On Friday, April 4th, school districts across the state were ordered to re-sign Title VI certification by the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE). Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits race-based...

The Community Support Team (CST) at EHS was established to provide students with a safe, confidential, and supportive space to report biased incidents or microaggressions anonymously.  The team wants...

For the past six years, EHS Learning Strategies teacher Jackie Lynch has worked with students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), looking into how EHS provides support and the steps that...

Google’s YouTube Ban has led to many questions for Essex Westford School District: Why is YouTube banned, who decided this, and for how long?  YouTube, founded in 2005, is a popular online platform...

On March 29, the 17th annual Junior Iron Chef VT took place at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Essex High School participated in this yearly event for the first time.  Coach Julie Shaw, Essex High...

EHS senior Reese Holcomb was a two-time captain of EHS’s varsity field hockey team and four-year member of the EHS varsity girls’ lacrosse team. This fall, she will be attending Colby-Sawyer College...

On Mar. 13, the Essex Girls’ Varsity Hockey team beat Bellows Free Academy St. Albans 5-1 for the Division 1 state championship for the first time since 2018. With two goals from senior Taylor Senecal,...

On Saturday Feb. 8, one Hornet made history deep in Rutland’s Red Raider territory.  Senior forward, Shyam Meyette, netted a goal in Essex’s 4-1 victory over Rutland, hitting the 100-point mark...

The School Board proposes an updated budget for the Essex Westford School District annually to be reviewed by staff, parents, and community members. It is subsequently voted on each April. This year,...

As students worked to finalize their academic schedules last week for the 2025-26 school year, some EHS juniors and seniors were informed that they could only request seven and six credits, respectively....

The EWSD School Board is working on a budget for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.  This school year, the district has a budget of $76,570,171, and the current plan is to cut 5-6 million from that...

Winter snow storms aren’t the only flurries impacting members of the EWSD. Over the past month or two, students, faculty, staff and families have received several emails regarding the continued development...