Hannaford Career Center

We had a successful Open House on February 11th, with well over 200 people visiting. The energy was high as you walked about the buildings, and there was something interesting to see wherever you went.  The food was delicious, prepared by our Culinary Arts students and served by our Addison Repertory Theater students.

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On Tuesday, October 21, 2009 the Arts & Humanities Academy at the Hannaford Career Center had a special guest speaker: Ashley Wolff.  Ashley, a 1974 graduate of Middlebury Union High School, is an artist who has illustrated sixty children’s books.  She is best known for Miss Bindergarten’s Kindergarten and the Stella and Roy series.

Wolff graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has lived in San Francisco for the last several years.  While she doesn’t anticipate moving back to Vermont, she did share with the students that Vermont is in her bones. Vermont scenes appear in many of her books.

Wolff uses many different styles of illustration, including lino cut, faux lino cut, watercolor, collage, and pastels.  She had a lot of advice for would-be free-lance artists: have a tough skin because you will experience rejection and you need to be willing to try again, be ambitious (always have your portfolio handy) but be humble as well and willing to do grunt work, meet deadlines.

The illustrator of Baby Beluga had three words for the students on being successful as an artist: patience, persistence, and practice.

Ashley Wolff was invited to speak by former MUHS classmate and current A.R.T. program instructor, Steve Small.

Every program at the Hannaford Career Center participated in the United Way’s Days of Caring on Thursday, September 17, 2009.   Students fanned out across Addison County working on a variety of projects from landscaping to painting to general cleaning.  The Culinary Arts program participated by preparing lunches for all of the students, which were delivered to their respective worksites.  The day of community service was a positive experience for all!

On Thursday, June 4th, Hannaford Career Center celebrated seventy-three students’ successful completion of their programs.   Tyler Steady, a student who holds the distinction of completing not one but two Career Center programs, was the emcee.  The keynote address was given by Dr. Breena Holmes, MD.   Afterwards, individual  instructors handed certificates to their completers. 

Director Lynn Coale handed out the Outstanding Completer certificates, aided by Guidance Coordinator, Marie Eddy.  This was followed by the awarding of scholarships, recognition of seniors and recognition of retiring faculty.

A big thank-you to our scholarship donors: Addison County Chamber of Commerce, County Tire Inc., Vermont Student Assistance Corp., the family of George Foster Sr., The family of Charles M. Rowe, the family of Judith Sinnock, G. Stone Motors/G. Stone Commercial Division, and the Middlebury Education Association.

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Rosen and Greenewalt at the medaling ceremony.

Three Hannaford Career Center students medaled at this year’s SkillsUSA Competition on April 9th in Burlington.

Engineering/Architectural Drafting students, Joshua Rosen and Gavin Greenewalt won first-place and second-place medals, respectively, in this year’s Engineering competition.  The 5-hour test included computer modeling, dimensioned working drawings, a written test and hand sketches.

Cole Goyette, a student in our Diesel Power Technology program, won a silver medal in the Diesel competition.

The cast of Alice in Wonderland

A.R.T. will perform its version of Alice in Wonderland on April 9, 10, and 11.   For ticket information, call 382-1036.