The Barre Unified Union School District Board is pleased to announce that Superintendent JoAn Canning has been reappointed for the 2025-2026 school year, with an option for contract renewal in January 2026. Please join us in celebrating this continued partnership!

Click here for the full press release.

At the SHS Girls Varsity Basketball game last night, the Wilmott family was presented with commemorative SHS team chairs outfitted in honor of Al Wilmott (1969 SHS graduate).

Join us tonight at the BOR for double header hockey games at 5:15pm and 7:15pm! Soup, rolls, and goodies will be available. All Nights of Hope proceeds go to the Al and Peg Wilmott Scholarship Fund. We hope to see you there!

Spaulding High School will participate in the Winooski Valley Region & Statewide Public School Choice Collaborative for the 2025-2026 school year. Through this program, students may apply to a high school other than the one in their school district at no cost. Applications can be picked up in the Spaulding High School Counseling Office or by calling/emailing Lora Gaudreault in the School Counseling Office at 802-476-4811 ext. 1123 or lgaudshs@buusd.org.

Completed applications must be returned to Lora no later than Noon Friday, February 24, 2025.

Applications may be hand delivered or mailed to:

Spaulding High School Counseling Office
Attn: Lora Gaudreault
155 Ayers Street Suite 1
Barre, Vermont 05641

Or sent electronically to lgaudshs@buusd.org. 

The Senior Portrait Link is now live for you, your parent/guardian, or photographer to upload your Senior Portrait to the program.

Click on the link provided https://photos.jostens.com/BK78L8

[ ] For I am, a drop down menu will appear - giving you the option of student, parent, or photographer

[ ] Make sure to record your legal name as if it would appear on a document, using a capital letter for the first letter in your name  (example: Jane Doe)

[ ] For grade, note 12th grade

[ ] For email address, use your School Email address (this is meant for us to contact you in regards to any issues with your submission)

[ ] Messaging will be sent for verification, so you then can attach your Senior Portrait as a jpg.

If you need additional assistance, feel free to pop by LaFran's room in 206.

Tide NATION, let's continue to create a wave of pink in the stands, along with pink sticky notes that will be provided at the games for fans/family to share out, along with at Spaulding

Tide Nation, we challenge YOU! Show up in pink and support our WINTER ATHLETE's cause in FIGHTING cancer on Wednesday, February 14th | Thursday, February 15th | Friday, February 16th | Saturday, February 17th, especially OUR SENIORS.

Please note that all proceeds from admissions tickets will go to their cause of FIGHTING cancer. 

This short video helps explain how education taxes are calculated.

This short video helps to explain and give background about the terms that are used when calculating education taxes.

The SHS Webpage has recently been updated for the new upcoming school year to reflect the new bell schedules and staff as well as the Student Handbook. You can check out the newly updated pages here:

SHS Staff Directory

New Bell Schedules

SHS Student Handbook

8/30: New Student Orientation Day

8/31: First Day of School for All Students

Our students and school community were honored to participate in this year's Memorial Day Parade this past Tuesday, and it was a powerful learning experience for all.  I had a chance to connect with BTMES, BCEMS, and SHS marching bands to hear their thoughts on participating in the ceremony, and we also go to catch up with the SHS J.R.O.T.C. program.

Command Sgt. Major Arianna Little (Junior, SHS) said it best:  "It's so important to honor those that have served our country and to show our patriotism."  Indeed it is, and all of our students respectfully honored our veterans on this perfect day for a parade!  Many thanks to our Band Directors Bobby Booth (SHS), Ally Tarwater (BTMES), and Angela Garcelon (BCEMS) for providing this opportunity for our students to shine on such an important day.  And of course, thank you to SHS J.R.O.T.C. Instructors Sgt. Danny Boone and Lt. Colonel Paul Stafford for leading our efforts in having our students be such an integral part of these events that honor our veterans.  It was a day to be truly proud of our school community!

SHS Step UP Night For  Incoming Freshmen and new students will be Thursday June 1, 2023, 5:30-7:20 pm. 

We had a great visit with the SHS Interact Club yesterday, and I can promise that you will be impressed with the leadership skills of these Tide students!  Club Advisor and SHS Flexible Pathways Coordinator Margo Austin joined us with four of her club officers to talk about a "Tree Plenish" project they are conducting for the second year in a row.

For this week's School Showcase, we honor and celebrate our SHS Winter Sports teams.  What a fun and incredibly successful season this has been!  I will let you watch and listen to the team captains in the showcase below to hear all of the highlights instead of sharing them here, but many of our teams and athletes are among the top in the state.

Last night we attended the Varsity Boys Basketball game against Hazen and spoke with four students to hear their thoughts on the past two weeks and how proud they are of their community for stepping up and showing their support.