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Mid-Vermont Christian School Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction This Saturday

The Mid-Vermont Christian School is having its annual silent auction with dinner fundraising event this Saturday at the Firestone Inn in West Lebanon, NH. Dinner typically includes your choice of beef, chicken, seafood or vegetarian entrée.  The large banquet room at the Firestone Inn will be set up with large auction tables covered in a …

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Mid-Vermont Girls Team Headed to Championship Despite Legal Battles

The beleaguered girls’ varsity basketball team from Mid-Vermont Christian School in Quechee, VT, is headed to the New England Association of Christian Schools Championship game.  This is a year after they made international headlines for taking a principled stand against playing a school boasting a biological male athlete, identifying as “trans,” standing nearly 6’3” tall.

Vermont Principal’s Association Not Interested In Actual Diversity

The Vermont Principal’s Association handed Mid Vermont Christian School a school wide disqualification from all VPA sponsored events on Monday.  This decision was made by the board “unanimously” 15-0 after allowing their “stakeholders” to comment VPA assistant executive director Lauren Thomas told the Valley News. I reached out to the VPA directly yesterday to offer my …

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MVCS Girls Stand Goes Viral On Twitter

Twitter may not be for everyone. At its core, it is a platform made for short tempers, short ideas, and short language. On a good day, it is full of tribalism with black-and-white narratives and political pontificating. At its worst?

"Moses Jean-Pierre at Plymouth State."

Moses and Basketball’s “Promised Land”

A social media devotee, I recently saw a Facebook post from Kigali, Rwanda, authored by former Plymouth State basketball star Moses Jean-Pierre. He was there doing work for the NBA-Africa hoop league—of all things and of all places.