Girls on the Run Vermont seeks coaches to help lead spring program vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Vermont’s public schools started providing free meals for all students during the pandemic. Last spring, the Vermont legislature created the Universal School Meals Program and funded it for this school year. Lawmakers now have a chance to make that change permanent. It would help everyone involved in the system — parents, students, administrators, food service staff and local farmers. (Paid Post)
Artwork of Kalib Burbank, First Place in the Grade 7 Division, Sharon Academy Burlington - The 2021 Growing Works of Art contest attracted a record 225 entries from 16 schools and 11 homeschool families. The theme of this year s contest was Healthy Trees, Healthy Lives. Students were asked to create a drawing and written story to share how trees impact our health and our communities. The contest is sponsored annually by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program in partnership with University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Entries were judged on originality and creativity (50 percent) and how well the students told their tree story (50 percent).