Across the Harwood Unified Union School District, a variety of staffing changes are in the works as some teachers and faculty retire or resign, some shift to new roles, and new hires are made to fill key openings.

A tornado warning on Thursday didn’t ruffle plans for Crossett Brook Middle School’s eighth-grade graduation. The ceremony to salute 68 eighth graders was already planned for the school gym.

Their stories were similar, but not the same, and the five students who spoke during the Central Vermont Career Center’s year-ending awards ceremony probably had more than a little in common with the nearly 200 who didn’t.

On June 11, the fifth-grade Wizard Team at Crossett Brook Middle School held a Literary Food Truck Festival attended by more than 50 family and community members. Kids made foods inspired by books they read.

The Harwood School Board has three meetings on its calendar for its final week before summer break: a board retreat, a building committee meeting and a special executive session.

Parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers and classmates joined Brookside Primary School's 62 fourth graders in the school gym on Wednesday morning for the rite of passage many have awaited since preschool and kindergarten.

A high school math teacher tapped to address Harwood Union High School’s class of 2026 summed up his life advice in the form of an equation, while delivering some of the most heartfelt sentiments at Saturday morning’s commencement.

Harwood Union’s internship program introduced recent graduate Claire Pomer to newspaper reporting when she was a sophomore, and in the fall, she is headed to Northwestern University’s journalism program in Chicago. 

Two nights ahead of graduation, Harwood seniors and their families gathered under the big tent for Senior Awards Night. Here are the recipients of awards and scholarships, a list of colleges and universities where graduates are headed next, and more.

BARRE — The possibility of another November bond vote is creeping closer to reality for the board of the Central Vermont Career Center, and it may have inched forward again Monday night.

The countdown is on as Harwood Union High School’s class of 2026 enters the final week of its final school year.

Almost 1,000 middle and high school students from across Vermont and New York take part in the annual event.

At the end of the legislative session, the Vermont House of Representatives passed two bills crucial to future education funding. The bills H.955 and H.949 both await signatures from Gov. Phil Scott, and local school district leaders are bracing for the impacts.

Campbell Skates is one of two Harwood students participating in a study-abroad exchange opportunity next year.

With the new budget year starting in just five weeks, Harwood Unified Union School District is preparing to move its Central Office staff to the Harwood campus starting June 1.

Harwood Union High School frequently hosts exchange students from around the world, but next year, two of its students will study abroad. Silas Gulley is headed to Ecuador.

So, although books are a top priority at the Children’s Literacy Foundation, they like to have some fun once a year to challenge kids to tell stories in super-short form.

Harwood school district student musicians are rehearsing for multiple upcoming performances on Burlington stages over the next two weeks, and some even have a shot at playing one of the summer’s hottest Vermont concert dates.

In keeping with a Harwood Union High School tradition, Harwood students invite community members to join them for a Socrates Café on Thursday, May 28, in the school library.

Central Vermont Career Center hosts its annual Trades Fair on Thursday, May 28, at the career center in Barre.