MUHS students honored with awards

Middlebury Union High School held its Senior Awards Ceremony on June 2 and its Final Assembly on June 6.

Middlebury’s Gabe Schmitt is everything you’d want to see in a young man who has just earned his high school diploma.

“My whole transformation physically and confidence-wise was really big for me, going from an unathletic … little kid, and a little kind of closed off, to now I’d say I’m pretty confident,” said new VUHS graduate Connor Brogan.

Nola Roberts is headed to Montreal’s Concordia University in the fall, a step she feels ready to take thanks in part to the experiences she’s had at Mount Abe.

There was plenty of talk of the future at Middlebury Union High School commencement this past Saturday.

Like seeds from a giant dandelion, winds of change on Saturday metaphorically lifted the 104 members of the Mount Abraham Union High School class of 2025 from their campus commencement podium to life adventures close and far afield.

Family members and friends of Vergennes Union High School graduates almost filled the school’s gym on the evening of June 6 to applaud and cheer as 72 seniors went through the traditional rite of passage into adulthood.

Diana Herasim’s young life has surged like a comet, blazing a path from the rubble-strewn cities of war-torn Ukraine to the sprawling green farmland of a sedate Champlain Valley.

During the pandemic, Atocha completed the equivalent of two years’ worth of Spanish classes in one academic year. As a result, during his senior year, he took part in Mount Abe’s “Do Unto Others” program, volunteering as a teacher’s assistant for Spanish … (read more)

Max Derby of Brandon is the valedictorian for the OV Class of 2024. Abigail Hayes of Goshen is the salutatorian for the OV Class of 2024.

The high school careers of the Class of 2024 may have started under the cloud of the COVID pandemic, but, like many newly minted Vergennes Union High School grads, Calvin Gramling is putting that community experience in the rearview mirror and look ahead.

You’d be hard pressed to find one word to describe the Middlebury Union High School Class of 2024, a group of students who’ve left their mark on the school in numerous ways, from academic achievements to athletic accomplishments, through performances on s … (read more)

The 58 graduates recognized at the Vergennes Union High School commencement ceremony last week weren’t all athletes. Nonetheless, they all received a game-day-worthy locker room speech along with their diplomas at graduation this past Friday. 

For almost 50 years now, the maroon gowns, black caps and diplomas have remained a constant for graduating classes at Mount Abraham Union High School.

The challenge in the journey is to persevere with grace, humility and goodwill toward others.