OSSU
Finalists for superintendent position named
HARDWICK – The Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) Board has named Rebecca Tatistsheff and Becky Read as finalists for superintendent of the OSSU. As part of the superintendent search process, staff, families and community members may participate in two online community forums to learn more about each candidate and to[Read More…]
OSSU voices heard at NEK Day
MONTPELIER – Two Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) employees testified before the Vermont House Committee on Education during NEK Day, Thursday, Jan. 22,. Kay Freedy, a Hazen Union teacher and Danville School Board member, spoke as did Lisa McCarthy, principal of Craftsbury Schools, offering her testimony from the perspective of[Read More…]
Hardwick Elementary School Wagon Rides
Students’ Hibernation Feast featured on WCAX
WOODBURY – Kindergarten and first grade students, with their sixth grade buddies at Woodbury Elementary School, prepared and served an on-campus Hibernation Feast to over 100 of their families, teachers and community members, last Tuesday, Nov. 18. The Woodbury Bears’ meal was the culmination of a farm-to-fork and restaurant business[Read More…]
Hazen Union Dare to be Me class helps plant trees
Hazen Union Drama
Hazen Union cross country team
Lockhart Named Vermont Art Teacher of the Year
HARDWICK – Hazen Union School art teacher James Lockhart has been named the Vermont Art Teacher of the Year by the Vermont Art Educators Association (VAEA), recognizing his 28 years of dedication to art education at Hazen Union and his lasting impact on students’ creativity and confidence. Lockhart was surprised[Read More…]
OSSU Reaches 17% Local Purchasing, Receives State Grant
HARDWICK — Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) has increased its local food purchases from 5% in 2021–22 to 17% in 2023–24, according to Green Mountain Farm-to-School, a nonprofit organization based in Newport. As a result, it will receive $13,097 from the Vermont Agency of Education’s Local Foods Incentive grant program.[Read More…]
The Old Sugarhouse
OSSU Superintendent not Alarmed by Fed Funding Cuts
HARDWICK – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union School (OSSU) Superintendent David Baker expects programs at its member schools to continue without interruption despite the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt halt to distribution of Federal funding to Vermont schools announced June 30. As reports come that the Vermont Agency of Education and[Read More…]
