Category: Education

Shelburne Community School (SCS) kindergarten student, Sebastian Kremenstov, and SCS third grader Luke Fitzgerald emerged victorious, with perfect 4-0 in chess matches, at the 26th annual John Balch State Chess Championships in Berlin last weekend. Sebastian trains with the Queen City Chess Club, QC^3 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. He is the second consecutive… Read More

By Gail Callahan In an era when school budgets are examined with a fine-tooth comb, the Shelburne School Board gave the go ahead for the hiring of a new kindergarten teacher for the 2013-14 academic year. The panel acted on a request from school administrators, who cited burgeoning kindergarten enrollment as the reason to ask… Read More

Come out for a night of comedy on Friday, May 10 at 7:30 pm at the Old Lantern in Charlotte.  Organized by local comedian and bookseller, Josie Leavitt, owner of The Flying Pig Bookstore and Kelly Dousevicz, Flying Pig employee and Charlotte parent, the event will benefit the PTOs of both Shelburne and Charlotte.  Leavitt … Read More

The Stern Center for Language and Learning offers a public screening of the new documentary, “The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia” on Thursday, April 18at7 at Champlain Valley Union High School. James Redford’s documentary is a movie not to be missed! Why? Because most of us know someone who experiences dyslexia.  Of the 2.2 million students… Read More

April 1st is not only April Fool’s Day, but also when high school seniors receive their college acceptance letters. Once again there were record-breaking numbers of applications with increased rejections for the limited amount of spaces. Also, according to the U.S. Labor Department, college graduates earn more than those without a college degree, but in… Read More

By Vicky Tamas The Shelburne community got its chance to take part in the world-wide One Million Bones (OMB) project on Saturday, April 6 at the Shelburne Craft School. One Million Bones is a social arts project bringing together students, artists, and activists in collaboration to create an installation of one million “bones” which ultimately… Read More

By Maura Thompson, SCS eighth grader Veronica Shipway was born in Hinesburg and lived in Burlington until she moved to Shelburne in 4th grade. Her parents are Angela Justice and David Shipway and Veronica is an only child.  Ever since she was young, Shipway has been surrounded by animals. Baxter, a golden retriever is her… Read More

By Veronica Shipway, SCS eighth grader Maura Thompson was born on April 14, 1999 in New York City, N.Y. and was raised in Ramsey, N.J. Her parents are Ken and Kate Thompson and she has an older brother named Brendan. Maura moved to Shelburne, Vt. in the summer before 7th grade when she prepared for… Read More