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Blog Archive: Exploring Career Options
If you go for a weekend haircut or color at Supercuts in Williston, there鈥檚 a chance your stylist might be 19-year-old Sunita Bhujel, who talks brightly about her cosmetology training at the high school tech center, her first haircuts practiced on family members and her excitement about her upcoming鈥
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On a bright Tuesday morning in early October, more than 400 middle school students descended on the Northern Vermont University (NVU) Lyndon campus for 深夜福利鈥檚 Kingdom Career Connect. Outside in the parking lot, one group tested out the levers in a plow truck, while others tried their hand at鈥
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Almost exactly four years ago, 深夜福利 first reported on Will Eberle, who overcame homelessness and addiction and went from high-school dropout to master鈥檚-degree student, through equal parts personal determination and community support. But Eberle is quick to say that his success is no Horatio Alger鈥
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- If you weren鈥檛 part of the 2022 graduating class at SUNY-Plattsburgh, or if you didn鈥檛 have a family member who was, you missed an excellent graduation speech by senior Aquilas Lokossou, a psychology honors student from Burlington. The speech, which focused on the themes of change鈥
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September is National College Savings Month, highlighting the importance saving now to prepare for future education opportunities for your children (and grandkids). Whether your loved one is an infant or just starting school, or a preteen or teen heading into a new grade 鈥 or even already in high鈥
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You鈥檒l usually find Brent Chitambar underneath a well-worn Carhartt cap. The soft-spoken 14-year-old has spent a lot of his childhood on his grandfather鈥檚 dairy farm in Newport Center, and farming has always been the only thing Brent has ever wanted to do when he grows up. In these respects, Brent鈥
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This fall, the freshman class at SUNY-Cortland will have a nationally-ranked track star in their midst. Isaiah Brunache of Bennington placed fifth in the nation this summer for high school shot-put, and just before graduating from Mt. Anthony Union High School this spring, he took home the D1鈥
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BryAnna Goslant became interested in criminal justice when she was recovering from extensive hip surgery her sophomore year in high school. 鈥淚 was on bed rest for six weeks, and I had lots of time to watch crime shows,鈥 she laughs. BryAnna鈥檚 favorite crime drama was 鈥淣CIS,鈥 and she particularly鈥
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We know that math skills are a prerequisite for college and career success, but Vermont鈥檚 high school students are struggling to gain proficiency. A new course is taking a different approach to solidifying important math concepts for high school seniors who may have struggled with traditional math鈥
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When Mikayla Powell was born, her parents were still kids themselves. 鈥淢y mom and dad were just teenagers. There are pictures from their high school graduation with me in it,鈥 she says. 鈥淕rowing up, we were fairly poor,鈥 she recalls. Particularly after her parents split up when she was in middle鈥
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