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Ivy Everson, a student at the White River School in White River Junction, submitted the winning artwork and written story for Grade 3 in the 2025 Growing Works of Art contest, sponsored by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program. (photo courtesy of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program) -
Ivy Everson, a student at the White River School in White River Junction, submitted the winning artwork and written story for Grade 3 in the 2025 Growing Works of Art contest. Her story: “C is for Cherry Tree: Cherry trees require the winter cold in order to blossom in spring. You can also eat blossoms of the cherry trees. Some people think cherry blossoms are pink but cherry blossoms can be white too.” (photo courtesy of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program)
The following Upper Valley residents graduated from Kimball Union Academy in May: Leo Turek Barta, Thetford Center; Isobel Bent, Lebanon; Declan Brandis, Lebanon; Lindie Grace Brinkman, Croydon; Alexandra Chloe Carnehammar, Woodstock; Nathan Lawrence Clay, White River Junction; Hunter Samuel Crowell, New London; Norwood Howe Davis, Norwich; Hannah Jackson French, Norwich; Charles Fitzgerald Hamner, Norwich; Alexander Hoyt, Tunbridge; Sebastian Jacob Keen, Meriden; Hadley Anderson Masson, Hanover; Sylvia Mae McClure, Meriden; Liam Evan Moran, Grantham; Horace Simpson Morel, Barnard; Simon Peter Nowlan, Grantham; Ian Lind Press, Hanover; Angus McKinney Spence, Lyme; Henry Eric Steffen, Hanover; Zoie Elizabeth Stevens, Claremont; Ian Comai Surgenor, Meriden; Mark Jerrold van der Schoot, Woodstock; Patrick Healy Vollmann, Weathersfield; and Michael Jack Archie Winham, Meriden.
White River School third grader Ivy Everson, of White River Junction, won the top prize for her grade level in the Growing Works of Art contest, an annual contest sponsored by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program, a partnership between UVM Extension and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
Woodstock Union High School senior Myra McNaughton was awarded the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Good Citizen award by the White River Junction-based Thomas Chittenden NSDAR chapter. Woodstock High faculty selected McNaughton for the award, which is given to one student who exemplifies dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.
Claire Grigsby, of White River Junction, earned bachelor’s degrees in graphic design and studio art with honors from High Point University in High Point, N.C., this May.
Georgia Winn, of Quechee, was inducted into Emerson College’s Gold Key Honor Society in Boston.
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