Last Friday, the ninth grade students took an afternoon away from academics to build community.

We started with an assembly in which we introduced the leadership team, and the health and support staff. Students got to see images of their teachers when they were ninth graders and learned interesting facts about their teachers through fun trivia.

They then transitioned outside where they were greeted with different team building stations including balloon relays, sponge races, paper airplane contests, and a song-identifying game. We finished off with ice cream and popsicles, recognitions of exceptional team spirit and collaboration, and a group photo. It was a wonderful afternoon for everyone.

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This past week in AP Physics I, students explored various ways to abstractly represent the motion of objects. After crafting claims and making predictions pertaining to the motion of a marble rolling down a ramp, students worked in small groups to collect data, which they used to calculate the acceleration and final velocity of an object. Stop by room 11 to check out their work!

Members of our high school and middle school Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) had a fantastic time at the Pride Parade in Burlington, VT last Sunday, September 10th. The students and their club advisors proudly joined the march, promoting unity and acceptance. Kudos to our QSA members for representing our school community with pride!

The cast of the 2023 spring musical, Percy Jackson.

Yoh Theatre will begin its 2023-2024 season with an Opening Meeting, Potluck and Preview Performance on Sunday, August 27, with pre-season rehearsals beginning on Monday, August 28. This preview performance is open to the public and starts at 6:00 p.m. Come see a select group of Yoh Theater Players perform a preview of scenes and songs from our upcoming season.

For students interested in learning about Yoh Theatre, we will have an Opening Meeting and Potluck prior to the start of the preview from 4:00-6:00 p.m. We will have a slide show, information about our program, and about an upcoming performance trip to Edinburgh, Scotland! Bring finger foods and we will eat together before the preview at 6:00pm.

If you attend the opening meeting and potluck, you will receive a complimentary ticket for the preview performance. Sign up for the meeting, potluck and show on our website.

First show and pre-season: Rehearsals for our first show of the year will begin on Monday, August 28, with pre-season rehearsals before school begins. To sign up for our first show, visit our website.

Yoh Theatre is open to everyone, grades 7-12.

On Tuesday, June 13th, the 9th grade team capped off an interdisciplinary unit about the Holocaust with a virtual presentation by Ms. Fay Malkin. Ms. Malkin is a Holocaust survivor and activist with connections in the local community. She shared her incredible story with the ninth graders, telling them about the two years she spent in hiding with her family in a hayloft in Sokal, Poland (now Ukraine). Ms. Malkin's incredible story helped to underscore the depravity of the Holocaust and the resiliency of those who survived it.

Ms. Malkin was joined on the Zoom call by her daughter, Debbi Schonberger-Pierce, who shared her own perception of how the Holocaust impacts generations of people, as survivors and their descendents search for normalcy in the wake of genocide.

Students were moved by the presentation, and when asked why survivor stories matter, Sophia Rosenbach shared that it is essential to learn from survivors so that we do not repeat mistakes of the past. Ms. Malkin also conveyed one more piece of advice to her young audience: "talk to your grandparents." After all, she said, everyone has a story worth sharing, and we should learn from each other while we still can.

A recording of the Class of 2023’s graduation ceremony from Woodstock Community Television.

Woodstock Union High School, Class of 2023

• Jordan Allard
  Merrimack College, marketing and communications

• Emma Allegretti
  Villanova University, environmental studies and communication

• Meghan Bailey
  Gap year

• Cody Bartlett
  Army National Guard

• Austin Bloch
  Plymouth State University, business administration

• Christopher Bradley
  Gap year

• Jacob Carey
  College, exercise science

• Nicholas Champine
  Carpentry

• Jared Clark

• William Coates
  University of Vermont, business

• Owen Crossmon
  Oregon State University, outdoor product design

• Maya Cully
  University of Vermont, psychology

• Stephen Darling
  CDL certification program

• Ethan Dean
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute, mechanical engineering

• Emma Durney
  Working toward LNA certification and working at The Village

• Audrey Emery
  University of Vermont, environmental science

• Graham Farrington
  Landscape construction for ArborScape

• Kali Filiault

• Skylee Gadapee
  Savannah College of Art and Design, film & television

• Joshua Garcia

• Aryana Gibson

• Myeia Griffin
  Vermont State University, Applied Business and technology management

