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Young Writers Project: Writing About Being Right, and a Letter to a Bully

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

This week, Young Writers Project publishes responses to the prompts, Being right: Describe a time when you were sure that you were right, but someone else had a different view; and General writing. Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve and connects them with audiences through the Newspaper Series (and youngwritersproject.org) and the Schools Project (ywpschools.net). Confrontation By Robin Chadwell Grade …

A screen grab shows a scene from the winning entry in the Math-O-Vision contest at Dartmouth College.

Math = Film Project

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Hanover — Some kids see math as a maze of pointless numbers, a subject banished to chalkboards and ivory towers. Austin Eng, 17, of Freehold, N.J., sees it differently — and as a result, he and his film partner, Katherine Lin, also of Freehold, have $4,000 in prize money to show for it. …

Carol Withington is retiring at the end of the school year after 31 years of teaching at Hartland Cooperative Nursery School. She was honored with a party yesterday at Hartland Recreational Center in Hartland. (Valley News - Libby March)

Generations of Love: Hartland Honors Retiring Preschool Teacher

Monday, May 20, 2013

Hartland — More than a dozen class photos tacked to a farewell poster yesterday showcased the smiles of two generations-worth of Hartland-area preschoolers. Behind the rows of young learners, there was an enduring constant — the equally enthusiastic smile of Carol Withington, a teacher at Hartland Cooperative Nursery School who celebrated her pending …

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Oxbow’s Nate Smith slides into home for a run during the Olympians’ home game with Randolph yesterday. Oxbow prevailed in eight innings, 4-3. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

O’s Nip Ghosts

Randolph at Oxbow baseball in Bradford, Vt., on May 21, 2013. Oxbow won, 4-3. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap)

Photo Gallery: Randolph at Oxbow Baseball

In West Fairlee yesterday morning, Shay Paffenroth reaches for the fish she just caught, which she called a “pumpkin seed.” Paffenroth, of West Topsham, Vt., and her husband, David, were fishing in Lake Fairlee for the first time. “A lot of people don’t like catching small fish,” she said, laughing. “I don’t give a damn, as long as I catch something.” (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

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Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Workshop Set for VTC

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Randolph Center — Vermont Technical College will host a free workshop on maintaining hybrid and electric drive vehicles on Thursday and Friday at its Randolph campus . The two-day class is open to auto technicians, service personnel and others involved in maintaining such vehicles. The hands-on workshop will …

The 19 students of Lebanon College’s 2013 graduating class cross Court Street on their way to commencement at the Lebanon Opera House yesterday. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

‘Check Your Direction’: At a Time of Change, Lebanon College Graduates 19

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Lebanon — The send-off for Lebanon College graduates yesterday morning included short speeches, hearty applause and one last homework assignment. “Graduation’s an opportunity to pause and reflect,” keynote speaker Richard Gustafson told the students in Lebanon Opera House. …

At VLS, A Call To Act

Sunday, May 19, 2013

South Royalton — The 38th Vermont Law School commencement was meant to celebrate the 300 graduates assembled in rows, but the send-off message presented by alumni, faculty and students was about thinking beyond themselves. Marching to the whistle of a bagpipe, the graduates walked silently from campus through …

Miriam Daffodil Mumuli raises a cheer during her address to her River Valley Community College classmates during commencement last evening. Mumuli graduated with an associate degree in nursing. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

River Valley Community College Celebrates: More Than 250 Earn Degrees

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Claremont — The crowd roared when River Valley Community College’s student guest speaker approached the podium at last night’s 45th annual commencement ceremony. Decked in a gold honors sash and teal cord, graduate Miriam Daffodil Mumuli, of Nairobi, …

Haverhill Gets Fire Safety List

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Haverhill — The state fire marshal has given the Haverhill Cooperative School District a to-do list of requirements following the rejection of a warrant article by voters in March that would have paid for necessary fire safety improvements at the high school. The $330,000 warrant article failed by …

Dartmouth Warily Eyes Spring Party

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Hanover — Dartmouth College’s “frat row” was a scene of jubilation yesterday. Hundreds of students were dancing and drinking on Webster Avenue between Beta Alpha Omega’s red brick house and the live band planted in Phi Delta Alpha’s yard, celebrating the rite of spring known as Green Key …

Hartford Middle School teacher Jennifer Boeri-Boyce speaks to students at the Hartford Cemetery yesterday. The students were at the cemetery to help put flags on veterans’ graves and dedicate a tree to those who served during the Civil War. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck)

Hartford Eighth-Graders Revel in Civil War History

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Hartford — A group of students who have been researching Civil War soldiers from Vermont visited the Hartford Cemetery off Route 14 yesterday afternoon to dedicate a tree to the deceased veterans and place nearly 200 flags on …

Mascoma Officals Wait For N.H. Fire Marshal

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Canaan — Administrators at Mascoma Valley Regional High School are still waiting to hear from the state Fire Marshal’s Office after a renovation plan that would have added a sprinkler system failed in March. In March, a $21.8 million proposal to renovate the 50-year-old high school failed. It …

Hanover Approves All-Day Kindergarten for Fall 2014

Friday, May 17, 2013

Hanover — The Hanover School Board has approved full-day kindergarten for fall 2014. In the meantime, the district will develop a Ray School renovation proposal that could include an additional kindergarten classroom. The board’s unanimous decision this week came after a study committee recommended the full-day kindergarten program …

Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Preparing for Prom

Friday, May 17, 2013

Volunteer Wendy WIndsor of Hartford talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks …

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