Dear Community Members,

The revote for Mt. Mansfield Union School District, Underhill Town School District and Underhill Incorporated School District  2014-15 school budgets will take place on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 at the following locations:

• Smilie Memorial School (Bolton Residents)
• Brewster-Pierce Memorial School (Huntington Residents)
• Jericho Elementary School (Jericho Residents)
• Camels Hump Middle School (Richmond Residents)
• Browns River Middle School (Underhill Residents)

To find details of the revised budgets and meeting schedules, please go to www.cesu.k12.vt.us/schoolboards or call 434-2128.

Mt. Mansfield Union School Board considers potential reductions for budget revote.  Click HERE to view.
MMU Finance Committee Meeting:  April 3rd, 6:30 pm @ CHMS Library

CESU Voting Results

Includes the School Districts of

Bolton, Huntington, Jericho, Richmond, Underhill ID, Underhill Town, 

Mt. Mansfield Union #17

CESU Science Teacher Awarded a 2014 Teacher Fellowship from Earthwatch Institute

3rd and 4th grade science teacher Tracy Lavallee will travel to the Arctic Circle, specifically Churchill, Manitoba on the Hudson Bay.  The ten day trip this summer will involve research with leading scientists in the field of climate change.  Earthwatch sends fellows into the field to assist scientists with field research.  Ms. Lavallee is one of a few selected for this opportunity.  She will measure evidence of global warming near Churchill, where changes in the climate are dramatic and visible. She will be sampling water, taking inventories of amphibians and fish, and collecting soil samples and data on tree lines. Here is a link to the Earth Watch Climate Change Webpage.  Congratulations to Ms. Lavallee and we look forward to her sharing this newfound knowledge with the Chittenden East Supervisory Union faculty, staff, students and community upon her return. 

FRIENDS, FRIENDS, 1…2…3…

ALL MY FRIENDS ARE HERE WITH ME!

Young children typically anticipate holidays with great enthusiasm and envision a day filled with surprises and sweets. This year’s Friendship Day celebration at Richmond Elementary School, A.K.A. Valentine’s Day, surpassed Preschooler’s expectations. Vermont Writes Day provided an additional bonus to the February 13th festivity and a perfect venue to showcase student learning with a 7-Minute Writing Challenge!

Over the past five months, RES Preschoolers have prepared for Friendship Day (a day renowned for sharing student made notes with peers) by participating in cooperative play activities that promote the development of fine motor muscles needed for paper and pencil tasks. Hard work and engagement with various materials and mediums have resulted in strong fingers and hands ready for WRITING!

      

After fueling their bodies with sweet, Friendship Fruit Salad and receiving a festive writing tool, the timer was set and confident WRITERS started their writing challenge. With ease a six-foot banner came to life depicting portraits of FRIENDS each labeled with individual names.

  

Seven minutes later when the timer sounded…. Writers asked,

“Can we keep writing?”!

     

The response, “WRITE ON PRESCHOOLERS!