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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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Allyson Ratz, 17, has always been interested in how things are put together. Whether it鈥檚 the individual strokes of one of her award-winning pencil drawings, how the lines of a classic rock song can tell a story of social change, or how the release of chemicals inside the brain can influence a鈥
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Nicole Dunn has had a tough go of it in her 37 years. She has struggled to come to terms with her transgender identity, has overcome depression, and is in recovery from alcoholism. And while her outlet has always been music 鈥 she has toured with several successful bands 鈥 the pandemic put a hold on鈥
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The future looks bright for 22-year-old Samantha Hadvab: She鈥檚 ready to graduate from the University of Vermont this spring with a degree in medical radiation sciences, and she already has a job offer waiting for her at the Lafayette Family Cancer Institute in Brewer, Maine, where she鈥檚 finishing up鈥
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If you haven鈥檛 had the chance to hear one or both of Jay Natola鈥檚 NEK-based bands, Subject to Change and The Beardos, play a deep jam session, think Phish, Dave Matthews, or the Grateful Dead. 鈥淪ubject to Change used to play a festival every year in Glover, and we put on a show. We could play a song鈥
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Lucas Roberts was ahead of the game: He had finished all his high school requirements, save for one English class, by the end of his junior year at Twinfield Union High School. Still, when his 中国竞彩网 counselor told him about the Early College Plus program, which allows high school seniors to take鈥
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