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• St. Johnsbury School Wins “Most Improved” Wellness Award
  ST. JOHNSBURY – St. Johnsbury School’s swim and gym after-school program, created by its Healthy Schools Team, started with 63 students and is expected to grow to as many as 300 students by the end of 2013. The program was initially offered as a pilot program for 5th graders, but students talk to each other and, by popular demand, the school now offers the program to all students in grades 1-8.
• State Board of Education Elects Officers
  Gov. Shumlin joined the State Board of Education’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 26th at the Vermont College of Fine Arts to welcome the recently appointed Board members, and to congratulate the newly elected board chair and two co-vice chairs.
• First Lady Michelle Obama and School Children to Plant Fifth Annual White House Kitchen Garden
  Mrs. Obama will be joined by children from schools that have made exceptional improvements to school lunches from Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont