CVU Celebrations

Painting I and Symphonic Band

**IMPORTANT INFO FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE**

If you have not done so already, please fill out the PowerSchool forms available on the main CVU website for your child as soon as possible. They are part of our required Annual Updates that should be completed at the beginning of each school year. These forms include: Student Contact Updates, Student Health Update, and the School Permissions Update. These forms will be necessary for your child to attend field trips and receive medication for this school year. If you need any assistance, feel free to call your house office or the health office. Thank you for taking the time to get these done.

9/21 - Spirit Day and Homecoming Dance

9/26 - CVU At-A-Glance 6:00-8:00

Note to Seniors: Please look for an email, including a Google Form, regarding the PEO Star Scholarship. The PEO Scholarship is a highly competitive one-time $2,500 scholarship recognizing women in the final year of high school who demonstrate outstanding leadership, academic achievement, extracurricular activities and community service, and who plan to pursue full-or-part-time postsecondary education in the U.S. or Canada beginning in the Fall following their high school graduation.

From Mark Pogact: The Nichols Core spreading the love on the first few days of school!

From Jessica O'Brien: Nichols Core students shared their first round of writing pieces. Students took turns sharing their writing pieces and they did some mindful coloring while listening to their peers. Amazing writing Nichols!

Congratulations to Will Kallock for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout on September 5, 2024. This accomplishment honors the tremendous dedication to learning outdoor, life and survival skills and continuing to demonstrate service to others. Will has now joined the ranks of approximately 5% of Scouts who actually reach the pinnacle of the Scouting experience.

Karen Kirkland’s R2 calculus class is off to a stellar start. Our group effort editing our homework with Abigail at the helm deserved a fun follow-up class picture. Wigs complementary by Mia.

From Henry Lang: Fairbanks CORE students respond to personal narrative prompts inspired by fortune cookie messages. Students addressed misconceptions about the fortune cookie's origins and its misuse as a symbol of Chinese heritage. Then they spent some time outside playing "Competitive Speed Dating" during CORE Time.

From Annie Bellerose: Environmental Lit students exploring the day's theme of wonder and play.

Snelling Core Canoe Trip: What a perfect day to paddle on the Lamoille River!

From Anthony Spagnolo: Billy Bates, senior, picked up an entire table of leftover plates and trash to help take care of this place. Wasn’t even his mess! Let’s all show more examples of this in our spaces, thanks Billy!

CVU Rowing practice has begun! Beautiful day to be on the water! Anyone interested in joining can reach out to Helen MacAndrews

If you like the sound of laughter, swing by the alcove next to the Riell Deal as the day ends. This crew is sure to bring a smile to your face!

From Community Skills: The Friday Outing Crew had our first day with Vermont Adaptive on the Waterfront in Burlington today. We cannot thank Vermont Adaptive, our CVU Staff, and our students enough for bringing their best and contributing to an awesome day in the sunshine.

RISE Travel Opportunity: NASA & STEM Careers

Interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)? This RISE will explore various STEM career opportunities through:

- interviews

- site visits

- Boston college tours

- BEHIND THE SCENES VIP tour of NASA HOUSTON.

Yes, this means we’re going to Boston, Texas, and perhaps the moon.

If you're interested in this opportunity, please join us for a special info session held during C3 on Wed, Sept 25 or Tues, Oct 1. We hope to see you there!

CVU's robotics team, The RoboHawks, is looking for new members! Our team competes in the FIRST Tech Challenge, and we engage in fast paced brainstorming, prototyping, design, manufacturing, and assembly every year to build robots that beat the competition from all over Vermont. We are looking for students interested in engineering, design, programming, project management, photography, and/or writing to join our JV team and build robots with us! There will be informational meetings on Tuesday the 10th and Tuesday the 17th during PM Connect (3:05-3:20) so you can still catch the bus. See you then!

CVU RISE Trip to BELIZE!!

Are you interested in Scuba Diving for your RISE program this June?

Are you interested in Marine Conservation?

How would you like to go with 20 other CVU students to Belize this coming June for RISE?

There will be an info meeting for ANY interested students in grades 10-12 and their parents on Thursday, Sept 19th at 7pm in room 160 (Chorus Room).

Check out Belize information slideshow and a video of last year’s Coral Reef Restoration RISE trip to the Bahamas! Trip is focused on Scuba Diving and Marine Conservation and eradication of invasive species. Students that are in grades 10-12 are being considered. Students with Scuba Certification will have priority....although this year's trip can include possible Scuba Certification, but will require extra money.

If you are interested in getting Scuba Certified in Vermont, go to Waterfront Diving Center website/phone to find out about “Open Water” certification classes!

Contact Olaf Verdonk (overdonk@cvsdvt.org) or Andy Miskavage(amiskavage@cvsdvt.org) for more info.

Kimberly Cribari, one of our Learning Support Program Assistants, is participating in this year's Dancing with the Burlington Stars! She'll be dancing with Elissa Borden from WCAX on team #3. All of the proceeds from the event go to the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. You can come support at the show on September 14th at 7 PM at the Flynn, but if you can't make it, you can still donate to support the cause!

TICKETS: https://www.flynnvt.org/Events/2024/9/dancing-w-the-burlington-stars

DONATIONS: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E11610&id=25

Please join Katherine Riley (CVU Principal) and Jessica Hoskins (CVU Director of Special Services) on Thursday, September 12 from 4-5 PM at this Google meet link for our fall meeting of the Partners for Meaningful Inclusion. Partners for Meaningful Inclusion is a forum for CVU parents, students, faculty, staff and administrators to connect and have meaningful conversations around programming and structures at CVU that support inclusive practices. The meetings are designed to be informal and accessible to all families.

Additional meetings are scheduled for Thursday, January 16 4-5 and Thursday, May 8 4-5; Google meet links will be shared in advance of those meetings.

Hello CVU Community,

The CVU Girls Basketball program is thrilled to announce the 4th annual golf tournament Sunday, September 22, 2024, once again at Cedar Knoll in Hinesburg! Registration is OPEN, see the brochure below. Please put the date on your calendar and start gathering your foursomes! We expect the registrations to sell out, so get your forms in! Please email Amy Vaughan at amy114@comcast.net with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you on the course in September or in the gym this winter!

Have you thought about being a youth mentor?

Connecting Youth CVSD is seeking interested adult community members to join our amazing team of volunteer youth mentors. Not only will your mentoring relationship provide support, encouragement, trust, and guidance for a young person in your community, you’ll find substantial reward in being a person who is making a difference in someone’s life. Learn more here!

Why Mentor?

• Build empathy and understanding for today’s young people

• Contribute to the connectedness of your community

• Experience joyful purpose from impacting a young person’s life

• Be a trusted adult who cares and shows up

• Explore new activities, experiences, and passions!

The Commitment

• One hour a week during the school year

• We work around your schedule

• Continuous training and support provided

Middle school mentors connect over fun activities like cooking, crafts and games, while high school mentors help guide students through goal-setting, resilience building, and career exploration.

If you’re fun, caring, and trustworthy, your simple presence can make a difference.

Learn More Today and contact a CVSD Mentor Coordinator.

Kate Rooney, krooney@cvsdvt.org, 802-425-6682

Livy Bulger, lbulger@cvsdvt.org, 802-482-6248

Alice Brown, abrown@cvsdvt.org, 802-734-9845

Becky Martell, bmartell@cvsdtvt.org, 802-871-6046

Alison Duback, aduback@cvsdvt.org 802-482-8921