COLLEGE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION "COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID"

11/7/12: 6pm-8pm.  FREE!  College Roundtable Discussion "College Financial Aid".  Free Admission and open to all Rutland area parents and students.  Join Michael McLaughlin, Director of Financial Aid Operations at Middlebury College, Ralph Musella, President of VT College Admissions and Todd Fothergill, President, Strategies for College to learn about how to apply for aid and pay for college.  *The MSJ class of 2012 of 24 graduates received a total of $1,295,850 in college scholarships.  The event will be moderated by John Valente ('84).  Please RSVP to Keturah Tallon, Guidance Director, at ktallon@msjvermont.org.

MSJ has been notified that it is the recipient of a Small and Inspiring Grant. This project is new to the Rutland area as well as the MSJ Community, and will support Diversity and Equity professional development among our teachers, administrators and staff. Our goal is to position MSJ to be a leader in the Rutland Community in the area of bias reduction. We believe this will lead to not only bias reduction, but a larger ranging collaboration with local community leaders both in the public sector and within the greater Rutland community.

CORPORATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
MSJ is in its second year of its work-study Corporate Internship Program designed to benefit students, MSJ and the Rutland Community. Through this program, MSJ continues to build on its long tradition of meeting the needs of both the students it serves and of the local community. The CIP partners students with corporations and agencies in the Rutland area to provide qualified students with the added experience of working in a stimulating environment.  The goals of the MSJ CIP include providing a meaningful work-study experience; integrating college preparatory academic work into the experience of work; partnering with the Rutland corporate community; enhancing MSJ's presence in the local community; and increasing MSJ scholarship funds. If your business is interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact the development office or Keturah Tallon, the MSJ Guidance Counselor and Faculty Coordinator of CIP, or Frank Trombetta, the Business Community Liaison.   

FALL SPORTS UPDATE
MVL Champs! The Mountie women's cross-country team won the Marble Valley League for Division C! Those named All-MVL included Megan Blais and Abigail Miglorie from the women's team, and Sebastien Smith from the men's team. The MSJ cross-country team is coached by Tim Jones. Congrats! 

MEET THE FACULTY AND STAFF  

MSJ French Teacher

Denise Rainville holds a BA in French from the State University of New York at Oswego and a BS in Education from the University of Vermont.  Her teaching license is endorsed in Bilingual Education and French.  She earned a TESOL certificate through the School for International Training.  Denise established the French program at the Rutland Area Christian School, has taught at Rutland High School, Stafford Technical School night courses, Killington Mountain School and has done private tutoring in French and ESL.  She homeschooled her four children up to various levels of high school and taught English as a Second Language for a month in Poland.  She has vacationed in southern France and Paris previously, but her most recent travel adventures have included a missions trip to Brazil in 2010 and to Argentina in 2012.  Welcome Denise!