MVSU Fine Arts Night

The MVSU first annual Fine Arts Night was a resounding success! The halls were filled with the sights and sounds celebrating the achievements of the actors, artists, and musicians from all of our schools. 

The art galleries were bursting with enthusiasts and the performers had a packed house with standing room only! Thank you all for supporting the MVSU Fine Arts programs!

Giving Back to Younger Students

Last week a group of 11th and 12th graders presented to the entire middle school, sharing their personal stories and memories of the challenges they experienced in early adolescence. With the wisdom of their years, they offered thoughts, advice and tips on how to navigate those challenges. You could hear a pin drop in the audience. Thank you to 12th graders Caedon Perrault, Aubrey Seman, Joey Sluka, and Jane Stout. Thank you to 11th graders, Jess Bauman, Gianni Blanchard, Kaitlyn Burres, Aleks Cirovic, Ian Coates, Asher Emery, Mimi Kanda-Olmstead, and Riley O'Neal. 

Vermont Human Rights Commission presents "Know Your Rights"

On March 26, Executive Director and General Counsel of the Vermont Human Rights Commission Big Hartman and colleague came to present "Know Your Rights". Big Hartman discussed the legally protected categories. Areas covered were Fair Housing Rights and Complaints, Employment Rights and Complaints, and Harassment. Big presented to approximately 30 students and staff. School-based harassment under Vermont Law was also covered in more detail. This was truly an engaging presentation with many students asking qreat questions and taking notes!

LIBRARY NEWS!

April is National Library Month and to celebrate we had some exciting programming going on in our library and a field trip that included a tour of one of the most famous libraries in the world! In this week's From the Library newsletter, read about Dr. Ambros's visit and inspirational talk on his Nobel Prize winning discovery of microRNA, the Middle School Book Club's trip to New York City to visit the Anne Frank exhibit at the Center for Jewish History, get a reminder about the next Faculty/Staff Book Club meeting on May 1 and mark your calendars for two upcoming Vermont Book Festivals!  Click here for more information and photos.

Please remember to return your overdue books (notices went out on Monday), renew books you need more time to read and check out some new spring reads!

Pictured to the left:  Students standing in front NY Public Library

Spring Plant Sale

The Spring Plant Start Sale at the Woodstock Union HS/MS Greenhouse will run from May 1st-30th and will be open 9am-2pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. We will add some days when we are open late.

Students start more than half of our plants by seed and we source some more difficult-to-start plants (think petunias and geraniums) from a nursery that is neonicotinoid free (read more about the effects of neonicotinoids on pollinators here)! We specialize in open-pollinated, organic, and heirloom varieties. Visit our CRAFT website to see our plant start list.

We will also be selling Fedco seeds and seeds saved from our school garden for varieties that you may want to direct-sow in your garden.

We will be holding a plastic plant pot collection drive again. We can only reuse 4-pack and 4” square pots in good condition. We will accept other sized pots and broken pots (if they are #2 or #5 plastic) that we will recycle through a special program but they must be clean and sorted from the 4-packs and 4” pots that we can reuse. As always, bring cardboard boxes if you have them for transporting your plants to your car.

Please contact Abbie (abbie.castriotta@mtnviews.org) with questions.