Dover School

River Valleys to give voters final say on roof

DOVER - River Valleys Unified School District held their meeting at The Dover School on Monday, March 18. Items on the agenda were adopting a warning for the district meeting and brainstorming ways to finance a replacement for The Dover School’s roof.
Laurie Garland, business manager of...

River Valleys district look at budgets, building may need new roof

DOVER - At the River Valleys Unified School District board’s meeting Monday, January 29, the board discussed their budget for fiscal year 2025 but won’t finalize it until later this year.
Laurie Garland, business manager of Windham Central Supervisory Union, began the meeting by talking...

Police name suspect in school break-ins, search continues

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Police are moving closer to an arrest in a spate of school burglaries and attempted school burglaries around southern Vermont and Massachusetts.
In an email that was included in an update to the Twin Valley Elementary School community last week, Vermont State Police...

The Dover School sixth grade class holds a check from the Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley. In the back left is teacher Tracey Gamache. Next to her are Rotarians Crista Gannon and Diane McCormick, both wearing yellow shirts

Rotary gives $3,000 grant

DOVER - On Friday, June 10, the Rotary Club of the Deerfield Valley presented a match grant to the Dover School in support of a project by the sixth grade class for $1,500. The students, under the guidance of their teacher Tracey Gamache, created a fundraising program called “Deerfield Valley...

Teddy Bear Teas to be in person

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Open house events, called Teddy Bear Teas, will be happening at many area elementary schools this spring. The Teddy Bear Teas are for families with children ages 0 to 5. The purpose of the teas is for children and their families to get connected with their community school,...

Left to right: Violet Kelly, May Oakley, Isabelle Guminak, Hayden Bartel, and Blake Scheer. Photo by Tyler Lederer

Dover School sixth grade bake sale a success

DOVER - Dover School sixth graders raised $1,909.76 on Saturday at the 7-Eleven in West Dover as part of a bake sale and raffle fundraiser.
Goods like marshmallows and brownies were available by donation. Those interested could also enter a 50/50 raffle. The funds were raised for the sixth...

Violet Kelly, left, and Mae Oakley are co-presidents of the Dover Student Council.

Dover School holds penny drive

DOVER - Over the past few weeks, the Dover School had a penny drive to raise money for the Giving Tree and the Deerfield Valley Food Pantry. Since December is the season of giving, the sixth-grade and the student council organized this fundraiser to give back to the community. Many people...

Peace on earth

DOVER - Blake Scheer, of Dover Elementary School, is the local first-prize winner of this year’s Lions’ annual International Peace Poster Contest, sponsored in the region by the Deerfield Valley Lions Club. This year’s theme was “We Are All Connected.” Violet Kelly and Camryn Ammon won second and...

Save your Halloween candy

DOVER - The fifth grade class at the Dover School, an International Baccalaureate school, is participating in Operation Gratitude’s annual Halloween Candy Give Back program. Last year more than 93,000 pounds of candy in care packages were delivered to military and first responders. The class is...

In emergency meeting, board buys air purifiers for classrooms

WARDSBORO - At an emergency meeting held on Zoom Friday morning, the River Valleys Unified Union School District Board voted to expend $14,700 on air purifiers for each classroom in the district’s two schools, Wardsboro Elementary and the Dover School. The expenditure comes after lengthy...