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All in Education
Principal Adam Bunting began his commencement speech last Friday at the Champlain Valley Union High School graduation ceremony at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex with a collective deep breath to “feel that pandemic stress fade away.” The 359 graduating seniors were asked to stand and point at someone who helped get them to that moment, then Bunting emphasized, “This graduation is about you and it is so well earned.”
Tying together flexible pathways and the working landscape, this past year students in three area high schools engaged with social-justice issues while learning to grow food sustainably and work with their hands through a program called Regeneration Corps.
An architect’s drawing shows a proposed addition to the Sharon Academy building, which will house a new, dedicated sciences wing for the independent school. (Provided)
Left to right: Kaleigh Plumeau, Cindy Yang, Gwenyth Willard prepare for the parade of graduates. Yang, center, gave the senior scholar welcome at the graduation ceremony.
Champlain Valley School District (CVSD) announced this month the hiring of Dr. Liliana Rodriguez for Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) as part of a broader effort to drive institutional change.
Like most schools during the pandemic, Twinfield Union School has had its share of struggles as they attempt to adapt to a new way of learning.
On April 13, voters in the Village of Essex Junction, the town outside of the village in Essex, and Westford will have a chance to vote on three seats on the Essex Westford School District (EWSD) School Board – one seat being open for each of the representation districts.
Visitors to the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum can now enjoy detailed drawings of a fictional mill town similar to Winooski.
