Spectrum Youth and Family Services will be hosting a Multicultural Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, May 6 at Champlain College. The student-organized event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The organizing team consists of four current Burlington...
South Burlington senior Isaiah Hines began the teen conversation at the Symposium for Social Justice Action Groups by assuring participants that any level of experience with social justice was great.
“Just tell your truth and say whatever you feel...
Burlington High School students have partnered with a local pediatrician to respond to what they see as an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric towards New Americans, refugees and asylum seekers, according to a Jan. 13 news release.
Dr. Andrea Green...
Brian Difranco spent his high school days hanging out with police officers at the Livingston County Jail, where his grandmother worked as a cook in the kitchen.
“It was fun. It was usually lively,” he said. “My grandma was an old Italian woman....
Over 100 Burlington High School students planned to bundle up and brave the cold tonight for the annual Spectrum Sleep Out. Mother Nature decided otherwise.
Organizers moved the event inside the high school building after a combination of snow, sleet...
Reporter Emma Chaffee talks to junior Delia McConnell about the annual Spectrum Sleepout, an event that raises funds and awareness for youth homelessness. Students have raised $16,000 this year.
Do we see Muslims as radical? After 9/11, which was a world changing event, many people began to view Muslims in general as such. By radical Muslims, I am talking about the Muslims who use the religion Islam as a reason to do harm. Too many people view...
Burlington voters approved a $74 million school budget on Town Meeting Day, said yes to a capital improvements bond and determined school board members. The complete education-related results are below:
North District - School Board
Incumbent Mark Barlow...
North District
Five Burlington school board candidates will be on the ballot on March 7. However, only the North District is a contested race.
Incumbent Mark Barlow will be facing off against challenger Helen Hossley.
Barlow, a graduate of Burlington...
Approximately every month Burlington High School has a lock down or fire drill. Students are well versed on how these monthly drills usually go. For fire drills students quickly leave the room and exit the building through the nearest door, as for lockdowns...
After close to two decades of consistency, change is coming to the schedule at Burlington High School. Administration completed their proposal last week, which will soon be finalized for next school year.
BHS Principal Tracy Racicot feels the change...
In the state of Vermont people are legally allowed to drive when they turn 16, so it is no surprise that many Burlington High School students hit the road when getting to school each day. But the ride isn’t always smooth cruising. Those who drive to...
