Education

What happens when college rankings shift away from reputation and toward outcomes?

Charlotte Central School looks for opportunities to bring the whole student body together. Once a month, all-school assemblies are held where different grade levels are the host, and that team creates a positive message to send students off feeling connected and empowered.

The administrative team at Charlotte Central Schoool (Jen Roth principal, Tim O’Leary assistant principal and Beth Slater director of student services) reported that on Aug. 26 the school was excited and ready to welcome students to the first day of the school year.

One-trick pony personifies being limited to a single talent, capability or quality according to Dictionary.com.

About 50 teenagers from all over the world, who are members of Shelburne-based Hack Club, are getting ready to embark on a train ride across Canada July 21-27.

Just a four-hour drive east from Charlotte is Portland, Maine. This Old Port waterfront begins the summer college road trips to the Maine Big 3 — Bowdoin, Bates and Colby.

Sixty years after its founding, the Champlain Valley Union High community gathered in the Patrick Gym at the University of Vermont to celebrate the school’s 2024 graduation.

The community wishes the Charlotte Central School graduates all the best in their future endeavors.

Among the soon-to-be-graduates, gathered in Charlotte Central School’s multi-purpose room before the ceremony, Thursday, that day, the day of their graduation, was the best day of their school careers.

With high school and college graduations behind us, what is the future for Generation Z (zoomers) students and graduates (born 1997 to 2012) who are about to hit the job market?

Throughout the year, the Champlain Valley School District schools have embraced the vision: “We are a learning community focused on growth and belonging for all.”

As the end of this school year nears, classes are taking final field trips for learning outside of the classroom, including trips to Shelburne Farms (first graders), Echo Leahy Center (kindergarten, third and fourth graders), Media Factory (some of seventh and eighth graders), Champlain Valley Union High (eighth graders), Jazz Fest (jazz band), trout release in Starksboro (sixth graders), Jay Peak (eighth graders), Oakledge Park (seventh graders) and Spare Time Entertainment (fifth and sixth graders).

On an early May morning as the school day began, principal Adam Bunting was standing outside the Champlain Valley Union High building waving to arriving students.

The Vermont Legislature is playing an expensive shell game — and planning worse. The “equalized pupil” is the shell under which the pea is hidden.

In addition to celebrating the day-to-day work of the staff at Charlotte Central School, it’s worth thinking about the little things happening behind the scenes:

“Working at the Taco Stand, a fast-food Mexican restaurant, on busy Friday nights prepared me for deadlines in the newsroom,” said Scooter MacMillan, editor of The Charlotte News.

The passing of the Champlain Valley School District budget has allowed Charlotte Central School to start thinking forward to the 2024-25 school year.