Charlotte’s graduate from Rice Memorial High School
Lisa Lorenz, principal of Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington, awarded high school diplomas to 110 graduating seniors during the school’s 59th commencement ceremonies
The traditional Carnation Ceremony is a special and monumental tradition at CCS
For the past few weeks Charlotte Central School has had many different celebrations. Most have been in recognition of the learning that students in all grades have done this year. Our final week of school features many celebrations, the most obvious being our Eighth Grade Graduation on the evening of June 14.
Cycling students take to the back field of CCS
First year Charlotte Central School Physical Education teacher Matt Kent introduced a new unit of study this spring that dates back to the early 19th century: biking!
Rice Memorial High School announces National Honor Society inductees
Rice Memorial High School recently inducted 57 new students into the Rev. Raymond A. Adams Chapter of the National Honor Society.
Vermont Day School partners with Lake Champlain Chocolates on fair trade project
As part of its annual spring tradition, Vermont Day School recently teamed up with a local business to create a real-world learning opportunity for its students. This year’s project was particularly sweet, as the Day School partnered with Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC).
Reflections on an astronautical collaboration
In doing this project, I was able to step back and allow my students to use their existing skills, self-identify areas where they need support and develop genuine questions.
CVU mock crash demonstration
In recognition of this celebratory and potentially dangerous time of year (prom and graduation season), Connecting Youth in Champlain Valley School District has held student and community awareness activities across the district throughout the month of April.
CCS’s students perform the classic Annie Jr.
CCS students from grades 6–8 put on several wonderful performances of the classic show Annie Jr. between Thursday, April 12, and Saturday, April 14. CCS drama students have been rehearsing since January, under the guidance of Director Allison Talis.
CVU students travel to Washington to join March for Our Lives
The story of my trip to D.C. began with a message from a CVU alumnus, Josh Ravit. Mr. Ravit, like so many others, was moved by the events in Parkland and wanted students from his former high school to participate in the call for action. Until his call I had not anticipated that CVU would be able to participate in the March for Our Lives in D.C. But he assured me that together we could raise the money necessary.
Charlotte Grange presents CCS 3rd graders with dictionaries
On March 8, members of Charlotte Grange #398 presented personalized student dictionaries to all 37 students in the CCS 3rd grade. Our Grange’s participation in the Dictionary Project, or “Words for Thirds” as it is popularly known, has been ongoing for 15 years and is a highlight of the school year for these budding scholars. Teacher Kathy Lara has seen it unfold over the years; both she and teacher Linda Poirier enjoyed the excitement of the presentation and subsequent exploration of the books with their students.
Educators face complex challenges
One might argue that being a principal (or an educator in any capacity) during this time is challenging, to say the least. In the weeks since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, CCS, along with other schools across America, has grappled with how to respond to the most recent acts of threats and violence in American schools. Despite the amazing amount of work that has been done to implement greater measures of safety in our schools, we have once again been catapulted into an acute need to respond in a way that takes care of all of our students, teachers and staff members.
CVU students and teachers walk out in protest against gun violence
Snow may have delayed the plans of Champlain Valley Union High School students to take part in the national walkout against gun violence on March 14, but it certainly didn’t stop them altogether. In spite of freezing temperatures, they kept true to their plans and filed out of CVU’s classrooms two days later, on Friday, March 16.
Mater Christi Middle School Robotics competes in high school championship
Mater Christi School’s Bulldog robotics team was one of only two middle school teams to compete against 30 high school teams in the First Tech Challenge Regional Championship at Essex High School on February 24. Mater Christi School students engineered, built and coded a robot in compliance with competition specifications and successfully constructed an operable robot that they were able to control and maneuver.
Sixth graders study Earth’s development from outer space
The Champlain Valley School District has been working with Natasha Grey and her 6th-grade students at CCS for the past few weeks. The students took part in a NASA mission called Sally Ride EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students), a NASA educational outreach program that enables students, teachers and the public to learn about Earth from the unique perspective of space.
Charlotte Central School students walk out and talk in
On February 14, 2018, there was a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen lives were taken and 17 more people were injured. On March 10, administrators at Charlotte Central School sent an email to the school community that said that awareness and interest had grown from middle school students about the walk-outs held across the country.
CVSD works to improve school safety and emergency preparedness plan
After the outbreak of school violence in Parkland, Florida, and our own threats closer to home in Vermont, I’m reaching out to assure you that the safety and well-being of our students is our top priority. While statistically, school shootings remain rare, these horrific incidents focus our attention on critical security needs and cause us to re-evaluate our safety plans.
Champlain Valley School District offers publicly funded prekindergarten
For children between the ages of three and five who reside in Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George and Williston, now enrolling for the 2018-19 school year.
CVU students offer thoughtful, passionate response to Parkland shooting
Six students at Champlain Valley Union District High School (and one who weighed-in via email) gathered recently to discuss their responses to the mass shooting at Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. All of the students agreed that their initial reaction to the news of the shooting was that it was “just another in a long line of school shootings,” but that this one, this time, has become a game-changer, with the voices of so many students being heard now.
CVU hosts Chittenden County’s Spring College Fair
The 18th Annual Spring College Fair at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg is happening this year on Monday, April 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. College representatives from across the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions and Canada will be available to speak with both students and parents.
CVSD Proposed Budget and Ballot Questions
At this time of year the days are a little bit longer and Vermonters all over the state turn their thoughts to…Town Meeting Day. Over the last three months the Board of the Champlain Valley School District, along with district administration and local volunteer “budget buddies,” have put together what we believe is a fiscally conservative yet strategic and forward-thinking budget. On March 6, the voters of our district will be asked to approve our budget and four separate articles to address essential functions.