“Some of the News That’s Fit to Print”
May 21, 2012
The VA Voice Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont 05154 “Discere verba et opera Dei”
National Honor Society Returns to VA
By: Mike Reilly On Friday, Vermont Academy held an awards ceremony to honor nine members of the community who were admitted into Vermont Academy’s very own chapter of the National Honor Society. Vermont Academy was originally given its National Honors Society charter in 2005, but more recently the society has remained inactive. This was the first year in many years that new students were inducted into the society. The ceremony was set up in traditional National Honor Societyfashion. Mrs. Parkhurst began by talking about what honor meant to her. After her wonderful interpretation of the definition of honor, Mr. Krahn, Mrs. Schilling, Mr. Mayhew, and Mrs. Perkins also gave their own spin on the different values that the National Honors Society represents. Five candles were lit to symbolize honor, leadership, knowledge, service, and scholarship. The students repeated the code and signed a book. This was followed by individual photos with Mr. Brennan to commemorate the occasion. Overall it was a great ceremony which showed that Vermont Academy has many dedicated students willing to go above and beyond to achive.
Volume 16, Issue 3
IN THE MARGIN Facebook: Public Stock Offering Facebook issued its initial public stock offering on Thursday, and said it rasied an astonishing $16 billion. Stocks from the social media company traded at an initial value of $34 per share. Shifting Demographics in US The US census announced that for the first time in American history, more minority children were born than white children. This is partly due to the surge in the American hispanic population. Greek Election Proves Failure The May 6th election in Greece further fragmented the political atmosphere in the country. Deep European austerity measures have caused divides amongst the Greek public. These austerity measures continue to drag down the Greek economy. This dissatisfaction has lead to the gaining prominance of the Syriza party that opposes austerity. Greece continues to pose significant problems for the economic and political stability of the European Union.