CVU Celebrations

Dear CVU Community: Some sunshine and 70 degrees??? What a fall treat! Come on out and join us for many, many playoff games this weekend. And...don't forget to put Newsies on your calendar for November 10-12!

10/27 - End of Snapshot 1

10/31 - Crystal Skull Competition (special schedule)

11/3 - Senior pictures due for Yearbook

11/10-11/12 - Newsies, CVU's Fall Musical

AP test registration and fee payment deadline is November 1st, 3:30 pm. After this date, a $50 late fee will be charged. Forms and fees can be dropped off in the Direction Center.

CVU Music will be presenting a Halloween Concert on Monday, October 30 at 7:30 pm in the CVU Theater, featuring our Choral Ensembles, Symphonic Band and Symphonic Winds, our Songwriting Class, and a Boomwhacker Ensemble. You'll hear favorites like Ghostbusters, Monster Mash, and so much more!

Students that received final grades of an A- and above (high honors) for the 2022-2023 school

year are eligible for a Mad River Glen Smarty Pants and Sugarbush Student Achievement

passes. Sugarbush will be offering a ski pass for $199.00 plus tax. If you would like to confirm

your eligibility please come to the Direction Center. Below are the steps and information for obtaining the ski passes.

Mad River Glen Smarty Pants Pass: Mad River Glen hasn’t provided any information on how

to sign up for a pass at this time, as soon this information is available it will be shared with

students.

Sugarbush Student Achievement Pass: Students can pick up a Sugarbush voucher in the

Direction Center starting on November 17, 2023. Parents and Guardians will then need go to

https://www.ikonpass.com to set up an account and sign the appropriate waivers. This website

is also used to purchase the ski pass using the discount code provided on the Sugarbush

voucher.

From Katy Farnham: 10th grader Neesha C. (upper left) has spent more than 60 hours this year in Ms. Sussman’s 2nd grade class at Hinesburg Community School. Neesha is pursuing her interest in elementary education via this independent study. Ms. Sussman says "Neesha adds so much positive energy to our second grade classroom. The kids adore her and I love all the extra help!" Students also were asked to comment about their experiences with Neesha. One said "she helps us when we need help, and she helps us with whatever we need, and she is the nicest person I know so far". Students also said "she pushes us on the swing," "Ms. Neesha is really nice to us," "every time she is here she gives us hugs before she leaves", "she sits with us at lunch," "she reads me books", "she draws lovely pictures for us". This is Neesha's 2nd placement at HCS, continuing her positive experiences there in RISE her freshman year.

Amnesty International held its first annual human rights themed pumpkin carving competition on the 24th. Judge Peter Booth named the carving team of Sylvie M. and Olivia C. as the winners!

Fiona L. doing an excellent job working at Shelburne Farms.

Last week's Bring Change 2 Mind club created "Life Savers" for students to take from a table in the Four Corners. Hand outs included mental health resource phone numbers and symbolic candy Life Savers attached.

Last week while the 11th graders were taking the PSAT, the Snelling 9th graders enjoyed some time in the lower loop bonding with some relay races, apple cider and roasting marshmallows.

Snelling PA students ventured out to the ropes course this week!

Celebrations from OLTA (Outdoor Life Time Activities)

We are learning Disc Golf for this unit of study. Monday we went to Smugglers' Notch to play on their WORLD renowned course. Students played a full 18 holes and said they would absolutely love to do it again. Photos are from Smugglers Notch and our course here at CVU.

Below is a photo of the Environmental Action Club brainstorming solutions to help the cafeteria continue to use reusable dishes and silverware. So far just this year, the Cafe is down 1,700 utensils, 400 plates, and 100 trays because of folks not returning them or throwing them away. Come to EnAct Thursdays during C3 to join the solutions process!

The CVU Rowing team will have its 2nd race of the season on Saturday, 10/28 on the Otter Creek in Vergennes. We LOVE having fans, so all are welcome. The race starts at 9AM and should continue until noon. Hope to see folks there!! GO ROW-HAWKS!

From Jess Lemieux, Courtney Begins and Jenn Stevens: Essentials Science students Danyka M., Ava M., Liv R., Solomon T., Maddie B., Holly L. and Al N. finished their “Fashion and the Environment” unit last Friday with an upcycled clothing exhibition. The challenge was to make new outfits out of used children’s clothes. They rocked it! Thank you, Mae Morley, for modeling a few outfits for us!

The Unified Bowling team had their first practice Thursday and is off to a great start!

Congratulations to CVU Student Teryn Hytten for organizing and teaching a ceramics ACCESS wheel throwing course to benefit CVU's first Empty Bowl fundraising dinner on January 19th. Teryn has invited 15 community members, with wheel experience, to join her in making 300 ceramic bowls over the course of the semester. These bowls are to be handed out at the event and represent food insecurity within our Vermont community. Visit Empty Bowl Pottery to learn more about this initiative.

Teryn, thank you for bringing this project to CVU, and for creating this community connection through your passion for pottery! Stay tuned for more information in January on how to purchase Empty Bowl tickets to benefit the Hinesburg Food Shelf.

If you own a business, and would like to sponsor this community event, please reach out to ACCESS at access@cvsdvt.org.

Casey & Lish model CVU hooded t-shirts purchased at The Riell Deal, CVU's school store. We are open 8:45 - 4:15 daily. Stop by and check out our great selection of CVU swag.

Since the beginning of this year, the Cafe has provided 10,774 Breakfast Meals and 31,417 Lunch Meals to hungry students, helping to keep them focused and healthy throughout the day.

CVU Community Cares program helps students & families meet basic needs. Some examples of past support include: buying groceries, providing for basics like winter clothing, and offsetting transportation expenses. The CVU Community Cares program is in need of DONATIONS! Your contributions now will be available to families right away, helping us to provide support through holidays and economic hardships. 100% of donations go directly to recipients. This is a meaningful way you personally can help make a difference in the lives of our CVU community.

When/if you are able to make a donation, it is easy: You can send a monetary donation either by check (made out to CVU Community Cares) or cash (specify that it is for CVUCC), delivered to the Main office or Direction Center office. If you have further questions, please contact Laurie Berryman (lberryman@cvsdvt.org) Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Thank you for your assistance with this.

CVU Direction Center Team

Research shows that women win elections at the same rates as men. So why is the 118th Congress only 28% female? Because women run for office at far lower rates than men. Running Start is a nonpartisan nonprofit that wants to change that. Come join CVU grad and Running Start fellow Emma Destito for Elect Her at CVU, a one-day training where you can learn how to run for office. Practice your campaign skills, speak to elected women in your community (including Vermont’s first and only female governor, Madeleine Kunin!), and enjoy some Burlington Bagels and Brio Coffee! Elect Her at CVU will run from 10AM to 1PM on Saturday, November 11th. This event is open to all people interested in learning more about running for office and gender parity. Register HERE.