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May

2024 Transition & Career Planning Conference

8:00am - 3:00pm Lake Morey Resort

Uncovering Curiosity: Learning for the Long Game The 19th Annual Transition and Career Planning Conference, hosted by VSAC's Vermont State GEAR UP program in partnership with HireAbility Vermont, the Vermont...

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Aug

Save the Date: EMC2 Summer 2024 Professional Development

8:00am - 4:00pm daily through August 8 at CCV-Montpelier

Promoting High Quality Practices in High School Mathematics Through the Lens of EMC 2 Are you interested in offering EMC 2 in the future? If so, you should consider attending...

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Blog Archive: Applying to College

20 Aug

‘That special relationship’ inspires Megan Rippie to study special education

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Sabina Haskell

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Megan Rippie, who graduated from Milton High School this spring, has always been a mentor and support for her brother, who is two years younger and on the autism spectrum. “Tyler and I are very close,” she says. “He’s more like a best friend than a brother. We never bickered, growing up.” That

28 Jul

Dr. Cody Paiva’s ‘amazing personal and educational journey’

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Sabina Haskell

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Dr. Cody Paiva, a 2009 graduate of Blue Mountain Union High School in Wells River and a 2020 medical degree recipient from Pacific Northwest University in Yakima, Washington, was once his mother’s boss at McDonald’s. It’s a quirky twist of fate that helps tell the story of a young man from humble

20 Jul

For Sophia Desrochers, change is a leadership opportunity

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Sabina Haskell

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Because of COVID-19, 18-year-old Sophia Desrochers wasn’t able to walk across the stage at a traditional high school graduation, and she wasn’t able to attend her senior prom. In fact, she wasn’t even able to visit the college she chose to attend, having to rely instead on a description of the

15 Jun

Kayce Gorton: “Listen to what’s in your heart.”

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Sabina Haskell

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Visit the website for Northern Vermont University-Johnson, and near the top of the announcements list you’ll find a link to a special “virtual celebration” of the graduating Class of 2020 — a group of accomplished young Americans who will always be remembered as the “COVID-19 class,” graduating in a

05 Jun

VSAC Salutes the Class of 2020: Courtney Carr, a small-town Vermonter expands her horizons

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Sabina Haskell

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Courtney Carr, who graduated from UVM last month with a bachelor’s in psychology and minors in law & society and sociology, is intently focused on starting her career with a criminal justice nonprofit. However, she didn’t always know exactly what she wanted to do. “It was a bit of a roller coaster,”

19 May

VSAC congratulates 2020 graduates: Cassie Piper achieves her dreams through grit & determination

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Sabina Haskell

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“I never thought I would have gone to college,” says 21-year-old Cassie Piper, a native of Derby. It’s an incredible statement from a young woman who will graduate this month from NVU-Johnson with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a minor in Anthropology and Sociology, an associate’s degree in

08 May

VSAC congratulates 2020 graduates: Alexis Lape is prepared for the future and current uncertainties.

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Sabina Haskell

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When asked about her “goals for the future,” Alexis Lape pauses. “Right now, it's up in the air given the state of the economy … and the pandemic … and my living situation … but I'd like to maybe pursue real estate as well as music. I'm a business major so I don't have set plans.” Born in Brandon

01 May

A “decision day” like no other

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Sabina Haskell

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Today is May 1. It's the traditional Decision Day for high school seniors. If that’s you, this is the day you’ve been planning for, for most of your high school years. May 1 is the day you typically must commit to the school of your choice and pay your deposit to hold a place for next fall. Except

28 Apr

How VSAC helped a future ranger see the forest for the trees

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Sabina Haskell

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When Chandler Prescott was a high school sophomore, he joined the Forestry and Natural Resources program at Stafford Technical Center, where he got a big eye-opening. “It was there where I learned about the wilderness … how global warming is affecting the wild and everything like that. I just really

17 Apr

For this first-generation college student, “VSAC is very close to my heart”

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Cassandra Bittner knows she overcame some tough odds to be able to go to college at all. Neither of her parents had gone to college; in fact, her mother never even finished high school. And in St. Albans, where she grew up, she was definitely not alone in that, a factor that made for some low

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