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School merger study committee begins work
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC Sitting on small chairs in the Chester-/Andover Elementary School Library last week a group took up the task of studying merger options as required by Vermont’s new school consolidation law. Under Act 46, the state is encouraging school districts throughout Vermont to look at and adopt consolidation […]
GMUHS Honor Roll for 1st Quarter
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its 1st 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 C-). High School Honors […]
GMUHS preps two teams for 2016 Iron Chef Jr. competition
Green Mountain Union High School will be entering two teams in this year’s Iron Chef Jr. competition: one from middle and one from high school. The teams are already working in the kitchen once a week searching for the perfect recipe to enter into the competition in March 2016. The middle school team consists of […]
Chester-Andover Elementary spaghetti fundraiser to support Keewaydin trip
Chester-Andover Elementary School invites the community to come for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Staff and volunteers will be cooking and students will be serving a spaghetti dinner with proceeds going to help send 5th and 6th grade students at the school to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center, for a week-long […]
College news
William Culver of Grafton joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2019. More than 1,400 freshmen joined the Rensselaer community in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 31 with the first day of classes. They hail from 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and from countries all over the world. Kyle Record of Grafton was among […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Nov. 12
The Board of Directors of Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Library Learning Commons of the school, 716 VT-103. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of Oct. 8, 2015 – Regular […]
Chester Town School Board seeks two members for Act 46 school merger study committee
In accordance with Act 46, the governance consolidation bill passed by the state legislature last spring, the Chester Town School Board has voted to review possible merger scenarios with the other school districts in Two Rivers Supervisory Union. The Town of Chester will have five representatives on this committee based on the proportion of its […]
Chester-Andover Elementary seeks artists to redesign school mascot
Chester-Andover Elementary School is looking for artists from Chester and Andover to submit drawings for a redesign of the school’s eagle mascot. All submissions should be sent to Chester-Andover Elementary School, 72 Main St. in Chester. The deadline for entries is Monday, Nov. 16. Artists are required to put their names on the back of their […]
Paying for College presentation at GMUHS
The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. in collaboration with Green Mountain Union High School has scheduled a Paying for College presentation at the school at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27. The school is located at 716 Route 103 S. in Chester. The session is free and open to the public. The presentation, which normally runs between […]
Andover Town School Board of Directors meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 21
The Andover Town School Board of Directors will meet at Andover Town Office, 953 Weston Andover Road, at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Participation of Act 46 Merger Study Committee IV. Appointment of Andover Town School Board Representative to the Act 46 […]
Idle-Free VT awarded funded for clean air education at schools
Idle-Free VT Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that raises awareness of unnecessary vehicle idling, was awarded $18,500 by the High Meadows Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation to implement Vermont Idle-Free Schools. Director Wayne Michaud is coordinating the statewide project for the 2015-16 school year with goals of protecting student health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions […]
CAES Board of Directors meeting for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015
The Chester-Andover Elementary School will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 12 at the school library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda Action III. Minutes Approval: Minutes of Sept. 14, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Farm to School Presentation V. Communications a. Written/Oral b. […]
College news
Sarah Wells of Chester was recently named to the Castleton University field hockey team for the 2015 season. The Spartans went 2-15 last season, while recording a 2-3 record in conference play to earn a trip to the North Atlantic Conference semifinals. Castleton returns 12 players from a season ago. Wells also was named Corvias […]
GMUHS Board of Directors meeting for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
The Board of Directors of the Green Mountain Union High School will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 in the Library Learning Commons at the school, 716 Route 103 S. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of […]
Educators, legislators address school funding, consolidation
By Shawn Cunningham © 2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC About 120 people attended state Rep. Oliver Olsen’s Legislative Forum on education funding and school consolidation (Act 46) on Monday at Flood Brook School in Londonderry. While Olsen gave a nuts and bolts presentation to explain how the school funding system currently works, it became clear that […]
CAES Board meeting for Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
The meeting of the Chester-Andover Elementary School Board of Directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at the CAES Library, 72 Main St. in Chester. Below is its agenda. I. Call to Order II. Approval of Agenda III. Minutes Approval a. Minutes of Aug. 10, 2015 – Regular Meeting IV. Communications a. […]
Rock Library offers Windham County Parent Resource Calendar
If you’re a parent, caregiver or someone who works with families and have looked for a single place where you could find programs and activities, the Rockingham Free Public Library, along with other Windham County service providers, announces the launch of the Windham County Parent Resource Calendar. It’s a single online location where you can […]
GMUHS Board of Directors agenda for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
The Green Mountain Union High School Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at GMUHS’s Library Learning Commons. GMUHS is located at 716 Route 103 South. Below is its agenda. Call to Order a. Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes a. Minutes of June 11, 2015 – Regular Meeting […]
College News
Forrest Lisle of Grafton will begin coursework at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., this week. Lisle is majoring in Adventure Education. Eight local students are beginning studies at Castleton University in Castleton, Vt. They are: James Ameden of Londonderry; Adrian Baraw-Nelson of Chester; Olson Humphrey of Londonderry; Kristina Knockenhauer of Chester; Morgan Little of […]
Two Rivers Supervisory Union panel meets Thursday, Sept. 3
The executive committee of the Two Rivers Supervisory Union will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 in the Art Room at Cavendish Town Elementary School, just off of Route 131 in Proctorsville. Below is its agenda: I. Call to Order a. Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes […]
