Tue, 06/01/2021 - 1:34pm tim
Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Beth Pearce today announced the names of twenty Vermont students who won this year’s prize drawing for the Treasurer’s Office’s Reading is an Investment financial education program. The winners were drawn from 2,419 K-6 students who completed all steps of the financial literacy curriculum, entitling them to the drawing for one of twenty $250 college savings accounts.
“We’re incredibly proud of all our Vermont students who persevered through a challenging year of school closures and distance learning to take part in the Reading is an Investment program,” said Treasurer Beth Pearce. “We’re also grateful to the educators who spotlighted financial education in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when many demands competed for classroom time. We’re thrilled so many students completed all the program requirements and built these critical life skills. These lessons build a strong foundation for a l
Thu, 04/15/2021 - 3:29pm John McCright
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Andy Kirkaldy
“I have heard from many parents expressing concern about our plan to return to full in-person learning in the weeks following the break and want to remind everyone that we will not increase the number of students in the building unless and until we feel it is safe to do so.” ANWSD Superintendent Sheila Soule
VERGENNES After two COVID-19 cases at Ferrisburgh Central School led Addison Northwest School District officials to switch the elementary school to remote learning on Tuesday, three infections at Vergennes Union High School cropped up on Wednesday that have forced a number of students and staff members into quarantine.
Thu, 02/04/2021 - 3:33pm meganj
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Andy Kirkaldy NEW DAILY CHOCOLATE owner Dawn Wagner, a longtime professional stage manager, said running a new chocolate shop has long been a goal. She hasn’t changed the essence of the Vergennes shop’s products, but a new approach to marketing and ordering has helped her takeover get off to a fast start.
Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy THE WHEEL BEHIND new Daily Chocolate owner Dawn Wagner spins in melting chocolate, much of which will be applied to the products on the trays in front of her. Wagner took over the shop in December and has done well, thanks in part to the holiday season and a new marketing plan.
Mon, 02/01/2021 - 2:01pm John McCright
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Andy Kirkaldy
VERGENNES A COVID-19 case in the 8th-grade level at Vergennes Union Middle School has led to the entire class switching to remote instruction this week, according to a Jan. 29 email sent out to Addison Northwest School District families by Superintendent Sheila Soule.
In her email, one of two Soule sent out late last week, Soule said the infection of an unidentified student or staff member “seems to be an isolated positive case stemming from community exposure.”
But she added teachers were among those who had to be quarantined, leaving the grade level short-staffed: