CVSD Update October 2023

 

Dear CVSD Families and Caregivers, 

Please enjoy the October issue of the CVSD Update, which is chock-full of important information and announcements, including: 

• A letter from Superintendent Sanchez
• An update about the VTCAP assessments
• News about the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse
• Upcoming events
• and more! 

Thank you for taking the time to read it. Please reach out using Let's Talk with any questions, comments, suggestions, concerns, or compliments. 

Champlain Valley School District

CVSD Update September 2023

 Dear CVSD Families and Caregivers,

Wow- we are aware that some of you have received a number of communications today from our schools. We especially thank SCS families and caregivers for your flexibility in an unexpected situation. (For those who don't know, there was a water main break in Shelburne and students were dismissed this morning.)

We do want to keep other things flowing and are sharing the September issue of the CVSD Update with all of you. It includes: 

• A letter from Superintendent Sanchez
• A link to the CVSD Fall 2023 Climate Survey for all families and caregivers to complete
• It's Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
• It's Hispanic Heritage Month
• Current guidance from the VT Department of Health
• and more!

Thank you for taking the time to read it. Please reach out using Let's Talk with any questions, comments, suggestions, concerns, or compliments. 

Access CVU Fall-Winter Classes

Did you know that Access CVU was voted by the community as the top finalists in the Seven Daysie Awards 2023 for Best place to take an Arts Class, as well as Best Cooking Classes?!

Here's a message from Access CVU. If you don't know what it is or haven't take a class in a while, check this out! 

Our FALL/WINTER 2023 Catalog of classes is open for registration! We are excited to start this semester with 191 diverse classes featuring 79 talented instructors. Keep ACCESS CVU top of mind this fall, and add community enrichment to your calendar!

New classes will be added to the catalog every month, and announced first in our newsletter and on Instagram and Facebook! Follow and tag us at @ACCESSCVU and make sure you signed-up for
the ACCESS CVU NEWSLETTER.

Posters and flyers will be available for pick up at your local supermarket, library, town office, and at all CVSD Schools. The link to our flyer is on our homepage for easy viewing and printing. September's list of classes can be found HERE.

Do you or someone you know want to teach at ACCESS CVU? Click the New Instructor Form or email access@cvsdvt.org.

Save The Date! CVU Craft Fair- Saturday, Oct 14 and Saturday, Nov 25. Reach out to Carol Fox at cvuvenue@cvsdvt.org if you would like to volunteer for these events!

To view classes and enroll online, visit https://cvsdvt.ce.eleyo.com/ (or Google, ACCESS CVU). Questions about classes or to enroll via email or phone, contact access@cvsdvt.org / 802-482-7194.

Thank you for supporting ACCESS CVU and for keeping community education thriving at CVSD. Connect, learn, and grow at ACCESS CVU!

Kindly,
Laura and Jen

CVSD Update, August 2023

Dear Families, Caregivers, and CVSD Faculty/Staff,

We are so excited to kick off a new school year this week. For most of you, that's tomorrow! Please view updates in the latest CVSD newsletter.

It includes:

• A video welcome from Superintendent Sanchez
• Celebrations
• Reminders (get those PowerSchool forms in today if you haven't already!)
• Communication reminders
• a little bit more, but not too much!

As always, reach out using Let's Talk with questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or compliments.

Welcome back!

Champlain Valley School District

Students at CVU Awarded National Recognition!

We’re celebrating fourteen Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) students, representing some of the 72,000 students from across the country who earned academic honors from College Board’s National Recognition Programs! The National Recognition Programs honor the strong academic achievements of underrepresented students. They’re an easy way for students to showcase their hard work in high school. The programs not only benefit students. They also benefit colleges looking to recruit diverse, talented students.

There’s so much that makes students like these unique. That’s an asset to colleges and programs. The National Recognition Programs help students like these find ways to celebrate that. Eligible students apply on BigFuture. They have a GPA of 3.5 or higher. They’re the top 10% of PSAT/NMSQT® or PSAT™ 10 assessment takers in each state for each program or have earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP® Exams. They either attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, or Indigenous/Native. They’re invited to apply during their sophomore or junior year. 

Awardees (as of August 17) from CVU High School include:

• Abby Niquette: NRSTA
• Ava Bouchard: NRSTA
• Brendan Fellows: NRSTA
• Charles Sprigg: NRSTA
• Charles Simons: NRSTA
• Elias Leventhal: NRSTA
• George Fidler: NRSTA
• Hannah Kuhlmeier: NRSTA
• Jacqueline Goldsmith: NRSTA
• Kaylee Bliss: NRSTA
• Kyle Stewart: NRSTA
• Lily O'Brien: NRSTA
• Veronica Miskavage: NRSTA
• Zorah Ngu: NAARA

Award Key:
National African American Recognition Award (NAARA)
National Hispanic Recognition Award (NHRA)
National Rural and Small Town Award (NRSTA)
National Indigenous Award (NIA)

Congratulations!

HCS Awarded An Exciting Grant

 

HCS is One of Ten Schools and Districts Selected for the Second Cohort!

Hinesburg Community School (HCS) was selected as one of 10 schools nationally to partner with the national education nonprofit organization, Transcend, to be a part of their second cohort of the Rural Schools Design Community. This is a ten-month program where school administrators and faculty will prioritize reimagining their school model to better serve students and families.

At the start of the ten-month program, each school community will identify a core team to lead the process in their communities. Through this program, teams work locally to enlist their broader community in shaping the vision for their reimagined school. Throughout the 10 months, the groups will also engage in convenings, exploring high-impact topics such as generating a community-led school design process to achieve equitable results for all students, understanding the skills and mindsets needed for young people to thrive in and transform the world, learning how to ensure community aspirations and needs are reflected, and understanding school & district design.

The 2023-2024 Transcend Rural Schools Design Community includes:

• Calistoga Joint Unified School District in Calistoga, CA
• East Range Academy of Technology & Science (ERATS) in Mt. Iron, MN
• Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools in Elizabeth City, NC
• Hinesburg Community School/Champlain Valley School District in Hinesburg, VT
• Lasara ISD in Lasara, TX
• Los Lunas Schools in Los Lunas, NM
• Riverhead Charter School in Calverton, NY
• Rugby Public Schools in Rugby, ND
• Southern Berkshire Regional School District in Sheffield, MA
• Warren County Schools in Warrenton, NC

The Rural Schools Design Community will take place at no cost to participants thanks to a grant and will commence in August of 2023.

We will provide updates when the work gets underway. Congratulations HCS!

Mid-August CCS Construction Update

Jen Roth, principal at Charlotte Central School, has provided us with another update on the construction work, along with some new photos. 

Spaces on both floors of the building are beginning to come together so furniture and teaching materials can be set up for the start of the year. As the contractors complete a learning space, it gets turned over to our maintenance crew to wipe down and polish the floors. First floor carpets will be cleaned this week opening up time for the CCS crew to return furniture to the classrooms.

The CCS STEM room feels a little bigger now that the extra storage closet has been removed to make room for additional hands-on tools for kids. It’s almost ready for a deep cleaning and the addition of furniture.

The utility space out front under the front porch, has been sealed up and the porch's structural components will be replaced in steps this coming week. The bus parking lot has had lines added to help provide adequate spaces for the fleet of buses used by CCS and SCS.

Our contractors are still at work in the cafeteria, the library and outside of the building. We’ll send updates on those particular projects in the near future.