CVU Celebrations

Dear CVU Community: The bowls were anything but empty on Thursday night. Our cafe was jammed with over 300 people enjoying community, eating tasty soup, and donating to the Hinesburg Food Shelf. Laura Howard, director of our Access program, let me know the Empty Bowls dinner raised approximately $6000! And...none of this goodness would have happened without Teryn Hytten. Teryn (who is regularly thought to be one of our staff members) is the inspiration and driving force of the event. Thank you, Teryn, you make CVU proud!

1/24 - Financial Aid Forms Workshop - 5:30-6:30 room 152

2/1 - 8th Grade Parent Night - 6:30-7:45

2/10 - Winter Ball - Hula

Hello, CVU, it’s Ariel! This week marked Student Council’s first meeting of the second semester. There are lots of Student Council-run events in the coming months, so get excited! We began work on the annual Blood Drive, which will run in March after we return from February break. If you are 16 or older, and meet the height and weight requirements, you are eligible to donate. You could save lives! We also began work on 8th-grade parent night, Cultural Awareness Week (info coming soon!), and Kindness Week. Let’s have a great start to Semester 2, Hawks!

Clay and James made an impressive pitch to our CVSD Leadership team on behalf of robotics students everywhere!

From John Bennett: CVU's Scholar's Bowl teams hosted their annual regional meet on Friday, 1/6, with excellent results! Eight other Vermont schools traveled to play five games each and CVU's four teams each turned in an exceptional effort.

Our varsity "A" team won all five of our games to run its record this season to a perfect 32-0. Our "B" team won its first four games and played well in a final game loss to our "A" team - this match turned out to be my 1,000th varsity team match of my CVU coaching career, which started in 2001. Our "C' team went 4-1, while our "D" team went 3-1-1 with its only loss coming against the "C" team. So if you remove our intra-squad results our four teams finished with a super 14-1-1 combined record.

In addition, the evening was highlighted by the return of eight former players who read and scored many of the games. This group included Peter Antinozzi, Isaac Krementsov, Jacob Parker, Ava Rohrbaugh, Brandon Tieso, Patton Wager, Ben Wilson, and Charlie Yarwood.

Thanks also goes to: superlative reading from Katie Mack, excellent copying and paper assistance from Jessamyn Walker, and all around outstanding support from Kiran MacCormick in all facets of this event.

Playing for CVU included the following :

12th grade - Mateo Dienz-Del Rio, Brendan Fellows, Frank Fidler, Elias Leventhal, Alexander Olszewski, Colin Ravlin and Kyle Stewart

11th grade - Leo Elder, Jacob Graham, James Haines, Zoe Mui and Wylie Ricklefs

10th grade - Leah Rauch, Clay Nicholson, Charles Redmond and Grace Warrington

9th grade - Willcox Elliott

From Jason Reed, Director of Burlington Technical Center: At a recent board meeting, the School Board and I had the pleasure of recognizing five students from Burlington Technical Center (BTC) who have been named presidential scholars! I had the opportunity to share words of praise from their teachers Stacey Ladd, Jason Raymond, Monica Beard-Raymond, and Ashley Stagner. I am grateful that we have so many educators like these who take the time every day to connect with their students, build relationships, and nurture their strengths and interests. In presenting this recognition I was struck by the leadership, skill, and commitment of our scholars to making our cities, towns, and schools a better place, and once again, taken aback by the great achievement and potential of our students. These scholars highlight what can happen when our students are challenged, empowered, and engaged in their learning, and their work at BTC is a shining example of the deeper learning that happens across our schools. Congratulations!

Please join me in congratulating our scholars: (from left to right below)

• Apolina Mbeleci (WHS), Presidential Scholar of the Arts

• Kennedy Desautels (CVU), Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education

• Ayowunmi Adewuyi (SBHS), Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education

• Sarah Ali (BHS), Presidential Scholar

• Greta Ketterling (BHS), Presidential Scholar of the Arts"

Obedi, Dieu Merci, Habiya and Marie preparing for their first CVU Chorus Concert.

From Coach Dave Kogut: The CVU Varsity Indoor Track team traveled south to compete in the Dartmouth relays in early January. The team took home victories and set school records in the 1 mile, (Alice K.), Distance Medley Relay for girls’ (Lydia D., Noe J., Audrey N., Alice K) and boy’s (Treson M., Quintin F., Charlie G., Dan K). The boys 4x400m relay (Treson M., AJ Sicard., Dan K., Quintin F.) took third place and set a school record. The girls’ 4 x 400 relay (Elsa K., Lily Gordon, Zoe J., Kate K.) took home fifth place. Avery R. placed second in the long jump and Dan K. placed fourth in the 1 mile. The team’s final regular season meet is this Sunday at UVM followed by the State Championships on January 27 at UVM.

