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VSAC sets January workshops for students seeking college financial aid
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will offer free workshops to help families fill out financial aid forms at local high schools in January. These informal workshops offer guidance on filling out the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and Vermont grant forms. Students and parents can also ask questions and learn about the college […]
GMUHS faculty nominates Casie Walton for DAR Citizens Award
Green Mountain Union High School faculty has chosen Casie Walton as their 2014 Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award nominee. Each fall, the entire GMUHS faculty votes to select one student from the senior class who they believe possesses the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism – which the DAR Good Citizens […]
Chester’s Frank Kelley named Volunteer of Year at Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports
KILLINGTON Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest year-round disabled sports non-profit organization in Vermont to offer programs on a daily, year-round basis, has announced that Frank Kelley of Chester and Laura Schutz of Burlington are the 2014 recipients of the organization’s annual Jim Hutchinson Volunteer of the Year Award. “These two volunteers exemplify what […]
Green Mountain announces 1st quarter honor roll
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its Honor Roll for the 1st quarter of the 2014-2015 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-). […]
College of Fine Arts more than halfway in capital campaign
MONTPELIER Vermont College of Fine Arts has raised $2.2 million toward its newly launched $3.5 million capital campaign, including a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor. The gift represents the largest in the college’s history. President Thomas Greene announced that the “Campaign for VCFA” will continue the school’s growth as a prominent center for […]
VT Ed Secretary Holcombe tours Green Mountain High
Vermont Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe visited Green Mountain Union High School on Thursday, Nov. 20 after receiving an invitation from librarian Keighan Chapman. She began her visit with a tour of the school led by students Alecia Rokes and Brian Hennel. Holcombe also spoke with students Sadie Wood, Samantha Chase, Ben Reilly and Tucker […]
CAES spaghetti supper raises more than $1,400 for biennial Keewaydin trip
More than 200 people were served a homemade spaghetti dinner at Chester-Andover Elementary School last Thursday night to raise funds for the biennial Keewaydin trip for fifth and sixth graders. SEE PHOTO GALLERY BELOW. Diners had to wait to tuck into their meals when, about 20 minutes into the service, a fire alarm went off […]
Vermont college scholarships booklet available
WINOOSKI Vermont Student Assistance Corp. has released its annual Scholarships for Vermonters, a compendium of more than 140 programs for eligible students looking to finance college. This year’s application process features simplified essay and recommendation requirements for most scholarships and is available online now at www.vsac.org. Printed booklets will be distributed to all Vermont high […]
‘The Crucible’ to be performed by GM Drama Club
Green Mountain Union High School Drama Club this weekend presents “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem, which he wrote in the early 1950s during a time of McCarthyism in the United States. “The Crucible” is considered a gripping historical play and a timely parable of contemporary society. […]
8th grader wins GMUHS Geo Bee
Chase Ordway-Smith, an eighth grade student at Green Mountain Union High School, has won the school competition for the National Geographic Bee. On Thursday, Nov. 6, Chase went through seven preliminary rounds against 16 other students. Chase Ordway-Smith and other school champions — culled from thousands of school around the states and in the five […]
Travel stipend for high schoolers taking free college classes
WINOOSKI Vermont Student Assistance Corp. is reminding high school juniors and seniors that there is a $150 stipend available to eligible students who plan to take a dual enrollment course next semester. Vermont’s dual enrollment program allows high school students to take two college courses tuition-free while still in high school. Dual enrollment courses are […]
Forum at GMUHS to address substance abuse among kids
Green Mountain Union High School and the Collaborative, a local substance abuse prevention nonprofit, are hosting an open forum with Michael Nerney, a nationally renowned expert on substance abuse education and prevention, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6. The event will take place at Green Mountain Union High, 716 VT Rt 103 […]
Green Mountain Middle bake sales for Washington, D.C. trip
Students from Green Mountain Union Middle School will be holding bake sales at the elections on Tuesday. Nov. 4 and 18 at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm St. Goodies will be available for a donation to help pay for their trip to Washington, D.C., in the spring. Students (and their baked goods) will be on […]
Seven join Green Mountain Union High staff
Green Mountain Union High School has hired three new classroom teachers and four support personnel for the current school year. They are Keighan Chapman, librarian; Brad Houk, social studies teacher; Anne Morton, administrative assistant to Principal Tom Ferenc; Shannon Parker, guidance secretary; Jason Rickles, English teacher; Cortney Donohue Slobodnjak, student assistance program coordinator; and Janet […]
Sterling College gets $1 million challenge grant
CRAFTSBURY COMMON At a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the naming of the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, Sterling College President Matthew Derr announced that an anonymous donor has pledged a gift of $1 million to be matched by gifts from trustees, alumni, and friends of Vermont’s college of environmental stewardship. […]
GEAR UP for laughs, college as comedians travel to high schools
WINOOSKI Rusty DeWees, aka The Logger, and Cindy Pierce, well-known comic storyteller, will bring their humor and wisdom to nearly 20 Vermont schools as part of Vermont’s participation in National GEAR UP Week, Sept. 22-26. “Rusty and Cindy will put their unique humorous twist on the issues teens grapple with as they prepare for what […]
New website to link Vermont childcare providers with resources
Manchester, NH Vermont Birth to Three and CCA For Social Good, a division of CCA Global Partners, have entered into an agreement to develop an Early Childhood Education Shared Resources online platform for childcare providers in Vermont. The site, to be named Shared Services VT, is one of 19 shared resources platforms that CCA For […]
Explainer: In search for fairness, Vermont’s school funding calculations tax the brain
By Shawn Cunningham ©The Chester Telegraph – 2014 Whether you live in a Victorian on The Green, an old farmhouse up a dirt road or a yurt off the grid in the hills, you have one thing in common – property taxes. The largest portion of that annual payment is the education tax. It’s also […]
Annual Vermont Writers’ Prize seeks submissions
COLCHESTER Entries are now being accepted for the Vermont Writers’ Prize, an annual competition sponsored by Green Mountain Power and Vermont Magazine that provides an opportunity for Vermont writers to showcase their talent. “This is a wonderful contest that highlights Vermont talent and why we all love Vermont,” said Dorothy Schnure, spokeswoman for Green Mountain […]
VSAC to offer stipends to help poorer high schoolers take college courses; Idle-Free VT gets $17,500 grant
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will administer a new program that provides $50,000 in stipends this year to help low-income high school students cover the costs of books, fees and travel associated with dual enrollment courses. Vermont’s dual enrollment program allows high school students to take two college courses tuition-free while still in high school. Since […]
