Sports Report – Sep 19

Sports Report – Sep 19

Edd Merritt

Redhawk cross country looking for 10 state titles in a row – While the Free Press seems often to focus on athletes other than cross-country runners, it might do well to take a glance at Coach Scott Bliss’s minions as they travel around Vermont, New England and upstate New York.

One final year at CCS

One final year at CCS

Coco Eyre

It’s back to school season once again! And this week I’ve been thinking about the past 10 years I’ve spent at Charlotte Central School. All the way back in 2008 I walked down the hallways of the CCS basement to begin my school career. I remember being so nervous as a little three-year-old starting preschool for the first time, but all the memories I have from that time in my life are good ones.

The traditional Carnation Ceremony is a special and monumental tradition at CCS

Stephanie Sumner, Charlotte Central School Principal

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.

Sports Report

Sports Report

Edd Merritt

Winter sports close; spring sports open – Looking out at my snow-covered lawn, it’s hard to believe that winter is over and spring has sprung. However, I pick up the newspaper each day and read the lacrosse, tennis and track scores, countered by the lists of winter sports’ all-stars. The transition from season-to-season this year seems rapid. Let’s begin with all-stars from CVU.

Educators face complex challenges

Educators face complex challenges

Stephanie Sumner, CCS Principal

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.

Charlotte Central School students walk out and talk in

Charlotte Central School students walk out and talk in

Caroline Swayze, CCS 7th grader

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. 

Around Town for Oct. 18

Around Town for Oct. 18

Edd Merritt, Contributing Editor

Congratulations: to Charlotte resident and Middlebury physician Dr. Jeanne Andersson-Swayze who, as a member of Heart to Heart International’s Disaster Response Team, went to both Florida in September and Puerto Rico recently to give medical aid to storm victims. Her team in Puerto Rico headed inland to small and often remote towns.

New administrative trio heads up CCS

New administrative trio heads up CCS

Lynn Monty, Editor in Chief

Stephanie Sumner, Jen Roth and Cassandra Townshend are the trio heading up Charlotte Central School’s administration this fall semester. Lead principal Sumner is the PreK–8 building principal and PreK–4 instructional leader. Co-Principal Roth is the 5–8 instructional leader. Townshend is CCS director of special education and CVSD behavior systems coordinator.