Just three days after an announcement that federal COVID-era funding for schools would be released to school districts across the nation, the federal government said it was not distributing funds for several key education programs for the 2025-26 school year as anticipated.
Two Vermont organizations have awarded grants to Mad River Mentoring to help fund the nonprofit’s work to support youth learning.
Somehow, the first day of school gets all the hype. But, there’s something equally if not more thrilling about the last day of school. Photographer Gordon Miller caught dismissal at Brookside Primary School on the last day of school.
Central Vermont Career Center held its year-ending awards ceremony Wednesday night in central Vermont's most storied gymnasium. Several Harwood students were among speakers and those recognized at the event.
Crossett Brook Middle School eighth graders, along with their families, friends and teachers, played it safe – and dry – Tuesday evening, holding their graduation ceremony in the school gymnasium as showers moved in just as the ceremony’s entrance music began.
Excitement and anticipation hummed through and around the tent on Saturday morning as family members and friends of Harwood Union High School’s class of 2025 awaited the procession of graduates to emerge from the school.
In the Senior Awards Night ceremony on June 6, a number of graduating Harwood students were recognized for their achievements and presented with awards and scholarships from community organizations and school staff.
A young Norman Rockwell sits at an easel, reciting a speech to people as they pass by. But the artist at work is not Rockwell — it’s fourth grader Addie Kenyon.
On their final day of school, Harwood Union’s graduating seniors toured the district’s elementary schools, kickstarting a new tradition.
As the weather warms and the school year winds down, a now-yearly tradition returns: Brookside Primary School’s first-grade pilgrimage to Maxi’s Restaurant for breakfast.
The latest one on June 4 managed to land on a not-rainy morning as more than 225 kids and grown-ups met at Rusty Parker Park in downtown Waterbury, according to organizers Duncan McDougall and Bill Minter.
On Saturday morning, the 116 members Harwood Union High School’s class of 2025 will don their black and gold caps and gowns for commencement.
Fayston fifth- and sixth-grade teacher Doug Bergstein is retiring this month, and he’ll enjoy his first September off while on the Cape with his wife Alison Duckworth, who retired from American Flatbread this spring after 40 years with the company.
Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas invites fifth-grade classes across the state to join a national civic education initiative called Kid Governor that she’s launching in Vermont this year.
Students and teachers in the art department at Harwood Union High School are prepping for their June 10 spring Art Show, celebrating student work.
The recent resignation of Harwood Union Middle School Assistant Principal Bethany Turnbaugh has launched a recruiting effort to hire a new administrator for the 2025-26 school year.
Crossett Brook Middle School’s sustainability program has landed a grant that will help take the school’s composting capability to a new level.
Students and teachers from Harwood Union High School who traveled to India in the fall will host a free presentation about their experience this Sunday at Zenbarn in Waterbury Center.
In the past few months, you may have seen him standing on the corner of State and Main, holding a sign that says “Drive Less, Walk More.” The young activist is Abe Rosenberg, a seventh grader at Montpelier’s Main Street Middle School.
PUBLIC NOTICES
Here are upcoming June meetings from the Central Vermont Career Center School District with agendas and Zoom links included.
Here are upcoming April meetings from the Central Vermont Career Center School District with agendas and Zoom links included.
Harwood Unified Union School District is accepting bids for Propane, Heating Fuel, Woodchip and TAN. If you are interested in submitting a bid for any of these, email Meg Libby at mlibby@huusd.org
From the HUUSD
Local control matters. This bill would make deep cuts in funding for our schools while shifting decision-making to a regional board that does not adequately represent our communities.
The Harwood Unified Union School Board is seeking to fill two vacant seats from Waterbury and one vacant seat from Duxbury.
Dear guardians and staff: In 2021, the Vermont legislature passed a law requiring all schools to test for radon (see Section 12 of Act 72 (2021)). Our schools are beginning that testing process in December. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about radon testing.
As most of you know our school budget failed on Town Meeting Day. There is another vote that closes on April 30th, on a revised number that reduces spending by almost $2 million.
Dear Harwood community, we write to ask you to support the school district budget during Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 5.
I am kindly requesting your participation in the online survey for the superintendent that the school board and I developed earlier this fall.
Dear HUUSD Community - you are invited to participate in discussions on the future of Harwood Union High School.
The following is the full text of a statement that Harwood Unified Union School Board Chair Kristen Rodgers of Moretown read at the board’s April 19 meeting prior to its vote on whether to warn the proposed revised Restraint and Seclusion Policy for adoption next month.
Dear HUUSD Community - I am pleased to announce that the school district has offered the position of Crossett Brook Middle School co-principal, pending school board approval, to Jennifer Durren.
Harwood Unified Union School District Superintendent Mike Leichliter shared the following letter from Vermont Secretary of Education Dan French today.
A Harwood Middle School student was honored this spring with a top prize in the annual 8th Grade Hildene Lincoln Essay Competition.