Education News: Co-principals Greg Marino and Audrey Boutaugh have moved into their offices at CCS July 15, 2010, pg 7     - Submitted: Thursday, July 15th [more ...] Congratulations to the 8th Grade Students who Graduated from CCS on June 15, 2010 July 1, 2010, pg 6....Quinn Stiles Alpeter, Ivy Elizabeth Arnold, Lucas Paul Aube, Rachel Baginski, Jane Elizabeth Baker     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 30th [more ...] CCS Alumni Walk the Halls for the Last Time by Nancy Wood, July 1, 2010, pg 6....Thirty former CCS students “walked the halls for the last time” on June 19.     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 30th [more ...] Ted and Mary Fisher Honored at Waldorf Graduation by Lisa Espenshade, July 1, 2010, pg 17.... A packed audience was treated to selections of Mozart’s Magic Flute during the high school commencement ceremony at the Charlotte campus of the Lake Champlain Waldorf School     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 30th [more ...] Congratulations to Charlotters Graduating from CVU on Friday, June 18, at Patrick Gymnasium June 17, 2010, page 5.....     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 15th [more ...] Congratulations to the Charlotte Central School Award Recipients A complete listing of 8th Grade Students who were presented awards on June 14 and at the Vermont Scholar Leader Awards Banquet on June 2. June 17, 2010, page 6     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 15th [more ...] VCS Students Present Senior Projects June 3, 2010, page 7..... Joe Congdon Describes his Project     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 1st [more ...] Hodgson-Walker Competes in Geo Bee in Washington, D.C. June 3, 2010, page 8..... William Hodgson-Walker, the CCS seventh-grader who won the statewide geography bee, represented Vermont     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 1st [more ...] CCS Stage Band to Perform at the Discover Jazz Festival on June 8 Grandparents Treated to Final Concert at CCS by Nancy Wood, June 3, 2010, page 12..... CCS was crowded with grandparents and special friends on Friday’s annual Grandparents Day.     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 1st [more ...] CCS Bids Farewell to Retiring Teachers Sue Lavigne, Diane Cote and Sheila Aube by Rowan Beck, May 20, 2010, page 7..... Charlotte Central School (CCS) will be saying good-bye to three prominent and irreplaceable teachers.     - Submitted: Wednesday, May 19th [more ...] Summer Camp Helps Incoming 9th Graders Connect at CVU by Duncan Wardwell, May 20, 2010, page 6..... The CVU Summer Camp is based on providing a smooth transition to high school.     - Submitted: Wednesday, May 19th [more ...] CVU Third-Quarter Honor Roll Students Congratulations to Charlotte CVU Third-Quarter Honor Roll Students May 6, 2010, page 8.....     - Submitted: Wednesday, May 5th [more ...] William Hodgson-Walker Wins Geography Bee April 22, 2010, page 6..... CCS Seventh grader William Hodgson-Walker is the Vermont Geography Bee Champion     - Submitted: Tuesday, April 20th [more ...] Math Program Article Didn’t Add Up by Nancy Wood, April 22, 2010, page 7..... (Note: The article entitled “Math Programs Add Up to Big Bucks” in the April 8 issue of The Charlotte News included several errors. Here is a rewritten effort with corrections.     - Submitted: Tuesday, April 20th [more ...] CCS Board Issues: Code of Conduct and Math Programs by Nancy Wood, April 8, 2010, page 7..... Board considers code of conduct for members, and opts out of district-wide changes in math programs.     - Submitted: Tuesday, April 6th [more ...] CCS First Semester Honor Roll March 25, 2010, page 4..... Congratulations to 6th-8th Grade Honors Students     - Submitted: Tuesday, March 23rd [more ...] School Consolidation Legislation Moving Through the House Legislative Update by Representative Scott Orr, March 25, 2010, page 6..... Of particular interest to many is the education merger incentives bill.     - Submitted: Tuesday, March 23rd [more ...] Meet the New Co-Principals at CCS by Nancy Wood, March 25, 2010, page 7..... Audrey Boutaugh, 5th-8th grade, and Gregory Marino, PreK-4th grade, will be co-principals at CCS beginning July 1, 2010.     - Submitted: Tuesday, March 23rd [more ...] Retired Board Chair Patrice Machavern Reflects on the Failed Budget March 11, 2010, page 5..... In reflecting about the budget since its defeat, Machavern said her initial reaction was “disappointment and disbelief."     - Submitted: Thursday, March 11th [more ...] CVU Honor Roll - Quarter 2 March 11, 2010, page 6..... Congratulations to the Charlotte students who were on the CVU Honor Roll for Quarter 2 in 2009-2010:     - Submitted: Thursday, March 11th [more ...] Out With the Old, In With the New by Nancy Wood, March 11, 2010, page 7..... The original CCS school building – the concrete-block monolith that looms behind the newer sections of the school – will be razed to the basement and replaced with a smaller, more energy efficient structure.     - Submitted: Thursday, March 11th [more ...] Denise Danyow Receives Community Service Award by Nancy Wood, March 11, 2010, page 7..... Retiring School Board Chair Patrice Machavern presented the School Board’s Community Service Award to Denise Danyow at the March 1 meeting     - Submitted: Thursday, March 11th [more ...] WARNING: Town Meeting Fast Approaching February 25, 2010, page 1..... by Nancy Wood Town Reports have arrived, dedicated “with much affection” to Hugh “Cowboy” Lewis who passed away on January 27, 2009. Cowboy warmly greeted voters at the door of Town Meetings for many years, keeping order     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] CCS Board Chooses Pre-Kindergarten - 4th Grade Co-Principal February 25, 2010, page 1..... by Nancy Wood The CCS School Board has approved the hiring of Gregory Marino to be the new Pre-Kindergarten – 4th grade Co-Principal.     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] CCS Board Signs Agreement with Merchants Bank February 25, 2010..... by Nancy Wood At the February 16 meeting, the three attending Board members, Chair Patrice Machavern, Lynne Jaunich and Sue Thibault, signed the financing agreement with the Merchants Bank to borrow the $2.8 million for the scho     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] School Boards Seek Teachers’ Pay Freeze February 25, 2010, page 9..... The Chittenden South Supervisory Union (CSSU) Board Negotiation Team, representing the boards of the Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Williston and CVU school districts, announced on February 16 that it had declared impas     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] Hess and Richardson Running for CVU 3-Year Term February 25, 2010..... by Nancy Wood In the only contested race this year, two candidates have stepped up to fill Dottie Waller’s seat on the CVU School Board.     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] Dottie Waller Retires as CVU Director February 25, 2010.... by Martha Perkins Dottie Waller moved to Charlotte after she and her husband, Dave, a life-long Charlotter, were married     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] CCS School Board Chooses PreK – 4th Grade Co-Principal February 16, 2010..... The CCS School Board has approved the hiring of Gregory Marino to be the new PreK – 4th grade co-principal.     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 16th [more ...] School Board - Teacher Negotiations at Impasse February 16, 2010..... The CSSU Board Negotiation Team, representing the boards of the Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Williston and CVU school districts, announced that it has declared impasse in its negotiations with the Chittenden South Education A     - Submitted: Tuesday, February 16th [more ...] Well-Rounded Students Trump Superstars by Margo Bartsch February 11, 2010, page 10..... The CVU 2009 graduating class posted higher SAT scores than both the Vermont and national averages.     - Submitted: Wednesday, February 10th [more ...] School Board Chair Patrice Machavern Not Running for Reelection by Nancy Wood 1/28/2010, page 1..... Patrice Machavern is stepping down after nine years on the CCS School Board, the most recent year as Chair.     - Submitted: Tuesday, January 26th [more ...] CCS School Board Adopts Budget on 3-2 Vote by Nancy Wood..... The $7,119,583 budget for 2010-2011 passed by the CCS Board at their meeting Tuesday night, January 20, is 1.65% less than the current budget.     - Submitted: Wednesday, January 20th [more ...] Are School Buses Becoming Obsolete? by Nancy Wood 1/14/10, Page 1..... Seven school buses serve the Charlotte Central School, named for seven colors of the rainbow. At the CCS School Board meeting on January 5, School Director Lynn Jaunich raised the question of eliminating one of the     - Submitted: Tuesday, January 12th [more ...] Why Teens Do the Things They Do: The Still-Developing Teenage Brain Dayna Scott, CY – Connecting Youth Coordinator & Grants Administrator Your average 18 year-olds may LOOK like adults (these days so might some 13 year-olds!), however, their brains are still developing.     - Submitted: Tuesday, January 12th [more ...] CVU First Quarter Honor Roll CVU First Quarter Honor Roll 1/14//10, page 14     - Submitted: Tuesday, January 12th [more ...] Charlotte Central School Secures $2.8 Million Bond Pre-Approval Charlotte Central School Secures $2.8 Million Bond Pre-Approval, by Edd Merritt     - Submitted: Tuesday, December 15th [more ...] CCS PTO Chatter The last several weeks have been busy for the newly established CCS PTO. At its November 6 meeting, bylaws changes were made and new events were officially added to the PTO schedule, changing the mission statement and removing certain items to better refl     - Submitted: Tuesday, December 1st [more ...] Courage, Consistency and Love – One Dad’s Voice on Parenting in a Challenging World "It’s the toughest job you’ll ever love.” With all due respect to the Peace Corps (and I hold that organization in very high esteem), whoever coined this phrase could never have been a full-time parent. Parenting is, hands down, the job this phrase best d     - Submitted: Tuesday, December 1st [more ...] KidBits! A re-count of the recent bond vote on improvements to the Charlotte Central School, a resolution that passed by four votes, found the original count correct at 310 in favor, 306 opposed.     - Submitted: Tuesday, November 17th [more ...] Bare Necessity Bond Barely Squeaks By One passed and one failed as 616 townspeople cast their ballots for and against two articles that would authorize the Board of School Directors to pay for physical renovations to Charlotte Central School.     - Submitted: Tuesday, November 3rd [more ...] CCS PTO Chatter I am very pleased to share with you that after a very late startt he CCS PTO is officially back, with all executive positions now filled.     - Submitted: Tuesday, November 3rd [more ...] Dinner, Drama, Dialogue & Dessert Do you ever wonder how your child’s world is different with all the new technology?     - Submitted: Tuesday, November 3rd [more ...] CCS Board Fields Co-Principals Request After a thorough process of getting faculty input and discussing the options with current administrators at CCS, the recommendation to the board is to have two full-time co-principals...     - Submitted: Tuesday, October 13th [more ...] Tax Implications and Funding Options This is the last in a series of three articles to present information about the condition of the school, the desired alternative fuel (aka wood chips) facility and upcoming bond vote.     - Submitted: Tuesday, October 13th [more ...] CCS Renovation Plan Targets Major Systems In the last issue, the extensive renovation needs of Charlotte Central School were outlined. Repairs were prioritized into four categories...     - Submitted: Friday, October 2nd [more ...] CCS Board Outlines Need for a Bond, Part I Last fall the Charlotte Central School Board informed the community that there were significant facility needs of the school. Extensive work has been undertaken to prioritize and identify a plan of action to address those needs.     - Submitted: Tuesday, September 15th [more ...] CCS Board Hears Principal Search Plan At its August 17 meeting the CCS Board of School Directors heard a report from Elaine Pinckney outlining a process for selecting a permanent replacement for Principal Monica Smith, who resigned earlier this year.     - Submitted: Tuesday, September 1st [more ...] KidBits - News from Charlotte Central School A committee has been working for the past several months to prepare a report for the CCS Board of Directors on ways of communicating effectively with parents, school staff and the community at large.     - Submitted: Friday, July 17th [more ...] School Board Approves Interim Principal Sandra Jump of East Corinth, Vermont, has accepted the position as interim principal at Charlotte Central School.     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 30th [more ...] Annual CVU Craft Fair Planned for Fall This year’s Access to the CVU Craft Fair in Hinesburg will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 17th [more ...] Charlotte Business Safeguards Youth: What do you usually see when you walk up to check out at the local convenience store? Most people see tobacco products and ads, but not at Spear’s Corner Store     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 17th [more ...] Mrs. Smith Says Goodbye No, Mrs. Smith is a woman who had a full life before taking on the somewhat daunting task of running a school.     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 17th [more ...] Machavern Moves In To Chair Charlotte Central School Board Charlotte Central School Board Chair Clyde Baldwin opened the May 19th board meeting by announcing that, as a result of discussion in executive session, the board was considering changing its officers.     - Submitted: Wednesday, June 17th [more ...] CCS Prepares for Change CCS Board Chairman Clyde Baldwin opened the May 19 meeting by saying that the board had met in executive session that week to discuss with him his manner of running the organization.     - Submitted: Tuesday, June 2nd [more ...] CCS GeoBee Team Wins Finals Spot While most Charlotte Central School children were participating in Green Up day or playing baseball on a warm, sunny Saturday, five middle-school CCS students were competing in the GeoBee regionals.     - Submitted: Saturday, May 9th [more ...] CVU Summer Camp Provides Successful Transitions The CVU Summer Camp for incoming 9th Graders showcases the range of learning available to future and current high school students.     - Submitted: Saturday, May 9th [more ...] Charlotte Central School Prepares for a Makeover At its April 14 meeting the Charlotte Central School Board heard a status report on the project proposal and timeline for preparing a plan to renovate Charlotte Central School within the 2010-2011 school year.     - Submitted: Saturday, May 9th [more ...] CCS Principal Resigns I am writing to inform you that I submitted my resignation to the School Board last evening     - Submitted: Sunday, April 19th [more ...] How do You Learn About Charlotte Central School? Charlotte Central School staff wants to ask you how and how well they communicate with members of the community charged with supporting the school’s efforts.     - Submitted: Wednesday, April 15th [more ...] CCS Readers Raise Over $9,000 for Heifer International For the past several months students at Charlotte Central School have been reading a lot and raising, in the process, thousands of dollars for Heifer International’s “Read to Feed” program.     - Submitted: Friday, April 3rd [more ...] Charlotte Conservation Wildlife Over 20 Charlotters turned up on St. Patrick’s Day to express their interests in energy issues, share ideas and brainstorm possible local action.     - Submitted: Friday, April 3rd [more ...] CVU Grad Challenge Presentation Day Needs Community Panelists Want to see what teenagers have been up to these days? Want to check out CVU? Want to support our local youth as they embrace responsibility for their own learning? Come and be part of an inspiring educational exhibition!     - Submitted: Friday, April 3rd [more ...] Charlotte Central School Board Forms a Communications Committee A sub-committee of the School Board will recommend to the board how best to inform the Charlotte community of the board’s deliberations and decisions.     - Submitted: Wednesday, March 18th [more ...] CVU Hosts College Fair The Tenth Annual Spring College Fair at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg is happening this year on Monday, April 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.     - Submitted: Wednesday, March 18th [more ...] Annual School Board Meeting to Return to Town Meeting Day in ‘10 About 35 voters braved bitter winds and fresh snow to take their seats at the 2009 Charlotte Central School Annual Meeting.     - Submitted: Wednesday, March 4th [more ...] Education Vermont Writes Day took place on January 27. The sponsor of the project is the youngwritersproject.org and the aim is to get students, teachers, principals, school staff, guests and anyone else who cares to participate to write for just seven minutes. The     - Submitted: Wednesday, March 4th [more ...] Voices of the School Board Candidates Clyde Baldwin, Dan Luce and Kristin Wright tell explain why they're running for the CCS School Board.     - Submitted: Wednesday, February 18th [more ...] Waldorf Students Learn Winter Camping Skills...and Much More Tenth grade students from the Lake Champlain Waldorf High School recently spent one of the coldest weeks in the last 15 years camping in the Green Mountain National Forest near Mt. Abe.     - Submitted: Wednesday, February 18th [more ...] The Charlotte Central School Board Confronts Questions of Religion and Budget Money and cultural belief were two issues placed before the Charlotte Central School Board at its recent meeting.     - Submitted: Thursday, December 18th [more ...] Middle School Voices . . . Read three submissions from CCS students:     - Submitted: Thursday, December 18th [more ...] A Very Fenn Thanksgiving My Thanksgiving is not celebrated on the usual day. Sure, we give thanks and eat a turkey, but the real gala occurs a few weeks before turkey day.     - Submitted: Wednesday, December 3rd [more ...] Charlotte School Board Committee Wants to Discuss School’s Future with Community The Charlotte School Board is eager to discuss with the community plans for the future of the Charlotte Central School.     - Submitted: Wednesday, November 5th [more ...] CCS Welcomes New Faculty Members     - Submitted: Friday, September 5th [more ...] Initiatives in Place For New School Year As this summer of “interesting” weather comes to a close, we are completing our planning for a very exciting school year.     - Submitted: Sunday, August 31st [more ...] Health & Fitness CCS PE Teachers Discuss Fitness Trends     - Submitted: Wednesday, April 2nd [more ...] Community Help Needed for Grad Challenge by MaryAnne Gatos, CVU Community Learning Coordinator     - Submitted: Wednesday, April 2nd [more ...] Education CVU Access 5K and Family Funday To Support Scholarship Initiative     - Submitted: Wednesday, March 19th [more ...] CCS Welcomes New Faculty and Staff by Edd Merritt     - Submitted: Friday, October 12th [more ...] [Post News...]