Category: Education

The Champlain Game Academy will help high school students interested in games explore the possibilities of the exciting and growing field of Game Development with a program running July 8-19. Under the direction of Champlain College Game Studio professors the Champlain Game Academy will introduce all aspects of game development including game design, game art,… Read More

American healthcare system redesign and adjustment demands new requirements for accountability, collaborative healthcare networks, and population-based medical practice. Designed to address these fundamental changes, the University of Vermont (UVM) is launching the much anticipated online certificate of graduate study in public health. Beginning in summer 2013, medical and nursing students, health practitioners, public health professionals,… Read More

By Caitlin Waddick, PhD, MCRP What are some of the ways that plants and animals defend themselves? Recall a porcupine’s quills, the hiss of a fearful cat, or the spray of a skunk. In April, K-3 students at SCS had Hands-On Nature volunteers laughing out loud with their pantomimes of some of the ways that… Read More

By Anne Marcoe and Fiona Kovacik Third grade students at Shelburne Community School (SCS) spent the day baking bread Thursday, May 9. Parents, SCS staff, and an amazing team from Shelburne Farms came together to make this annual Food Education Every Day (FEED) event a huge success. The day started bright and early under the… Read More

By Gail Callahan As the year winds down, the Shelburne Community School (SCS) Board is keeping an eye on the upcoming academic year by looking at rising enrollment and studying the request to hire new personnel to educate the town’s young learners. SCS Co-Principal Allan Miller told Board members about staff members who were honored… Read More

By Robert Finn On Wednesday April 10, the Common Topic presentation to CSSU member school boards was “Comprehensive Assessment.” Molly McClasky, the Supervisory Union’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, presented the latest NECAP results for the five schools comprising our SU. As the same NECAP tests are taken by all public elementary and secondary… Read More

By Sarah Soule It’s an extremely busy time as the end of the year approaches with final exams, SAT and ACT tests on the horizon, and summer activities looming.  But, juniors, it is now time to really engage in the process of college counseling as you begin to contemplate life after high school. Something to… Read More

Do you know an outstanding Vermont teacher—one who deserves statewide recognition and a $1,000 prize? VHC seeks an educator in grades 6 through 12 who: inspires his or her students and encourages in them intellectual curiousity and a lifelong love of learning; possesses extraordinary knowledge, ability, and accomplishment in the teaching of language, literature, history, social studies,… Read More

The Lake Champlain Waldorf High School empowers its students to discover their deepest passions and find ways to bring their ideas to fruition. When a 10th grade student, Devon Govett of Charlotte, approached the development office with an offer to build an online auction software program, the whole school rallied behind him. He created a… Read More