CVU Celebrations
February 10, 2023
Dear CVU Community: The opening for Celebrations goes to Chris Smith this week. He has been instrumental in planning Community4Unity on February 24. He describes the day below:
On Feb 24, the last school day prior to break, students will spend the day learning together and playing together. The morning will feature an opening ceremony for all in the Gym. It will feature both current students and graduates discussing and reflecting on building and creating an inclusive community. After the Opening Ceremony, students will attend two sessions of their choice in the morning. Sessions will be a little less than one hour each. Closing for the C4U portion will be handled by Sue and Joe Hoeppner who will lead discussions with students in the Theater.
The afternoon will be devoted to playing together as part of the Winter Carnival. Our hope for the day is that students are able to learn about ways to create a more inviting and inclusive community, reset their approach to dealing with those in our community who have different ideas, and relax and play together in the afternoon.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, February 11: State Robotics Tournament at CVU. Use this link to livestream: https://go.uvm.edu/ftcfeb2023. Streaming starts at 10 am.
Saturday, February 18: Winter Ball at the Hilton in Burlington.
Friday, February 24: Winter Carnival.
Friday, June 16: We just received final confirmation that graduation will be at 2pm, Patrick Gym, UVM.
Student Celebrations
Congrats, Jack Sumner, on winning Gatorade Player of the Year!
A small conversation en Français club meets at the CLD Center during C3 to help each other as they work towards fluency and the Seal of Biliteracy. Anyone interested in joining in for conversation is welcome!
The CVU Art Department is proud to announce an exhibit of AP Art and Design student work at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston, Vt. In AP Art each student plans and pursues a sustained investigation exploring a self-identified question or concept. They create 10-12 final pieces of art throughout their visual investigation. In this exhibit students have selected one piece from their sustained investigation portfolio work. The show will run for the month of February and is an added reason to visit your local library.
Check out the latest Library Newsletter!
C3 Karaoke was rocking this week!
Can you name the senior on this Senior Night display?
Lacey Richards led a very cool lesson in AP Human Geo that prompted students to identify where their possessions were manufactured.
The Life Program Students checking out Detail Works in n Williston.
From Steve/Lars/Erin/Amy: CVU Alpine Ski Team secures half of the spots on Vermont's Eastern High School Championship Alpine Team! Following Monday’s VT Eastern’s Qualifier at Bromley Mtn, 12 members of the CVU Alpine Ski Team have earned spots on Vermont’s 2023 Eastern High School Championship CVU will represent half of the 24 member team Vermont is sending to the Eastern High School Alpine Championships on March 3rd through 5th at Mittersill, NH.The CVU Alpine Team Eastern’s Team includes: Ella Lisle, Dicey Manning, Carly Strobeck, Rachel Bialowoz, Addison Bartley and Elizabeth Nostrand. On the Boys side: Jake Strobeck, George Francisco, Steven Zubarik, Ray Hagios, Ari Diamond and Sebastian Bronk. Congratulations to not only the CVU Alpine Athletes that made Vermont’s Easter High School Team, but to ALL of the CVU Alpine Athletes that competed in these qualifier events. As a coaching staff, we witnessed many of them experience new personal bests while facing challenging courses and fierce competition. While we are all looking forward to Easterns, the CVU Alpine Team has its sights set on the remainder of the season’s final races, with the District Championships taking place at Cochran’s Ski Area and Middlebury Snow Bowl on Feb 28th and March 1st, and the Vermont State Alpine Championships at Burke Mtn on March 6th and 7th.
The Riley, Carey, and Brown advisories were guests of the LaPlante advisory for a Friday C3 Mario Cart tourney and ping pong games.
Thank you to our student panels for welcoming caregivers during our 8th Grade Family Night on Wednesday!
CVU students participated in the 45th Latin Day at UVM’s Davis Center on Monday. We had students engaging in testudo battles, a skit about Nero’s reign, various tests on grammar, history and mythology, tours of special collections and inscriptions around UVM, Olympic inspired events and recitations. Our own Frankie Fidler mesmerized the crowd with his recitation of Marcus Antonius’ eulogy for Julius Caesar from Shakespeare. We are proud of our overall 2nd place finish for the day. The projects, enthusiasm and toga clad participants were wonderful to see post a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. Latin Day is officially back and CVU students are gearing up for next year.
Rooted Organizing Committee (ROC) is planning a bottle drive for Monday the 13th after the Super Bowl. ROC is a youth-led organization that supports resettled communities in Vermont. We plan to raise money to create opportunities to engage with refugee students through fun and safe activities. Members of ROC will visit select neighborhoods to collect bottles. Neighborhoods are seen on the attached flyer. If we are not coming to your neighborhood and you would like to donate, please contact me personally: Charliejennings@cvsdvt.org
Hunter, Olivia, Charlotte, Josie and Courtney have officially made it to the Genius level in Spelling Bee!
Faculty/Staff Celebrations
Chittenden Core would like to thank Christina, Olivia, and Peter for making our 4th Annual Project Lit book groups happen. The planning, logistics, and work with our students is so appreciated! Pictured is Olivia Gatti's book group playing Nyxia Pictionary!
Eighth Grade Family Night was a big success this week thanks to the work or our teachers, staff, and Katherine Riley, Core Director. Thanks to all for your efforts to welcome and show our newest community members our values!
Anthony and Ricky display their mutual love for His Airness.
Community Celebrations/Notes
CVSD Strategic Planning: Draft Plan Elements and Survey for Feedback
The CVSD Strategic Planning committee has drafted some elements of the plan and is seeking input from all community members. That includes parents/caregivers, those without children in our schools, faculty/staff, and students.
Please view this set of slides, which were shared at the January Virtual Town Hall, and then use this form to share your thoughts. Please contribute your input by March 3. Thank you!
Equity Audit: As you all are aware, CVSD recently completed a district Equity Audit in the fall of 2022. One of the first recommendations from the audit is for CVSD to create a shared vision/ understanding for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work at CVSD. In order to create this shared understanding, district DEI coaches have gathered input from faculty and staff at each school. This input, along with the equity audit results, will be used by the DEI team to create a draft document of a shared vision for DEI work in our district. The shared vision draft will explain the focus of CVSD DEI work and provide collective definitions. We would like to form a district wide community committee to give us additional input and feedback on the shared vision draft. We hope to have 17-20 members on this committee, including teachers, students, parents, community members, support staff, and administrators. We are planning on forming the committee by the end of January, sharing the draft document with the committee by February 1 and then holding a 2 hour, hybrid meeting in mid February for committee members to share feedback. We will try to provide childcare during this meeting. If you are interested in participating on the committee, please contact CVU DEI coaches Christina Deeley (cdeeley@cvsdvt.org) or Bageshree Blasius (bblasius@cvsdvt.org.)."
New Spring Course Offerings From Access CVU: Wow! Don't miss the new offerings from Access CVU. Access CVU is pleased to announce the Winter/Spring 2023 Catalog is now open for registration! With over 170 classes and 80 instructors, there is something of interest for everyone and all ages. There are 63 in February alone! Get information about the courses, how to sign up, and more on this CVSD Story blog post.