By Katy Savage Killington Elementary School Principal Mary Guggenberger has been named principal of the year by the Vermont Principal’s Association. Guggenberger said she got a call from VPA Executive Director Jay Nichols two weeks ago saying she was nominated […]
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Renowned author visits KES
By Katy Savage Jim Arnosky was being careful as he paddled in a canoe on a river in the Everglades, but his wife was shaking. A 9-foot crocodile sunbathing in the mud beside them jumped over the top of their […]
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Modified School District to be created
Four of six towns in WCSU passed Act 46 school board unification By Polly Lynn Mikula On Tuesday, March 7, six towns in the Windsor Central Supervisory Union voted on the proposed Act 46 school district merger. Killington,Woodstock, Bridgewater and […]
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Get social at KES winter fundraiser
Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m.—KILLINGTON—Support the Killington Elementary School KEEPERS organization at the winter social fundraiser on Feb. 9, 6-8 p.m. at The Foundry at Summit Pond. Tickets are $20 per person, and can be purchased in advance or […]
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Trees planted for Nancy Evans Hamor’s 70th birthday
Courtesy of Betty Hughes Nancy Evans Hamor and Jason Evans stand with the Killington pre-k class at the entrance to KES’s Nature Trail. KILLINGTON — Nancy Evans Hamor, past Sherburne Elementary nursery school teacher from 1968-1969, turned 70 years old last […]
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KES student wins Arbor Day art contest
By Robin Alberti Evan Joaquin, a sixth grader from Killington Elementary School, is the winner of the 2016 Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program’s Growing Works of Art Contest. This year, the Growing Works of Art contest theme was Healthy […]
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Trailblazer ski and ride days begin at Killington Elementary
KILLINGTON—Students in kindergarten through sixth grade attended a ski/snowboard assembly on Monday, Jan. 11, in preparation for the first KES Trailblazer Day of the season, Thursday, Jan. 14. Areas of focus included ski attire, ski day procedures, and skiing and […]
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Mary Guggenberger to take the reins at Killington Elementary School
Courtesy of College of St. Joseph’s Mary Guggenberger By Polly Lynn On Wednesday, July 1, former Principal of Killington Elementary School Loren M. Pepe announced that Mary Guggenberger would be taking over the reins as the new school principal starting […]
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Preschoolers get a taste of Kindergarten
Courtesy of Killington Elementary School Preschoolers spend a day as Kindergartners. KILLINGTON — Children in the preschool at Killington Elementary School, known as P@K, have had an opportunity to visit and enjoy the kindergarten room they will attend in the fall. […]
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News Briefs: Killington Elementary School
Courtesy of KES KES students think like engineers, using creativity for problem solving skills. Third-graders visualize fractions Third-graders are using pattern blocks, paper rectangles, pizza circles and drawings to help them develop visual images of how fractions or combinations of […]