Check out the great shot of some of them team on the track after the storm cleared chasing a double rainbow.

From Betty Buehler: CVU Nordic recently had a pancake practice to celebrate their 2nd place at the Tour de Chad!

From Seth Jensen: Spanish 4 students immersed themselves in “El Día de las Tortillas” by making corn tortillas from México and tortilla de patata (potato omelette) from Spain. Authentic food and conversation bring the language to life!

From Lizzy Fox Lausier: CVU's Speech and Debate Team is celebrating multiple wins from last Friday's tournament in South Burlington. Ava Flint took 2nd place in Original Oratory for her presentation of 3 original speeches, and Nolan Ross took 1st place in the Novice Debate. Congratulations, Ava and Nolan!

From Cameron Brownell: On Tuesday, January 16, the CVU Choirs went on a tour of the four sending schools: WCS, HCS, CCS, and SCS to perform our January concert selections for the 4th-8th grade choir students. We performed several pieces in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day like "Lead with Love" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", Chamber Choir members shared their personal experiences of singing at CVU, and we taught the 4th-8th graders a song to sing with our high school students.

Next Friday, January 26, 18 of our CVU singers will be attending the District Choir Festival at South Burlington High School. The performance is at 7:00 pm and general admission is $5 or $15 for a family of 4 or more paid at the door with cash, check, or Venmo.

District Choir Festival Singers:

Lynne Lynne

Jennifer Mumley

Olivia Searson

Hannah Stein

Sarah Stein

Madi Tucker

Izzy Urch

Vivian Volzer

Mira Novak

Luisa Schlenker

Rose Lord

Abigail Usher

Calvin Karlhuber

Nate McNabb

Derek Allen

Thomas Mathon

Javin Paquette

Xander Olszewski

From Andrew Miskavage: The Symphonic Winds class spent yesterday traveling to each sending school in the District, rehearsing and performing with the Middle School band students at each school. Much music was made, and some great times were had by all! Pictured here at HCS.

From the GSA Club: THANK YOU to everyone who ordered their GSA merch this year! If you missed it, you might now be thinking, "Oh man, I'd really love a GSA t-shirt but it's too late to get one now..." Well, fret not! It is, in fact, NOT too late for you to buy a GSA item... because we are now selling GSA merch year-round at the Riell Deal School Store right here at CVU! Come on by for another chance to get a GSA t-shirt or sweatshirt in our 3 most popular colors. (Pictured left to right: Lena Kirillova & Peter Booth)

From Genevieve Smith: French 3 reading and interpreting an exciting story in French and illustrating all the details!

Lianna Reed's French IV classes worked on idioms (expressions idiomatique) in French this week! Check out their artistic abilities.

Nothing cuter than Gavin holding a baby goat!

Laura Howard, Jennifer Morton, Emily Mitchell, Andrew Scott, and our Cafe Staff are just a few of the adults we need to thank for making the Empty Bowls dinner possible. Thank you for helping to bring a student's idea to life!

Speaking of our Cafe staff, I was so grateful to how quickly and professionally Colleen French pulled together meals in support of families who were without power. I am also thankful to Christina Daudelin who made sure CVU and our Library were open to residents of Hinesburg who would benefit from water, heat, food, and showers.

Finally, a personal thank you to Guidance Director, Ry Hoffman, who is as capable with a chainsaw as he is a leader. My family thanks you, Ry!

Happy New Year from ACCESS CVU!

The new catalog of classes for the winter/spring semester is now open for registration! Starting off with 160 new classes, we have enrichment for every interest and all ages. We offer a wide range of classes from arts and crafts, cooking, languages, music, photography, Yoga, woodworking, welding, pottery, gardening, health and wellness, photography and so much more...

View our entire online catalog HERE. Popular classes fill quickly, so don't delay, register today! The new semester runs from Feb-June and new classes are added monthly! Sign-up for our newsletter and follow us on Instagram @accesscvu to be the first to know about new courses!

Connect, Learn, and Grow at ACCESS CVU!

Registration open for Teen Expeditions on Lake Champlain

Do you have a teen that wants to build a kayak or kayak, row, or sail on Lake Champlain? Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has opened registration for their 2024 summer expeditions and all their programs are pay-what-you-can! Trips this year include a kayak expedition to the Canadian border, an 8-day rowing expedition, and an overnight sailing skills camp and trip. Also offered is a build your own kayak program. All the 2024 teen programs are listed on their website at www.lcmm.org/expeditions

Contact Krissy Navrat if you have any questions: krissy@lcmm.org