Canaan teacher looks at Chinese education firsthand
Canaan Memorial High School English teacher Jason Di Giulio enjoys the panoramic view from atop the iconic Great Wall during a June trip to China. As a 2011 winner of an award for teaching excellence...
View ArticleHungry Vermonters face cuts in aid
Joe Patrissi at the NEKCA food shelf. Mr. Patrissi said it was fully stocked on Monday morning, but demand is great, and a few hours later several of its shelves were bare. Photo by Tena Starr Years...
View ArticleWar on Poverty: Fifty years later schools are the battleground
Lisa Grout is a social studies teacher at North Country Union High School in Newport. She has a perspective on both poverty and how poverty affects student outcomes. Photo by Richard Creaser copyright...
View ArticleOCSU board picks new superintendent
Bruce Labs. Photo by Richard Creaser copyright the Chronicle February 26, 2014 by Richard Creaser The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) school board has tendered an offer to a new...
View ArticleTaxpayers angered by big tax jumps
copyright the Chronicle September 10, 2014 by Tena Starr WESTFIELD — Since property tax bills here went out recently, town officials have heard a lot of griping — and confusion. Why did the...
View ArticleKeep small schools, school directors say
Bobby Starr. Photo by Micaela Bedell copyright the Chronicle March 18, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Legislators from the Northeast Kingdom were told in no uncertain terms to oppose Montpelier’s...
View ArticleAt Lake Region: Madame Rivard to leave the classroom
Sally Rivard, or Madame, as her students call her, is leaving the classroom after 30 years of teaching French at Lake Region Union High School. She will coach other teachers and help them self-reflect...
View ArticleLowell school uses meteorological tower to teach kids
From left to right, Riley Sanville, Bruce Reagan, Tyler Lucas, and Curtis Bonneau explain how an anemometer, or wind speed sensor, works while their teacher Zarah Savoie holds up their model and...
View ArticleWheelock and Dartmouth connection explained
Noah Manning welcomes Dartmouth College President Philip Hanlon to Miller’s Run School in Sheffield. Jill (Tune) Faulkner (back, left), chairman of the Miller’s Run board, and Principal Sikander Rashid...
View ArticleCanaan teacher looks at Chinese education firsthand
copyright the Chronicle July 18, 2012 by Richard Creaser LYNDONVILLE — Sitting in a booth at the Ms. Lyndonville Diner, Canaan Memorial High School English teacher Jason Di Giulio of Sheffield sipped...
View ArticleHungry Vermonters face cuts in aid
Years ago, Kim Arel found herself in a tough spot. She had two young children to feed, and for a brief time the only way to swing that was to visit a food shelf. “I was surprised to see other people...
View ArticleWar on Poverty: Fifty years later schools are the battleground
copyright the Chronicle January 22, 2014 Editor’s note: The following story is the first in a two-part series on the link between poverty and success in school. by Richard Creaser On January 8, 1964,...
View ArticleOCSU board picks new superintendent
copyright the Chronicle February 26, 2014 by Richard Creaser The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) school board has tendered an offer to a new superintendent. The name is not yet being released...
View ArticleTaxpayers angered by big tax jumps
copyright the Chronicle September 10, 2014 by Tena Starr WESTFIELD — Since property tax bills here went out recently, town officials have heard a lot of griping — and confusion. Why did the residential...
View ArticleKeep small schools, school directors say
copyright the Chronicle March 18, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Legislators from the Northeast Kingdom were told in no uncertain terms to oppose Montpelier’s efforts to shut down small schools and...
View ArticleAt Lake Region: Madame Rivard to leave the classroom
copyright the Chronicle March 25, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph When you enter classroom 213 at Lake Region Union High School, you’ll find it filled with French-related paraphernalia. Canadian,...
View ArticleLowell school uses meteorological tower to teach kids
copyright the Chronicle June 3, 2015 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph LOWELL — Sixth-grade students at the Lowell Graded School presented a synopsis of their weather unit Tuesday night. The unit is special...
View ArticleWheelock and Dartmouth connection explained
copyright the Chronicle July 15, 2015 by Joseph Gresser SHEFFIELD — Noah Manning, a sophomore at Dartmouth College, brought a school friend home recently. He was Philip Hanlon, the president of...
View ArticleOCSU committee approves plan for consolidation
copyright the Chronicle January 27, 2016 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph The Orleans Central Supervisory Union (OCSU) Act 46 study committee is recommending early consolidation in order to take advantage of...
View ArticleCommunity mourns Creative Minds closure
copyright the Chronicle February 3, 2016 by Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph NEWPORT – Shortcomings in both early childhood education policy and funding have made it impossible for Creative Minds Children’s...
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