• Lily Gubbins
  St. Lawrence University, environmental studies

• Cyrus Harkins
  Spring Brook Farm

• Norah Harper
  Saint Joseph’s University, biology

• Anne Hauze
  Swarthmore College, religion

• Nathaniel Leo Hough

• Daniel Jones III
  St. Lawrence University, business

• Isabel Konijnenberg
  Williams College, biology and economics

• Holden Larmie
  Flint, Blake and Boles Roofing

• Samuel Leggett
  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, English

• Luke Maxham
  Trade school for plumbing, St. Cyr Plumbing and Heating

• Declan McCullough
  University of Vermont, environmental science

• Daphne McDermott
  University of Vermont, studio art

• Graeme McKeon
  Anna Maria College, sports management and recreation

• Zedekiah McNaughton
  Hamilton College, undeclared

• River Miles
  University of Vermont, biochemistry

• Emily Miller
  O’Brien’s Aveda Institute, cosmetology

• Shelby Miller
  New England College, illustration

• Andries Morin
  Vermont State University, electromechanical engineering

• Dillon Moss
  Virginia Commonwealth University, interior design/interior architecture

• Natalie Parent
  Florida International University, education

• Ethan Parker

• Joss Perkins

• Jack Rasmussen
  Project Search at Rutland Regional Medical Center

• Cooper Redmond
  Rochester Institute of Technology, electrical engineering

• Aidan Reed
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, biochemistry and biophysics

• Corbin Richardson

• Morghan Robinson
  Work and animal care

• Damon Rogers

• Reece Sheehan
  Champlain College, game design

• Alec Smail
  Colorado College, political science

• Rowan Smail
  Tufts University, biology

• Daniel Smith
  Middlebury College, computer science

• Logan Sudol
  Pennsylvania State University, architecture

• Oliver Szott
  University of Vermont, computer science

• Kyra Tarleton
  Online criminal justice course, work, travel

• Hayden Taylor
  Vermont Technical College, construction management

• Violet Tuckerman
  University of Tampa, marketing

• William Underwood
  University of Rhode Island, business

• Ethan Westney
  University of Vermont, business

• Ariana Winawer-Stein
  University of Vermont, economics

• Forrest Yeager
  Ohio University, philosophy

Summer is a time for fun, relaxation and rejuvenation...but don't forget about your summer reading and assignments. Below are attached several documents that will prepare you well and help to kick-start the new academic year.  

We'll be adding summer assignments through June 16th.  Please make sure to return as new assignments are added and select the assignments that are right for your 2023-24 grade level. Contact your teacher or the counseling department if you have any questions.

• AP English Lang & Composition (Hagge)

• AP English Lit & Composition Summer Assignment

• AP Studio Art Summer Assignment

• Precalculus 2023 Summer Assignment

• AP Statistics Summer Assignment

• AP U.S. History (Century of Discovery)

• U.S. History Summer Assignment

• U.S. History Summer Assignment - Howard Zinn Reading

• English I (Grade 9) Summer Reading (Sullivan Justice)

• English II (Grades 10) Summer Reading (Sullivan Justice)

• English III (Grade 11) Summer Reading Assignment

On Thursday afternoon, Ms. Gravel's AP Art History class took a tour of the new exhibits at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont with Ms. Piccoli. The students enjoyed seeing over 100 works by Andy Warhol in the small is beautiful exhibit. One of the highlights was wearing 3D glasses to view the stereoscopic silkscreen painting titled Patty Oldenburg. In the Susan Rothenberg retrospective, students practiced Visual Thinking Strategies with a piece titled Impending Doom. And, when looking at the shield-like armatures created by Ron Gorchov, Katie Jones found inspiration for a future art project.

Thanks so much to the Hall Art Foundation for making these exhibits accessible to our students. They also offer teachers professional opportunities over the summer.

The senior class took their senior trip to Boston on Monday. They started at the Aquarium, then had lunch at Faneuil Hall, shopping on Newbury St. and finally jumping at a trampoline park. It was a great great time! Thank you to Lily Gubbins, Norah Harper, Audrey Emery and Will Coates for planning this super awesome trip!