By Sean Robinson Discussions about public education frequently default to workforce preparation and standardized academic outcomes. While career readiness is an essential responsibility, rural schools serve functions that extend far beyond classroom instruction. Across the Upper Valley, schools operate as primary civic institutions. They generate local social capital, provide shared space where residents across generations interact, and serve as central anchors for community stability and...

We’re excited to celebrate one of UVTPC’s organizational partners, rePlay Arts, whose community-created artwork Fabric of Community has been selected for a national exhibition in Washington, D.C.! The mixed-media piece grew out of a simple but powerful invitation: create a quilt square in response to the prompt “My Hope for America is…” Throughout the spring and summer, members of Zack’s Place, local artists, rePlay Arts visitors, and other community members contributed squares using a wide...

By Alyssa Castellini, 3rd Grade/STEM Teacher, and Jacquelyn Thomason, Pre-K Teacher, Woodstock Elementary School We teach at opposite ends of the building, one of us with three- and four-year-olds, the other with third graders, but this year our two classes ended up sharing one story. It starts on a hillside on Mount Peg, where our preschoolers hike every Friday for what they call Forest Fridays. Their favorite thing to do up there, without question, is slide down the hill on their backsides....