“Rwanda kind of feels like home,” says Harwood Union High School English teacher Stephen Rand. In his 13 trips there, the kinship between Harwood and this remote African country has strengthened.  The hilly landscape and friendly people remind students and faculty alike that, “People are pretty similar all around the world, no matter where you go,” Rand said. “There's more similarities than there are differences.”  In February, ...

What does it mean to forgive? As we see conflict escalate in our world every day, students at Harwood wonder if forgiveness and reaching out to those with opposing views is truly in our nature. Come discuss these philosophical questions in the Harwood Union Library on December 6th at 6 PM when Harwood student leaders sponsor our first Socrates Cafe in three years.  A Socrates Cafe is civil dialogue at its best: a gathering of people from all different...

Boys Soccer: 14-2  On Saturday, November 5th the boy's soccer team played in the D2 state championship vs Montpelier. The boys played very well dominating possession and had 16 shots versus Monpeliers 3. In the end, they ended up coming up short losing 1-0 playing hard, and fighting to the last minute just like they had all season. Boys Cross Country: 7th in Division II at the State Championships Christopher Cummiskey is a sophomore...

  Remember being in fifth grade and spending the first half of class staring at XtraMath? Or having to keep track of that crazy area=½bh thing that was never explained by your fourth grade teacher? This might sound a little like the math whiteboard outside the math lab, or maybe like a few days in math class. But in general, a pretty large and somewhat recent change aims to help with that. From completely remaking the old classes to working...

When Senator Bernie Sanders and the Ambassador of Finland walked out onto the stage in the HUHS auditorium last week, the crowd of students and teachers roared in excitement. The Finnish Ambassador and the Senator came to our school to talk about the happiness of their country, healthcare, working middle class, and maternity leave. Students and teachers were provided the time to speak up and ask questions about all of those topics and more.  Election...

Since Harwood’s opening, the school has developed into a strong community. What kind of change has happened? How do we expect the school to progress without the knowledge of the past? How do the teachers feel about occurrences that have changed their workplace since the beginning of their career?  In 1992 when Wendy Rand started to work as a teacher’s assistant here at Harwood, she was originally only supposed to be here for a semester.  She...

“The real reason I wanted to become an Athletic Director is that I was not a fan of my coach growing up. I went in because I had a negative experience. I wanted to try and change that and be part of trying to help kids not have that when they're coming up as well.’’ Sometimes a bad experience leads to something good; this is the case for Harwood’s athletic director Chris Langevin. If you haven't met Chris before you might have seen him, he...

Imagine you’re walking down a school hallway trying to find your class. You look at the room numbers, “105, 106, 107, wait, 125?” You finally find the right room, only to realize that it's a Wednesday, and your next class is block 5, not 3!  This is what students and teachers experience trying to navigate the Harwood hallways. This year, not only the room numbers are wack, but the schedule too. There are several problems with it that affect...

Ground broke in 1964 for the construction of Harwood Union High School. The school was built on a 20-acre plot of land and cost approximately $1.6 million to build. Construction was completed in early 1966 and the doors opened for the 1966–1967 school year.  In 1997, Harwood underwent a $7.2 million renovation in order to modernize its facilities as well as add a dedicated Middle School wing of the school. These renovations included a new exterior...

It's always good if people ask questions. - Lise Holberg So, please, introduce yourself to our wonderful batch of exchange students. They have many new and interesting things to talk about. We small town kids have known each other since diapers; fresh faces are a welcome change! Estelle is a Junior at Harwood. She was secretly hoping for the sandy beaches of Florida or California, but we’re beyond happy to have her here. From the cold winters...

  GTA 5 was a very important social tool for many students during the pandemic. Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) pre-alpha footage has been fully leaked including the source code. Rockstar Games, the developers of GTA, claims that this will not delay the release of the games, but the only people that know the release date are the high-level investors and the executives. Many Harwood students are excited for the new GTA release.  When most people...