meeting for Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
A joint meeting of the boards of the Operating School Districts of Black River Middle & High, Cavendish Town Elementary, Chester-Andover Elementary, Green Mountain Union High, Ludlow Elementary and Mount Holly will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 in the Band/Music Room at Ludlow Elementary, 45 Main St. in Ludlow. Below is […]
Flood Brook PE teacher honored at State House for prevention work
On Wednesday, Jan. 26, Mark Weikert, the physical education teacher at Flood Brook School, received a Prevention Champion Award at the annual Prevention Awareness Day at the State House in Montpelier. The event is held to help spread the word about how Vermont communities benefit from the work of the 24 substance abuse prevention coalitions in the […]
