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Amber and Amanda Hatch, one of four sets of twins graduating from Oxbow, walk in for the start of commencement last night. (Ben DeFlorio photograph)

Oxbow High Grads Double Down

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — There was more than the usual pre-commencement buzz in the corridors of Oxbow High School last night as many of the 82 members of the Class of 2013 donned their caps and gowns prior to the start of the ceremony. In fact, it wasn’t off the mark to say there was twice the excitement, at least in …

Voters Pass Oxbow School Budget

Friday, May 17, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — The second time’s the charm in the case of Oxbow Union High School’s annual budget, as Bradford and Newbury voters approved the revised figure last night after it was defeated earlier this year. Resident’s voted in favor, 294-158, of the newly drafted $7.2 million 2013-2014 school-year budget. “(I’m) grateful that the public supported the revised budget,” said School Board Chairwoman …

Oxbow Budget Restrung

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ballot voting on Oxbow Union High School’s redrafted budget will be held tomorrow for Bradford and Newbury voters from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bradford Academy auditorium and the Newbury Town Office. ■ Bradford, Vt. — School officials are crossing their fingers that voters tomorrow will pass the 2013-2014 Oxbow Union High School budget after it was narrowly defeated earlier this …

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Thirty-four graduating seniors received their diplomas during The Sharon Academy's commencement in Sharon, Vt., on June 16, 2013. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Photo Gallery: The Sharon Academy Graduation
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High School Isn’t Always About Preparing for College

Monday, May 20, 2013

The standard advice for all high school students used to be: work hard, get accepted to a good four-year college or university, and earn your bachelor’s degree. Four-year college graduates find better jobs and make more money than …

Oxbow Union High senior Caleb LaFaille pores over a question on the online imPACT concussion test at the Bradford, Vt., school in late August. (Valley News - Greg Fennell)

Oxbow Applies Concussion Testing System To Athletes

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bradford, Vt. — Rich Thornton believes in concussion testing. As athletic director at a high school with a varsity football program, he believed in it enough to have tried it on his own before help arrived. He’s been …

Young Writers Project: Haunted History, Haunted Houses

Monday, May 20, 2013

Each week, Young Writers Project receives several hundred submissions from students in Vermont and New Hampshire in response to writing prompts and we select the best for publication here and in 20 other newspapers and on VPR.net. This week, we publish responses to the prompts, “Haunted: You and …