Letter to the editor: Black Lives Matter flag a symbol of solidarity

The indefinite raising of the Black Lives Matter flag represents a student, staff, and community-supported initiative at Mt. Abe. This flag is intended to acknowledge, interrogate, and begin to work towards dismantling white supremacy, which is foundational to our profession as teachers, our school, our communities, our institutions, and our nation. The BLM flag represents holding our institutions accountable to this work both in and outside of our school building. It represents a long-term aspiration to th … (read more)

This story has been updated. BRISTOL — A member of the Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School community has tested positive for COVID-19, and multiple people have been quarantined as close contacts. School officials received word Tuesday night of a “proba … (read more)

BRISTOL — Emily Beattie’s 7th grade English class at Mount Abraham Union Middle School began reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” before they began remote learning. “As we have been sheltering in place, we have discussed and written about the similarities an … (read more)

BRISTOL — When administrators needed to find a new leader for the cooperative Mount Abraham-Vergennes high school football program they did not have to cast a wide net. Mount Abraham Union High and Bristol Elementary school physical education teacher Jeff … (read more)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Albert Zaccor of Bridport, a teacher at Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol, is bringing back lessons designed to engage and promote students’ understanding of Holocaust history from the nation’s leading Holocaust education confe … (read more)

BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School has announced uts honor rollfor the final quarter of the 2018-2019 academic years. Those named to the roll include: GRADE 9 ACADEMIC Highest honors: Beau Carpenter, Tyler Chasse, Annabelle Doucet, Isabelle Gilley, … (read more)

BRISTOL — As officials in the Mount Abraham Unified School District mull the possibility of proposing a fourth bond to renovate Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School, a group of 5-Town energy committee members have come up with a proposal of their own. I … (read more)

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District has hired Shannon Warden as interim principal of Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School for the 2019–2020 school year. Warden, who was appointed to the one-year position by MAUSD Superintendent Patrick R … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham outpaced Middlebury on Friday to highlight local high school girls’ basketball play last week. In other action, the Eagles and Tigers each dropped games earlier in the week, while Vergennes and Otter Valley each split two ga … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham knocked off Otter Valley to highlight local high school boys’ basketball action last week. Elsewhere, Vergennes dropped a pair of contests, OV lost another road game, and Middlebury picked up a tight home win. EAGLES OVER OT … (read more)

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ basketball team used a big second quarter to knock off visiting Missisquoi, 67-60 on Thursday. The result evened the Eagles’ record at 1-1. Eagle Liam Kelliher scored nine of his team-high 18 points in t … (read more)

EAST MONTPELIER — The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team lost a lead in the final seconds and fell to host U-32 on Thursday, 29-27. U-32’s Payton Gariboldi’s basket scored to tie the game with five seconds left, and then Casey Flye sto … (read more)