8th grade investigates WWII

The 8th grade American Studies class is currently studying WWII from the point of view of different factions and nationalities, looking at both heroes and villains. WWII was a major transformative event in world history and it helped launch the United States into its role as one of the world’s military superpowers. Here students are organizing images from the National WWII Museum into chronological order.

As a resource to help them identify and explain some of the images, they were able to refer to the 7 interpretive panels of the traveling WWII exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute that is temporarily set up in our library. 

New Private Music Lesson Program @ WUHSMS

We are excited to let you know about an exciting new opportunity at WUHSMS, private music lessons! This program offers music instruction from highly skilled professional musicians within the school day. Additionally, through the generous support of a private donor, we are offering these lessons to any interested student, regardless of financial situation. To find out more information about this program and to sign up please go to the Private Lesson Program page on our new and developing WUHSMS Music website.

Please feel free to contact Mr. Pauly at joshua.pauly@mtnviews.org with any questions you may have. 

Bob Ross Holiday Painting Extravaganza: AP Art

Students in AP Art celebrated the holiday season with a Bob Ross Painting challenge. They chose a Bob Ross video and then spent the next 30 minutes completing a painting. It is not easy completing an entire painting in such a short amount of time. And even though Bob Ross was very supportive and calm, for the students this was at times a very intense and challenging process. 

Everyone embraced their happy accidents and had a wonderful time. 

Sophomore Shadow Day 2025 Kicks Off

Last year, members of the Class of 2026 shadowed at more than 50 different organizations, businesses, and state agencies. 

WUHSMS’s sophomore class started the new year considering what they might like to do for Sophomore Shadow Day. While the actual date of Shadow Day is not until May 1, there is lots to be done before that date to ensure that every sophomore has a placement about which they are genuinely excited. 

Thankfully, opportunities abound in our community. For each of our previous four Sophomore Shadow Days, we have had more than 50 placement sites in careers as diverse as law enforcement, chemistry, manufacturing, retail, education, public policy, forestry, marketing, plumbing, and many more.  

In English classes this week, students shared some of their own occupational interests, heard about some of our students’ previous Shadow Day placements, and took a career inventory assessment called the Career Interest Profiler. Later in January, sophomores will have a chance to hear about the numerous occupations one can pursue through the Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program, as well as the youth and adult programming offered by Dartmouth Health’s Workforce Readiness Institute for those interested in health care. 

By late February, with the help of our team, students will have identified a potential host for Shadow Day and written a letter introducing themselves. One way parents/guardians can help is to ask their student what they are interested in doing for Shadow Day and share any potential connections they have that align with their student’s interests. 

This program is facilitated by the Center of Community Connections (C3), Counseling, and English II teachers. If parents/guardians have questions or would like to volunteer to host a member of the Class of 2026 for Shadow Day, please contact Beth Hayslett and Luis Bango at C3@mtnviews.org

Priscilla Richardson is a Rockstar Teacher's Assistant in AP Environmental Science

AP Environmental Science TA Priscilla Richarson designed and taught a great lesson about weather patterns. She had students drawing on rotating balloons to model the coriolis effect. This was one of many awesome lessons that she planned during semester one in addition to helping students with their work on a daily basis. Thank you Priscilla!

Students display balloons they rotated and drew on to model the coriolis effect