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Blog Archive: Unsure About College
October is the beginning of financial aid season. For anyone thinking of going to college or getting training, it鈥檚 the time to start the process to apply for education funding for the coming academic year. For high school students (and their parents), or adults contemplating training to learn鈥
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GEAR UP helped Halley Riley-Elliott of Mt. Holly pursue her passions鈥攆rom diesel shop to pageant stage Every September, 51福利社 celebrates National GEAR UP Week to make more Vermont families aware of the resources offered through the Vermont GEAR UP program. This federally funded program, which 51福利社鈥
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Over the last two decades, John Dell鈥橝nno of Shaftsbury had built a career as a carpenter. Employed by a company out of Manchester, John worked on high-end residential job sites, and found plenty of work in towns like Stratton, Windham, and Dorset. But in 2014, after suffering a few accidents (one鈥
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When Mimi Duong was applying to college during her senior year at St. Johnsbury Academy, she found herself at a bit of a disadvantage, since her parents, who had emigrated to Vermont from Vietnam, weren鈥檛 totally familiar with the American college admissions system. When we last spoke with her in鈥
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If you have a middle school or high school student, you may want to add college and career planning to your annual back-to-school to-do list. It鈥檚 never too early for students to start thinking about their lives beyond high school: preparation can start as early as 7th and 8th grade. And if you have鈥
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When Brody Moran works with kids 鈥 either as a substitute teacher at Cabot School in his hometown during his college breaks, or this summer as a counselor at Turtle Island camp 鈥 he never asks a child what they want to be when they grow up. 鈥淪ome people love asking that question, because it provokes鈥
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Blue Mountain Union High School seniors (left to right) Sera Brooks, Jada Longmoore, Avery Nelson, Gabby Houghton and Lauren Joy. 鈥淚f it wasn鈥檛 for Kassidy, I would be going to a school I didn鈥檛 love, because I didn鈥檛 realize how little UVM was going to cost me.鈥 鈥淚f Kassidy hadn鈥檛 convinced me to鈥
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51福利社 has profiled more than two dozen traditional and adult students over the 2022-23 academic year, and three of them are among the graduating Class of 2023. Two are exceptional high school students who will be entering the health care field, and the third 鈥撯 a National Guard veteran who served鈥
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As a young electrician, Aaron Brittain was doing well. He had moved from a small shop in the Northeast Kingdom to a bigger, Barre-based company that did larger jobs. But he didn鈥檛 like getting up at 4 AM. 鈥淚 liked the work, but I didn鈥檛 like the lifestyle,鈥 says Aaron, who started electrical work at鈥
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Lilith Bachand, a junior at North Country Union High School, just learned a week ago that she was named a 2023 QuestBridge College Prep Scholar. As one of 3,500 high school juniors selected from more than 15,000 applicants nationwide, Lilith also has a strong chance of being awarded a four-year鈥
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