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Act 46 Study Committee Community Forum in Putney

by Not Signed In | Education

The WSESU ACT 46 Study Committee invites you to learn about…

Educating Our Kids Together:
The Communities of Brattleboro, Guilford, Dummerston and Putney
November 3, 2016 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Putney Central School

Formed in October 2015, your Act 46 WSESU Study Committee has worked to craft a plan that supports all of our local schools. This plan fulfills the requirements of education law Act 46 by offering substantial equity in the quality and variety of educational opportunities, lead students to achieve or exceed the VT Education Quality Standards, maximize operational efficiency, promote transparency and accountability, and deliver public education at a cost that parents, voters and taxpayers value.

BCTV Schedules For Week of 10/31/16

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 10/31/16

Monday, October 31, 2016

12:00 am Prevent Child Abuse VT – 40th Anniversary Pt1

2:00 am BAPC: Conversation on Drug Abuse & Law Enforcement 10/11/16

3:30 am VINS – Neotropical Migrant Birds

5:00 am GMMT: Friday News Show

5:20 am Stuck in Vermont: Queen City Ghostwalk

Test Your Math Skills!

by BusyMom | Education

From Today’s History 10/29/16…

1863:

For the pupils in the High School – There is a certain number which may be divided into four parts in such a way that if you add 2 to the first part subtract 2 from the second, multiply the third by 2 and divide the fourth by 2, the sum, remainder, product, and quotient, will be the same. What is the number?

Movie Monday

by KathrynT | Entertainment

November Showings

GIVE THANKS

November 7th
– 10:00 am

Starring: Kate
Maberly, Maggie Smith

November 14th
– 9:30 am

Starring: Helen
Mirren, Om Puri

Weekend Creativity Series – Foley Sound Effects

by cgrotke | Creative

The sounds you hear in movies, cartoons, and even reality TV shows are highly coordinated and processed to eliminate distractions and focus your attention. Volumes of voices are adjusted, frequencies tinkered with, reverb added, background music is added, and so on.

One of the most important roles in the soundtrack creation process is that of Foley artist. These are people who make sound effects. You know them. The ones using coconuts to make horse galloping sounds.

Halloweeny Ukulele Flash Mob Tonight!

by Ruthie | Music

All are welcome, no need to play or sing – just come out and savor the spooky-fun scene!

Brooks House Atrium, Main St., Brattleboro. Friday Oct. 28, 6pm sharp!

Free, accessible, fun! Led by Lisa McCormick.

I Like This One

by SK-B | History

1888:

We refuse absolutely to repeat the remarks about the condition of the street crossings which the letter carriers have made to us the past week. They are all good boys, and if they grew profane when they saw the mud half-way up to their knees they were excusable and it will never be set against them as a sin.

French Weekend Intensive & Trip to Quebec

by Not Signed In | Education

Express Fluency is offering a weekend French intensive November 4th-6th and a trip to Quebec November 10-12. Both of these opportunities are geared toward “intermediate” French speakers.

Many of us studied French for years in school and have lots of vocabulary and grammar rules locked away in our brains, yet we struggle to speak. This class will help unlock your brain and improve your comprehension and speaking skills. It draws upon the latest language-acquisition research to help students speak French comfortably. Conversation, storytelling, videos, and reading are all part of this dynamic and entertaining class.

Where’s Walden

by spinoza | History

This article continues in the vein of my previous piece, The events described in both happen in roughly the same timespan, yet this one looks at impacts individuals can have. These articles share a common theme, that being; what are among the greatest assets of our country have come about as byproducts of our worst behavior. This is less a case of finding a silver lining, I prefer to see it as recognizing a lotus emerging from the muck. 

We know plenty about Henry David Thoreau’s famous retreat, and his legendary wanderings. However were it not for the meeting and influence of his Penobscot friends, Joe Aitteon and Joe Polis, Thoreau’s time at Walden pond might have been a singular episode rather than the start of a lifelong obsession. It was these friendships that took HDT from admirer of Nature to avid student, from a pastoral pastime to a central compulsion. 

Staying Safe Online at Putney Library: Viruses, Scams and Flim-flams in the 21st Century

by emilyzervas | Sci-Tech

There are many ways to be snookered, manipulated, tricked and even bullied into becoming a victim on the internet, as well as through regular mail, phone, etc. People tricking others into doing things against their better interests is not a new phenomenon, but the ways that can happen has changed in recent times. It helps us all to have us all be more aware, more informed, and more skeptical of seemingly innocent inquiries.

BHS Podcast – First Peoples, Part II, with Rich Holschuh

by reginaldwam3 | History

Rich Holschuh serves on the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and spends his nights and weekends investigating the story of Brattleboro and its peoples, dating to a time 12,000 years before William Brattle was even a twinkle…

In this podcast, Rich talks about his work uncovering the history of Brattleboro’s first peoples and reconnecting modern peoples to that heritage.

Chain Reactions

by spinoza | History

135-65 Million years ago, shallow seas covered much of what would later be constellated as the Southern States.  More specifically, the ancient North American coastline corresponded with what is now termed the Mississippi Delta. As a result, the soil there, in a fairly narrow crescent, was particularly fertile due to the deposits of chalk and other alkaline elements. So fertile, in fact, that cotton production flourished to a greater degree there than anywhere else on the planet. 

Act 46 Study Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

ACT 46 STUDY COMMITTEE

Representing the Brattleboro Town School District, Dummerston Town School District,
Guilford Town School District, Putney Town School District and the Vernon Town School District
http://www.wssu.k12.vt.us

NOTICE OF MEETING

The Act 46 Study Committee will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the Putney Central School.

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Alice Laughlin, Committee Chair

II. REVIEW, PRIORITIZE AND ESTABLISH DESIRED OUTCOMES FOR MEETING BY CHAIRPERSON.

Know It All, Or Just Part?

by cgrotke | Philosophy

Would it be better to have a supercomputer loaded with all the world’s knowledge, or just the “good” knowledge?

An immensely powerful AI engine could be loaded with everything we know, good or bad. It can know about love, puppies, and flowers. It can be told about torture and abuse. Those programming it can set a direction.

Would it be better to go forth relying on something that knows evil, or should evil be programmed out of the AI system?

BCTV Schedules For Week of 10/24/16

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 10/24/16

Monday, October 24, 2016

12:15 am Sothern Vermont Idol: Week 3

2:30 am Kellogg Hubbard Library: Dan Kittredge – The Solution is in the Soil

4:25 am 20-20 – Insights into Vision Loss

5:00 am GMMT: Friday News Show

5:30 am VINS – Neotropical Migrant Birds

Hans U. Hielscher at First Baptist Church

by reginaldwam3 | Music

World renowned organist returns to Brattleboro to support the Estey Organ Museum. Hans presented a recital on the magnificent Estey pipe organ at First Baptist Church, Brattleboro, Vermont, on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

 

Weekend Creativity Series – Halloween Props

by cgrotke | Creative

Brattleboro kids do a great job with Halloween. Impressive amounts of creative work go into choosing and making costumes. Maybe adults in town can up the ante with a bit more Halloween prop making.

YouTube is filled with videos on makeup, costumes, haunted mansions and so forth. I’ve chosen this one as it gives a good overview of some easy tombstones, which seem essential for any Halloween haunted graveyard.

This Week in Brattleboro History – First Peoples, Part I

by reginaldwam3 | History

Early Vermont histories portrayed this area’s aboriginal peoples as transients who occasionally passed through southern Vermont, en route to and from Northern New York and Canada, but were ultimately not residents of the area and therefor had little claim on these lands.

In this podcast Joe Rivers and his intrepid band of middle school historians show that those early Vermont histories were very much mistaken.

BUHS #6 and Vernon School Boards Separation Agreement Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Education

BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wssu.k12.vt.us

NOTICE OF MEETING

The BUHS District #6 Board of Directors will hold a joint meeting with the Vernon Town School Board at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 24 at the Vernon Elementary School. Purpose: BUHS #6 / Vernon Separation Agreement.