Worried about what the Delta variant means for your unvaccinated children as they head back to school? You’re not alone. Earlier this week UVM Children’s Hospital hosted a Q&A on Facebook Live with Dr. Rebecca Bell, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter (and mom of two daycare-age children) and the hospital’s Chief […]
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The weekend before Christmas, my family and I hosted a physically distant holiday extravaganza called the CocoaPort. Inspired by COVID restrictions — and the lack of a downtown hot cocoa hut — we created a series of magical, mechanical contraptions to deliver cocoa fixins to friends and family at a distance. We also had a miniature
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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How are preschools approaching returning to school during the pandemic this fall? “We are going to spend the first six to eight weeks outdoors, since transmission of COVID-19 is lower in outdoor spaces,” Ashley Bessette, program director of Evergreen Preschool in Vergennes, told the Addison Independent last week. In addition to their routine activities, she
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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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