OV principal Jim Avery will be missed

Jim Avery has been at Otter Valley Union High School for so long that his first students are old enough to be grandparents. He can honestly say that he’s dedicated his career to the Otter Valley community.

Otter Valley Union High School has named the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2022. Olivia Depatie of Brandon, daughter of Thomas and Donna Depatie, is this year’s Valedictorian. Kieran Williams of Pittsford, son of Suzanne and Richard Will … (read more)

The bleachers at Markowski Field were overflowing on Saturday, June 11, as members of area communities showed up to support Otter Valley Union High School’s graduating Class of 2022.

Host No. 3 Enosburg erupted on offense on Saturday and defeated the Otter Valley softball team, 21-2, in five-inning Division II softball quarterfinal.

Otter Valley won two out of three games in recent local high school baseball action, during which Vergennes and Middlebury each came up short.

The Middlebury, Mount Abraham-Vergennes and Otter Valley union high school boys’ lacrosse teams overall found the going tough in the past week, but mixed into the losses was one of the Tigers’ biggest regular-season wins in recent years, an overtime victo … (read more)

In a reversal from a Town Meeting Day vote that saw the Otter Valley Unified Union School District budget go down to defeat, 522-462, district voters on Tuesday turned out in support of the $22.7 million budget, 420-359.

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team spotted Otter Valley an early lead on Tuesday in Bristol and also had to hold off a late Otter rally, but the Eagles ultimately prevailed, 11-8.

Coach Matt Clark will have a challenging task on his hands as he looks to build his Otter Valley boys’ lacrosse team into a title contender this year, after finishing last season 1-11.

Otter Valley Unified Union School District voters will have another opportunity to decide the fate of their district budget via an Australian ballot vote on Tuesday, April 26.

Otter Valley Union High School’s football team’s offensive coordinator Jordan Tolar was recently promoted to the team’s head varsity coach heading into the 2022 season.

Devon Karpak, Otter Valley Union High School’s Tech Ed instructor, was recently selected by the Rowland Foundation as a 2022 Rowland Fellow.

In first-round boys’ basketball playoff action on Tuesday, No. 4 Vergennes advanced at the expense of visiting No. 13 Thetford in Division III.

The Otter Valley and Vergennes cheer teams took to the floor on Saturday for the annual Vermont competition, which the Commodores hosted in a packed Vergennes Union High School gymnasium.

On July 1, 2022, Michael Ruppel will become OVUHS’s new principal, replacing Principal James Avery, who announced his retirement last November.