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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 […]
Irene’s Legacy a new, permanent BRAM exhibit
The Black River Academy Museum has opened a new permanent exhibit, Irene’s Legacy, on the second floor of the museum on 14 High St. in Ludlow. It is the result of a collaboration of BRAM, the sixth grade class at Ludlow Elementary School and LPCTV, and made possible by a grant from the Okemo Community […]
Story Time to start at Wilder Library in September
The Wilder Memorial Library 24 Lawrence Hill Road in Weston, will be offering weekly Story Time programming starting in September beginning 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, downstairs in the Jeremy R. Orton Memorial Children’s Room. Story Time is free of charge and open to preschool through elementary school aged children. After the storybooks are read, […]
BRGNS accepting donations for back-to-school needs
B lack River Good Neighbor Services is initiating a new program to support school children and is requesting donations for back to school needs. Audrey Bridge, executive director, said, “Over the years we have noticed that back to school time places a huge financial burden on our clients with children. Back to school supply purchases […]
Information meeting on classical education for home schooling
Ruth Holleran will be presenting information on an alternative education program for those who want to home school or want to change up what they do at home. It is classical education for modern times. Classical Conversations is a home-centered education program. Families meet one day a week for a community day, and work at […]
Opportunities grow with new hydroponic garden at GMUHS
By Greg Hart © The Chester Telegraph 2014 The Opportunities in Learning program at Green Mountain Union High School has created an indoor hydroponic garden thanks to two local grants for $2,500 each. One comes from the Chester Academy and the other from Southern Vermont Hydroponics in Mount Holly. Casey Hodge, owner of Southern Vermont […]
GMUHS Honor Roll for 4th Quarter, 2014
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its Honor Roll for the 4th Quarter of the 2013-2014 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-). […]
GMUHS graduates 58 under summer-eve skies
By Cynthia Prairie Fifty-eight students graduated from Green Mountain Union High School on Friday, June 20, under dazzling summer-eve skies. Most are headed to college, while several already have full-time jobs and careers lined up. (Photo gallery is below) Salutatorian Rachel Martel urged her fellow grads to pursue the unknown. “In this new beginning,” she […]
Spater Scholarship Fund awards $12,000 to eight students
A total of $12,000 from the Tom Spater Scholarship Fund has been awarded this year to eight area students who are graduating or have graduated from Green Mountain Union High School and are pursuing college degrees. The scholarships recognize their academic achievements, excellence in athletics and the arts, community service a clear demonstration of leadership […]
GMUHS recognizes graduating seniors with awards, scholarships
At Green Mountain Union High School’s Senior Awards Night held on Friday, June 6, Principal Tom Ferenc announced that Marjorie DesLauriers and Rachel Martel would be the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the school’s Class of 2014. The announcement came at the end of a ceremony in which students were recognized for achievements with awards and scholarships. […]
‘Help Wanted:’ Middle schoolers answer the call of the stage
By Josh Bodin On Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16, the Green Mountain Middle School presented the play Help Wanted in the auditorium of the Chester high school, giving middle schoolers the opportunity to have a part in a theatrical production without having to compete with high school students. “The play was about a […]
An Epic prom 2014 for Green Mountain students
The theme for this year’s Green Mountain Union High School prom was Rustic Romance, and while everyone in attendance on Saturday night at the Epic restaurant at Okemo Mountain certainly dressed for a romantic mood, nary a one of the 70 or so students in attendance donned much that could be described as rustic. […]
Chester Alumni Weekend events June 6-June 8
Chester High School and Green Mountain Union High School will hold its annual alumni association weekend Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8 at various locations around Chester. On Friday, June 6 will be the annual banquet annual evening bash at the American Legion featuring music and dancing; a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning, June […]
Eight CCV centers to host college FAFSA assistance
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. counselors and college aid professionals will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15 at eight Community College of Vermont centers across the state to help with filing online FAFSA – the Free Application for Federal Financial Aid — and Vermont grant applications. The CCV centers and their addresses […]
