Looking for a family-friendly event in the community? Check out the Newport Bike Rodeo happening at North Country Hospital on May 10th from 10:00-1:00! There will be lots of fun activities, experiences, and resources for all ages!
Reminder: The PTCA groups from our OCSU schools are planning a collaborative retreat event on May 14th from 6:00-8:00, and all community members are invited! The focus of the retreat will be on building upon the good work that our PTCA groups are doing now and determining best practices as we move into next year. You can register for the event by going to https://bit.ly/ocsuptca and filling out the short registration form. We hope to see you at the retreat!
OCSU Districts: Reconfiguration Options: Bring your phone for interactive participation!
The PTCA groups from our OCSU schools are planning a collaborative retreat event on May 14th from 6:00-8:00, and all community members are invited! The focus of the retreat will be on building upon the good work that our PTCA groups are doing now and determining best practices as we move into next year. You can register for the event by going to https://bit.ly/ocsuptca and filling out the short registration form. We hope to see you at the retreat!
Public Forum: Reconfiguration Options for Lake Region Union Districts of OCSU –
April 7, 2025 – 6:00 pm –
Lake Region Union High School –
Virtual Link: meet.google.com/fjn-uhbg-gkz
OCSU is hiring! Click below to see more information about opportunities to join our team.
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A reminder to report any potential threatening behavior. To place a report, use one of the following ways:
• Contact your school prinicipal or the superintendent of schools (1-802-525-1204)
• Use our dedicated hotline:
• Email the team at: crisis@ocsu.org
• Use our dedicated crisis form
To learn more about behavioral threat assessment in OCSU, please visit this website
ANNUAL MEETING--Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District: March 10, 2025; 7:00 pm; at Lake Region: Annual Report can be found here https://5il.co/375id
Tonight's board meetings for LRUHSD and LRUEMSD will be held virtually due to the weather.
Carousel (both boards together) 6:00 pm: meet.google.com/ixy-kccp-qyq. LRUHS 7:00pm: meet.google.com/tyb-xhsw-thq; LRUEMSD 7:00 pm: meet.google.com/equ-ffwv-dqd.
Reminder to OCSU Parents, Community Members, Faculty and Staff The OCSU Superintendent Search Committee has invited three candidates to visit our school community and participate in a second round of interviews with the Committee and School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Committee invites parents, members of the community, faculty and staff to meet each candidate in 30 minute sessions between 4:30 and 6:00 pm in the Lake Region Cafeteria. Your participation and input is important to this process. Sincerely, David Blodgett & Neil Urie OCSU Superintendent Search Committee Co-Chairs
Dear OCSU Parents, Community Members, Faculty and Staff
The OCSU Superintendent Search Committee has invited three candidates to visit our school community and participate in a second round of interviews with the Committee and School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Committee invites parents, members of the community, faculty and staff to meet each candidate in 30 minute sessions between 4:30 and 6:00 pm in the Lake Region Cafeteria. Your participation and input is important to this process.
Sincerely,
David Blodgett & Neil Urie
OCSU Superintendent Search Committee Co-Chairs
Newport, VT - On Sunday, January 5th, at 2 PM at the United Church of Newport, the Lake Region UHS music department presents our first annual Midwinter Solo & Ensemble Concert. Singers and instrumentalists will be presenting classical solo and chamber music, and festive songs of the season. Repertoire includes music by Hindemith, Weber, Rieding, Tchaikovsky, Kern, Betinis, traditional and modern carols, and more. The Jazz Ensemble, Chorus and Select Chorus will be performing.
Admission is free, but donations or non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted to benefit the NEKO Barton/Orleans Food Bank and the United Church Food Shelf. For further information, please contact Sara Doncaster at sdoncaster@ocsu.org or call (802) 754-2500 x219
Good evening,
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!
Since we've adopted a new grading a reporting system this year, report cards will look different than they have in the past. Therefore, before report cards are sent home to EMS families later this week, we wanted to provide some resources that may help you navigate the new report. The report is called a "Student Learning Snapshot" because it is meant to give you a "snapshot" of how your student is doing at this moment in time. As the year progresses, students will continue to learn and grow. Please remember that you can login and check on your student's progress on individual assignments at any time by visiting the SmartScore Family website (www.smartedsystems.com).
For now, you are welcome to review the "Student Learning Snapshot Cheat Sheet" (https://bit.ly/slscheatsheet) for a quick overview of the information included in the report card. A more detailed and in-depth overview is provided in the walkthrough video that is linked here (https://youtu.be/YvQZAMxKpdo).
As always, our goal is to make these report cards as valuable and informative as possible for you and your student. Please reach out to your student's teacher, principal, or the Curriculum & Instruction office if you have any questions or if you need additional support. Thank you!
Erica Harryman, Director of Instruction
Kyle Chadburn, Access & Opportunities Coordinator
Look at all of the items that BCS collected for NEKCA! I think our Flannel Friday Food Drive was a success....and how fitting that it is in front of our Kindness Tree!
BCS created a wonderful Friendship Tree for World Kindness Day!
Students and staff filled the tree with acts of kindness.
We should have every day be Kindness Day! :)
We have a newly formed parent, teacher, community association (PTCA) at BCS! Currently we only have 3 members and are looking for more. Come join us in person or online this Thursday, November 14th at 5:30. :)
BCS will be participating in the Flannel Friday Food Drive on November 15th. Please feel free to donate any non-perishable food items. You may bring them to the school and we will make sure that it gets to NEKCA!
This world needs some kindness and let's make that happen on Wednesday November 13th! We will be filling our kindness tree at BCS throughout the day!
We had a great surprise visitor this morning! The VTRANS snowplow named "SNOW BRO" came to visit. BCS went through quite a process to decide a name for our plow truck! The students seemed excited to see the huge truck with the plow and wing on. It is ready for winter and we will be watching for it this year!
November 4, 2024: Lake Region Union High School District Business & Operations Committee meeting to discuss FY26 Budget, see agenda here: https://5il.co/302ms at 5:00 pm and LR board meeting 6:00 pm: check out the agenda here: https://5il.co/302lc