Erin Dufault has been a high school counselor for 17 years, but nothing in her career could have prepared her for this pandemic moment. Now in her fourth year at Mount Abraham Union High School — which, like the other middle and high schools in our area, has embraced a hybrid model of remote and […]
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As part of our series on the unsung heroes keeping local schools chugging along through uncharted territory, Addison Independent reporter John Flowers recently talked to ACSD lead nurse Kelly Landwehr about the return to in-person school. “’Our days are more full,’ she said of herself and fellow school nurses. ‘COVID-19 has added a new dimension
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The Addison County Child Care Directors group is working with folks from the Makery at the Hannaford Career Center to provide masks for kids in their programs. The need is great, according to Darla Senecal of Building Bright Futures: More than 1500 masks have been requested. To fill these requests, the volunteer sewing team is
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If you have kids in public school, you’ve likely already read — and reread —your district’s plan for the fall. But you might be curious about what other local districts have planned. Each Vermont school district is creating its own unique fall reopening plan. Addison Independent reporter John Flowers compared the instruction models for ACSD,
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SILAS AUDY, LEFT, and Simon Kruse practice their footwork during a long-awaited Addison United Soccer Club practice this past Thursday in Monkton. The soccer club is offering the program for free this season so that participants won’t feel compelled to attend if they feel sick. (Addison Independent photo/Alexa Lapiner) Wondering what rec programs and swim
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This story was first published in the Addison Independent on July 2, 2020. In early May, the Henry Sheldon Museum invited people to share their personal stories, pictures, and video clips of how they are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Students from Brandon answered the call. Neshobe Elementary School art teacher John Brodowski provided the
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The Mount Abraham Union School District has been interviewing its students, teachers and administrators during the pandemic shutdown, asking them to reflect on the sudden changes in their working/learning lives. Nancy Cornell, the editor and publisher of Vermont Learning, a free weekly online newspaper for educators, compiled the interviews into a comprehensive look at how folks
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This essay first appeared in the Addison Independent on April 30, 2020. I’ve never felt much like one of those beautiful, glowing pregnant people. I hear they exist, but as far as I’m concerned those folks are unicorns. It’s hard work growing a human, and if some days I’m a little dull — oh well.
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MiniBury: Tell me about yourself. Jennifer: When I was a kid, my mom would play her favorite music while she worked around the house. Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All” resonated with me. It wasn’t until years later, and lots of self discovery that I realized why: As a child with a baby brother
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