CVU Celebrations

*Please remember that we offer the SAT for all eleventh grade students on Friday, March 29. Seniors, you have your Exit Experience interviews during the afternoon. Ninth and tenth graders do not have regularly scheduled classes.

3/26 - Latin Day at UVM

3/29 - Exit Experience for Seniors, SAT for Juniors, no school for 9th and 10th graders

4/8 - No School, Eclipse

4/10 - No School, Eid al Fitr

Hello CVU! This is Mira. This week in Student Council we debriefed the Blood Drive, everyone saw a large improvement from last year in the speed, efficiency and overall feel of the event. Afterwards, we had an excellent presentation from the leaders of a new event at CVU: Cultural Awareness Week. Cultural Awareness Week’s intent is to educate students about culture and celebrate all the cultures at CVU and beyond. Each day there will be a theme such as music, art, literature and film, etc. that will guide how CVU will look at and understand culture. Throughout the week there will be activities, foods, creative endeavors and assemblies that students can participate in. This is expected to be an amazing event, and the leaders for it have been working very hard already. The group collaborated on next steps for this event and it is likely to happen later in April. Rene Sanchez was also present at our meeting and explained the importance of voting on an adapted budget. More information on this next week, but Student Council cannot stress enough that it is immensely important for people 18+ to vote. Have a great weekend.

Lilly Caputo has formally accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). She is pictured below with Senator Welch and Representative Balint receiving her nominations at the State House in December - Congratulations Lilly!

From Nick Canaday: Below are some photos of students on the band trip to Boston this past weekend! We visited the Blue Man Group and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which was playing a concert featuring pieces inspired by folk tales and whimsy, such as Dvorak's The Noontime Witch.

From John Bennett: CVU's Scholars Bowl team ran its season record to 43-0 by winning the Vermont NAQT tournament held at Spaulding High School in Barre on Friday March 15.

The varsity team swept all 7 matches to win this particular tournament for the seventh time in its 18 year history. After winning its first 5 matches, the team defeated Burlington and South Burlington in the playoffs to claim the tournament championship. Our B team finished 8th overall and our C team finished as the novice bracket runner up. This victory gives us a sweep of the three major tournament events of our Vermont schedule for the first time in the same season.

Jacob Graham led all scorers in the tournament, with Elias Leventhal finishing 3rd in the varsity bracket. Leo Elder finished second in scoring in the novice bracket. The playoff win against Burlington also marked my 800th varsity coaching win in my 24 years at CVU.

CVU has one big challenge to meet before it can claim the Vermont state championship and a berth in the national championship. This will come on Saturday, April 6 in the playoff finals in Montpelier. We will also be playing for the JV state championship -both of our teams hold the top seed.

Playing for CVU Friday included the following team members-

12th grade - Elias Leventhal, Frank Fidler, Colin Ravlin

11th grade - Jacob Graham, Zoe Mui, Wylie Ricklefs, Dylan Elder, Leo Elder, Jackson Yager

10th grade - Leah Rauch, Charlie Redmond

9th grade - Zephyr Haines

Thanks to Kiran MacCormick for his usual great support!

From Gary Lambert: Check out last week's The CVU Show!!!

https://youtu.be/iKhahEDouBo

Keep watching and sharing - thank you!

From Tamie-Jo Dickinson: Hello! As you may know, the FBLA Spring Leadership Conference was Friday, March 15. While a small crew attended, they represented CVU well. Here are the results:

Advertising: Jack Bryan, 2nd Place

Business Calculations: Patterson Frazier, 1st Place

Business Management: Zorah Ngu, Kyle Eaton, and Darragh Curley, 1st Place

Introduction to Business: Mikaela Montoya, 2nd Place

Personal Finance: Mikaela Montoya, 1st Place

Job Interview: Zorah Ngu, 2nd Place

Financial Statement Analysis: Calvin Karlhuber, Gabe Little, 1st Place

Introduction to Public Speaking: Jack Bryan, 3rd Place

Securities and Investments: Mikaela Montoya, 2nd Place

Thanks to a fabulous chapter report submitted by Zorah Ngu, CVU was also recognized as 3rd Place for Outstanding Chapter in the State.

Also, congratulations to Patterson Frazier for being elected 24-25 Vermont State President (the third year in a row CVU has held that spot). Jack Bryan is Vermont State Northern Vice President, and Mikaela Montoya is Vermont State Treasurer. So proud.

Thank you so much to George Schock for helping coordinate all the work that happens here, so students can compete.

I am so very proud of these young people and of the programming we provide that allows them to feel celebrated in this way. Please congratulate them as you see them. They represented CVU proudly.

Congratulations CVU Basketball!

Zoey McNabb was named to the Dream Dozen Team

Samara Ashooh, Elise Berger and Merrill Jacobs were named VBCA Senior All-Stars

Nevaeh Parrish won a VBCA scholarship for making VT Basketball Better

Ute Otley won the John Wooden Legacy Coaching Award

From Susie Moakley: The following students have excelled academically and have achieved the honor of being selected as members of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). The ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 28th, in the auditorium at CTE. The ceremony begins at 6 PM.

