OSSU
Hazen Union students sweep art contest
HARDWICK – Three Hazen Union student artists earned top honors in the annual Vermont Covered Bridge Society Student Art Contest. Ella Renaud won First Place ($100) for Bowers Covered Bridge, West Windsor; Danica Patridge – won Second Place ($75) for Middle Covered Bridge, Woodstock; and Karli Patridge won Third Place[Read More…]
Five graduates earn Vermont Seal of Biliteracy
HARDWICK – Five members of the Hazen Union Class of 2026 have earned the Vermont Seal of Biliteracy, a recognition awarded to students who demonstrate proficiency in English and at least one additional language by the time they graduate from high school. The recipients are Elizabeth Considine, Seville Murphy and[Read More…]
Hazen Union Hosts NEK Queer Youth Summit
HARDWICK – The NEK Queer Youth Summit, May 16, brought together students from Hazen Union, North Country Union and Glover Community School for an overnight gathering focused on queer connection and belonging in rural Northeast Kingdom communities. Hosted at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, the gathering featured[Read More…]
OSSU recognized for achievements in positive behavioral interventions
HARDWICK – For the second year in a row, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) has been recognized as a Gold Level District of Distinction by the Northeast Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (NEPBIS) Network. OSSU was the only recipient from the state of Vermont to receive this distinction. PBIS is[Read More…]
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
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…]
