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Two CVU Students Earn Top Honors at Vermont STEM Fair
Junior Amelie Fairweather and senior Clay Nicholson received awards for their projects that tackle real-world challenges.
HCS Welcomes Climate Science Artist Jill Pelto
Artist in residence shares watercolor techniques and much more
CVSD Spotlight: Episode 3 - Rebecca Gove
Superintendent Adam Bunting and art educator Rebecca Gove talk choice-based art, communication, connection, and how to more actively involve students in their learning.
Allen Brook Kindergartners Spread Joy & Kindness
The 19 students in Angie King’s kindergarten class have spent the last week painting, tracing, cutting out, and writing messages of care and compassion on cards they’ll distribute across Williston for Valentine's Day.
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As April break approaches and routines shift, we encourage families to create balance by setting small, realistic limits on screen time to help improve sleep, mood, and connection. Even short breaks from devices can make a positive difference and open up time for meaningful activities together, like screen-free meals or afternoons.
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Two CVU High School students—senior Clay Nicholson and junior Amelie Fairweather—received top honors at March’s Vermont STEM Fair for their projects that tackle real-world challenges.
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On Thursday, April 2, Connecting Youth Mentoring and the CVU Men’s Mental Health Club invites all community members to a screening and discussion of Gone Guys, a Vermont documentary exploring what it’s like for young men to grow up in today’s world.
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In this interview, Superintendent Adam Bunting sits down with Rebecca Gove and talks about how art is a way to communicate and build connection; what it looks like when a student switches from left to right brain thinking; and how choice-based art has radically changed her and her “art-ner” Sara Elliott’s classroom dynamic.
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Champlain Valley School District is excited to announce the 14th-annual Celebrate the Arts, an evening showcase of performing and visual arts from the district’s six schools. This annual tradition transforms CVU's hallways and theater into a vibrant gallery of student learning, innovation and inspiration.
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