Building a learning community in Vermont
Posted November 12, 2019
School Board Approves Second BSD School to Fly Flag Burlington, VT Edmunds Middle School (EMS) will soon become the second school in Burlington School District (BSD to fly a Black Lives Matter flag. On November 12, students… Read more »
Posted October 28, 2019
Vermont celebrated it’s very first “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on October 14, 2019. This holiday, formally known as Columbus Day, has been changed to recognize that we have for far too long promoted a story that celebrates the… Read more »
Posted October 21, 2019
Order your jersey today! Earlier this summer, the BHS girls varsity soccer team began working on a project to raise awareness about the gender wage gap. They were inspired by the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team’s efforts… Read more »
Posted October 7, 2019
Kawther Hashim, a junior at BHS and leader in the BHS International Club, has become a force of nature for activism. On September 2oth, Hashim addressed a crowd during a Climate Strike at City Hall, pictured right.… Read more »
Posted June 6, 2019
On May 3rd, Vermont Representative Peter Welch announced the winners of the 38th Annual Congressional Art Competition at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. Graduating Senior Abdul Abdulrazak from Horizons was among the winners, receiving… Read more »
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Note: This post by Bram Moreinis (“Mr. M.”), and is featured on the Programming and Web Development Blog. For the last month or so, most of my programming students and I have engaged in an intensive real-world… Read more »
Posted June 4, 2019
As part of BSD’s 3rd-grade social studies curriculum (Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Kids), students have to complete a service learning project to better their school community. Flynn Elementary’s students chose to build a pit for GaGa Ball, a… Read more »
Posted May 16, 2019
Elder one of 161 recipients of the distinction, out of 5,200 eligible candidates For the third year in a row and fifth time in 9 years, Burlington High School is home to a US Presidental Scholar! Please… Read more »
Posted May 3, 2019
Congratulations to Burlington Technical Center (BTC) student Colton Poulin, a recipient of the 2019 Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts Golden Wrench Award! Each year, the Vermont Automobile Enthusiast award is presented to sixteen high school juniors for their hard… Read more »
Posted April 9, 2019
By Susan Ames, Librarian Vermont Public Radio’s Amy Kolb Noyes, creator and curator of the “Dorothy’s List” podcast, visited Champlain in February to discuss Beyond the Bright Sea, a book by Lauren Wolk, with a dozen fourth… Read more »
