Junior Iron Chef Mise En Place Award
I had the pleasure of accompanying these wonderful and talented students to the 12th Annual Vermont Junior Iron Chef
Competition at the Champlain Valley Expo, in Essex Junction on Saturday, March 16th.
Mykah Meizis, Teagan Powling and Savannah Lawley represented themselves and their school with grace, poise, and talent.
In a field of 30 school teams, they were selected to receive a well-deserved Mise En Place Award, for their "attention to keeping their work station clean" and "very well organized", "impressive team focus", "very good communication", and "great knife skills."
Several judges spoke to the students individually and one sent an email expressing (to me) to congratulate them on a job well done! Thank you to these exceptional students!
You made me and the school community proud!
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Pullman Car Hiawatha Returns
On Saturday, March 16, our theatre students competed in the VT Drama Festival at St Johnsbury Academy! It was a long and incredible day filled with brilliant theatre and excellent feedback! We received a Merit award for “Theatrical Style” for our show “Pullman Car Hiawatha”!
We also received four acting awards which were given to Fairen Stark, Kiki Pena, Peter Broussard and Spencer Butynski! Fairen has also been selected as part of the “all star cast” and will attend the All State Festival in April!
I couldn’t be more proud of these students who were so incredible, professional and respectful.
Many told us how impressed they were with our production and how cohesive our show was too!
We started out our day at 6:30am and arrived back around 12:30am!
With pride,
Jessa
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CVL Girls Basketball Champion
Congratulations to the Girls 8th grade team for winning the 2018-19 Connecticut Valley Junior High League Tournament.
Conall Halvey - National Leadership Forum
Leland & Gray 11th grade student leader and West River Valley Thrives Advisory Board Member, Conall Halvey, attended the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Leadership Forum from February 4-7, 2019. He was among 12 youth and 19 adults representing 10 coalitions, social service agencies, school representatives, and healthcare agencies from around the state. 36 states, U.S. territories, several countries, and over 3,000 people were in attendance at this annual event, the largest of its kind focusing on substance use education and prevention issues.
On February 6, the Vermont delegation attended the annual Capitol Hill Day, where substance use education and prevention coalitions from across the nation met with their respective Senators and Congresspersons. Conall made presentations to Congressman Peter Welch, Senator Patrick Leahy, and the staff of Senator Bernie Sanders. You may watch the full video of Conall's presentation to Senator Leahy on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pht-ToGph1k) or on the home page of West River Valley Thrives at wrvthrives.com.
Vermont's Congressional Delegation listens and understands the issues, challenges, and successes of the work of the prevention coalitions, community groups, social service agencies, and many other partners in our state. Not only that, they strongly support the funding that helps make the local work these organizations do in our communities in substance use education and prevention possible! They were also invited to our state to see first-hand the work that is being done, the successes that have been achieved, and the challenges we continue to face. It takes a whole community approach to make and keep our youth, community members, and towns healthy! Thank you, Conall, for your contributions, enthusiasm, insights, thoughtfulness, and dedication to supporting your peers and dedicating yourself to all you do for your family, friends, school, and community!
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