School news
VTLSP's P.S. I Love You Campaign returns
This week, Vermont Teen Leadership Safety Program (VTLSP) brought back their annual P.S. I Love You Campaign, a national campaign that addresses suicide prevention and mental health awareness on the second Friday of February.
As a peer leadership group, we dedicate the day to reminding everyone of their worth and the positive impact they have on our lives. Advisories took part in writing positive messages on purple post-it notes and they were all put up and displayed on Friday.
On Thursday, we brought in Grief Recovery Specialist Kyle Ludwig to offer support and suggestions on grief and loss during ARE time.
VTLSP students made S.O.S. kits or Save Our Students kits that had clay, fidget toys, and lollipops to hand out to all who attended. We also hand out purple ribbons and ask others to wear purple on Friday. For more information on this campaign, please go to: http://psiloveyouday.net/
Winter fun for 9th graders
On February 7th and 8th ninth grade students experienced the many benefits of being outside in the winter. Students had the opportunity to ice fish on Dewey's Pond in Quechee and tube at Mt. Ascutney Outdoors in Brownsville. Both trips included a lot of smiles, s'mores making, and good old fashioned fun in the snow!
The Intermediate Math team takes first place
The Intermediate Math team brought home their second first place finish in last week's math meet!
Lili Morris, Aidan Keough-Vella, Aubrey Seman and Dext Namkung all worked hard competing in 3 of the 4 sections. They beat out five other teams to come in first place. Dext Namkung was the top scorer for the entire Intermediate division.
There is one meet left and this team is currently in 2nd place overall. They are hoping to have another big win in March to win the whole thing! Congratulations Mathletes!!!!!
10th and 12th graders study tone and mood
The 10th and 12th-grade English students have been taking advantage of the quieter, darker winter months to delve into our contextual understanding of tone and mood through poetry.
Seniors read Frankenstein
Senior students have been learning about the Victorian Era, and the particular cultural shifts that shaped a generation before technology. In our reading of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, we have begun by identifying the fear of impropriety and social banishment. What does it mean to be an outsider? What was the cost of the first cities, and social growth across the globe?
Exemplars
The Long Journey
Jordan Allard
Where Did the Thrush Go
Holden Larmie
Sophomores read The Moderns
Likewise, the Sophomores have picked up their own thread in studying the very next generation of poets: The Moderns. In preparation for The Great Gatsby, and Poetry Outloud, Sophomore students have made fervent investigations into the themes of industrialization, wealth and prohibition after the fallout from WWI. In looking at some of the representative presentations of these poets, students were quick to point out the departure from Nature and religion towards the birth of technologies like the phone, camera and electric light.
Exemplars
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Reid Allegretti
Spring
Sydney Renfro
September 1, 1939
Kiara Nestler
Scholars Bowl team win small school state championship!
On Saturday, January 28th, the high school Scholars' Bowl team participated in the State Play-offs and Small School Championship matches. The young JV team won 2 matches and lost 2 matches, a very respectable record. The varsity team made it into the semi-finals after posting 2 wins/2 losses. In the semi-final match against Mount Abraham the team won 285 to 125 moving them into the finals. WUHS topped Lyndon in the finals 290 to 230. This is the first time WUHS has won the small school championship - congratulations to all our Scholars' Bowl players.
The varsity team will participate in the State Championships scheduled for April 1, 2023 against the other top schools - small and large.