Committee offers 'Brookside Primary School' for new school name
The Renaming Team at Thatcher Brook Primary School this week presented to the Harwood Unified Union School Board the choice of "Brookside Primary School" as the new name for the pre-K to grade 4 school on Stowe Street.
Under a tent and bright sunshine, Crossett Brook salutes 8th graders
It took a pandemic to rethink the traditional in-person 8th grade graduation at Crossett Brook Middle School this year.
Harwood Union High School Class of 2021
Members of the senior class will cross the stage outside at Harwood Union High School in a ceremony starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Kids bike helmets bound for Montpelier school land in Waterbury
Primary school physical education teacher Carol Baitz accepted a surprise donation of 75 kids bike helmets recently after a shipment headed to Montpelier took a detour to Waterbury.
Parents, students will have a new school busing plan to learn for 2021-22 school year
It may be end-of-school madness time now but school officials in the Harwood district are already putting out bits of information signaling changes families of K-12 students can expect when school resumes in late August.
Board endorses middle school merger if bond passes; Duxbury rep likely stepping down
The long-sought merger of Harwood Unified Union School District’s middle schools took several big steps forward this week as the school board voted nearly unanimously to combine Harwood Union Middle School’s seventh and eighth grades with those at Crossett Brook Middle School.
Three new names proposed for Thatcher Brook Primary School
The Renaming Team at Thatcher Brook is pleased to announce that the ballot is ready! The team, made up of 15 students and staff from Thatcher Brook Primary School, has reviewed, discussed and weighed the nearly 250 nominations received from community members across all six HUUSD towns. The three finalists on the ballot are…
Card shower for departing Thatcher Brook Primary School staff
In just two short weeks, the Thatcher Brook Primary School community will say farewell to five retiring staff members and two staffers who have served students and the community with hard work and dedication for many years.
Under the stars, ‘The Fantasticks’ takes a bow
Three nights, three shows. Outside from sunset until the stars and moon provided house lights, Harwood Union Theatre presented the classic, “The Fantasticks” musical at Camp Meade last weekend. Here’s a collection of photos from photographer Gordon Miller.
Harwood senior prom set for Mad River Barn
Harwood prom is back. This year, prom is happening this Saturday, May 22, at the Mad River Barn in Waitsfield.
School board packs agendas with big-picture decisions before summer break
Like students headed toward final exams, the Harwood Unified Union School Board has a significant number of subjects to juggle as it heads toward its summer recess at the end of June.
Principals to school board: Halt firing investigation
The case involving the firing of Harwood Union High School’s boys hockey coach in February has gone into overtime after 14 administrators in the district asked the school board to halt its investigation of the matter.
Digging, planting, singing
Members of the Crossett Brook Middle School fifth-grade chorus planted an Autumn Blaze maple tree on the school campus last week, the 24th year the Waterbury Rotary Club has gifted a tree to the school.
Students lead the way in discussing systemic racism in schools, community
In a recent online community forum led by Harwood Union High School students, community members faced questions about what students, teachers, and local residents should do to acknowledge and confront individual and systemic racism.
Contract talks with Harwood Union teachers enter mediation phase
Contract talks with teachers in the Harwood Unified Union School District have entered the mediation phase with just several weeks remaining on the current labor contract.
School board seeks investigator to review hockey coach firing decision
The Harwood Union School Board has finally waded into a public discussion of the controversial decision in February to fire Harwood Union Boys Hockey Coach Jacob Grout at the outset of the winter hockey season.
‘The Fantasticks’: Harwood stages outdoor musical at Camp Meade
Harwood Union High School’s theater program presents the musical “The Fantasticks” May 13-15 outdoors at Camp Meade in Middlesex.
Harwood invites the public to ‘Online Community Dialogue on Race’ April 29
A Harwood Union High School class focusing on issues of racial justice invites the community to an online discussion about issues of racism in our schools and our community this Thursday, April 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Students take part in virtual UVM Math Fair
The following fifth- and sixth-grade students from the Harwood Unified Union School District recently took part in the annual UVM Math Fair. The event was held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harwood schools to finish the year in person 4 days a week
Administrators in the Harwood Unified Union School District are working on updating the school schedule and hybrid format to potentially add more in-person instruction for students in the final weeks of the school year following April break.