When Ben Kaplan was in eighth grade, he served as a page in the Vermont state house, carrying messages, sitting in on committees, and getting his first exposure to politics. He still remembers what Shap Smith, the speaker of the…
Month: September 2016
The Making of The Tempest: Part 1
“What are the elements of the theater?” is written across the top of a whiteboard. A circle of 30 actors sits onstage shouting answers to Zak Kline, who scribbles frantically. One of the costumers quietly pulls an actor out of…
130 Years
One night last Spring, after my parents had come over for dinner, we discovered a large, heavy-duty cardboard box in our mudroom. My mom, seeking to clear out some space in her own house, had stealthily dumped it at ours.…
U-32 1975
This reading, and the discussion questions below, could be used in any social studies classroom. In Autumn, 1975, alongside articles titled “Homage to Foliage,” “Down Country Roads,” and “A New Fashioned Barn Raising,” Vermont Life Magazine published a…
Boys Soccer: Preview
When the final horn sounded in the championship game between the #6 seeded Raiders and #1 seeded Woodstock, the scoreboard read 1-0. U-32 had upset top-seeded Woodstock, after defeating Montpelier and Lake Region, who were also ranked above U-32 .…
Another First For U-32: Gluten Free Surveillance
U-32 was presented with an award last week by the GFLA (Gluten Free League of America), for its “outstanding commitment to the Gluten Free perspective,” after being the first school in the state (and only the third school in the…
Summer Logging: Government Cover-Up?
Following a tipoff by the Washington County SETI branch, journalists from the Chronicle have located an anonymous government agent who wishes to come forward and let the truth be known. His identity has been kept secret to protect him…
New Faces
Bill Deiss Our new assistant principal, Bill Deiss, was born in Toledo, Ohio, but spent his high school years in Singapore; Jakarta, Indonesia; Palos Verdes, California; and Mclean, Virginia. “My dad’s job required us to move fairly often,” Bill said…