DORSET - Long Trail School now has another program they can boast as the only one of its kind in southern Vermont - the Teacher's Apprentice Program (TAP).
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DORSET - With the increase in enrollment of international students, Long Trail has hired Jennifer Jabareen as a full time English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher. While two students are returning to the school from China and Korea, thirteen new students arrived last week.
LTS welcomed nine students from China and one each from Germany, Denmark, Chile and Honduras.
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MANCHESTER - Vermont Reading Partners will hold its School Program Tutor Training Workshop at the Bank of Bennington Conference Room in Manchester on Sept. 16, 21, and 23 each day from 1 to 4 p. m. The goal of the three-afternoon workshop is to train volunteers to become Reading Partners and to assist students selected by the school with reading and writing.
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MANCHESTER - The Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union held its annual "Welcome Back to School" gathering on Tuesday, Aug. 24 during which Jean Ward, the B-RSU's Director of Curriculum Assessment & Professional Development, announced the 2010 B-RSU Teacher Recognition Awards: Jennifer Turner, Kindergarten teacher at Currier Memorial School (of UD #23) and Kelly Ahlfeld, Librarian and Media Specialist at the Mettawee Community School (of UD #47).
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DORSET - All are invited to join Vermont Reading Partners for a special dinner and a silent auction on Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Barrows House Inn & Restaurant in Dorset. 2010 marks VRP's 25th year offering free literacy services designed to help adults and families in southwestern Vermont increase their literacy skills.
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DORSET - The Prudential Committee of Dorset Fire District #1 has announced the recipient of the first annual Junior Firefighter Scholarship Award. The recipient is Zachary Thurrott.
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