Tucker Babineau (returning member)

Jeremiah Batres (returning member)

Kaylee Bliss

Liban Dahir

Lexi Hayes-Francis

Trevin Keefe (returning member)

Elise Lavigne (returning member)

Jay Leuschner (returning member)

Nico McLean

Abigail St. George

Meadow Waite (returning member)

From Jess LaPlante: Snelling Health students work together in a quick competition to create the tallest paper tower that will support a tennis ball.

We are Team Ducky and Friends. We are in the Principles of Business class with Tamie-Jo and we are selling CVU wristbands. We are partners with Project Hoeppner, and all of the proceeds will go to Project Hoeppner to help educate people about mental health. You can find us selling CVU wristbands at all of the spring sports games this year and also all of the after school activities. We are selling the CVU wristbands for $3 a band, and we take either cash or Venmo (@Tamie-Jo-Dickinson) for payment options. To order please send an email to DeclanCummings@cvsdvt.org. Get while they still last!!

CUSTOMIZABLE DOG BANDANAS

Looking to make somebody’s day, support the community, or donate to charity? Order a Lumopup Bandana! Our bandanas come in soft, flannel, durable, prints with your dog’s name printed in vinyl. Customize it to suit your pup. Tap here to order

Our Story: We are a group of students at CVU in Principles of Business class creating this micro business for pets in need. All profits are donated to the Chittenden County Humane Society. This project is giving us the ability to experience the business world through school, as well as support our community. Support YOUR community and local students today by purchasing a Lumopup Bandana ($10).

From Charlie MacFadyen: Tuesday was the final Math League meet of the season. Fourteen schools were in attendance. We were edged out of 3rd place for the meet by Essex, but when the final standings were computed, we came out in 2nd place overall for the season, with South Burlington taking the top spot, and Essex third.

At this meet, the CVU team of Jacob Graham, Alyssa Hill, Clay Nicholson, Wylie Ricklefs, and Julia Shrier had the top score on the collaborative team test. CVU also had perfect individual papers by Jacob and Wylie.

After the meet came the presentation of individual awards for the season. CVU students claimed 5 of the 14 awards! Of the 223 students who competed this season, Wylie was the 6th place finisher overall. Elias Leventhal (who was not able to attend the last meet) was 3rd overall and was the winner in the Geometry category, and Jacob was 1st overall and the winner in the Advanced category.

Math League is about much more than competition. The camaraderie on the bus ride and at the meets is a joy to behold. Everyone contributes!

Congrats to all who participated in this last meet: Anna Dauerman, Leo Fleury, Jacob Graham, Ollie Guiterman, James Haines, Alyssa Hill, Gwenyth Irwin, Dan Knight, Georgia Knight, Veronica Miskavage, Clay Nicholson, Ava Nnochiri, Max Raynes, Wylie Ricklefs, Charlie Schramm, Henry Shrier, and Julia Shrier.

Thanks as always to Kiran MacCormick, to the Math Department, and to all of you for your support!

From Abigail Usher: Here is a picture from after the concert on Thursday of Chamber Choir. We sang I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys.

Backstreet’s back. Alright!

Back L-R: Derek Allen, Calvin Karlhuber, Xander Olszewski, Thomas Mathon, Luisa Schlenker, Hannah Stein

Middle L-R: Nate McNabb, Abigail Usher, Rose Lord

Front L-R: Mira Novak, Jennifer Mumley

While we have until July to say our thanks, we would be remiss not to appreciate Superintendent Sanchez this week for his support of our CVU students these past three years. I snapped this picture in the Theater the day before a CVU graduation. Characteristic to his values, Rene is connecting with a student, behind the scenes, to make sure that her name is announced to her liking in the ceremony the next day. Thank you, Superintendent Sanchez.

From Daniel Lyons: A shout out to Olaf Verdonk for going the extra mile, and taking a bit of his planning time to work with Gabe Hough and Nugget Kelley to design and 3D print a few items. Thanks, Olaf!

Twinsies!

Get Informed about the Proposed Budget!

CVSD Budget Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30 pm.

Join CVSD administration and board members to learn more about the proposed budget and get your questions answered. Zoom information is on the left side of the district's website and on the budget page of the district's website.

Check out this newsletter to learn about the proposed budget, how it's changed since the previous budget, and how it might impact taxpayers.

Reach out to the CVSD School Board using cvsdschoolboard@cvsdvt.org or Let's Talk.

CVSD School Calendars Approved by the School Board

2023-24 Calendar Last Student/ Faculty Day (contingent upon no additional closed days)

Last day of school Friday 6/14 (1/2 day) (no 8th graders)

2024-2025 CVSD School Year Calendar

Vermont Public Eclipse Info: https://www.vermontpublic.org/2024-total-solar-eclipse-vermont