Photos:

Photo 1: Circus fun with Upper Valley Circus Camp!

Photo 2: Craig Floyd, Co-Founder/ President of Restore Education After Disasters

(www.READ.ngo) dropping off backpacks to First Branch. First Branch has accepted the role to be a central site for students and families to pick up materials for the school year in Central Vermont. Many thanks to Mr. Rivers for supporting this effort with our 5th-8th grade students. If you or anyone you know needs school supplies please reach out to Mr. Rivers or Mindy.

Photo 3: More Circus fun with Upper Valley Circus Camp and Coach Skip!

First Branch News!

Hello First Branch,

Our campuses have been humming! our Friday News is back! Please review our first communication for the 2023-2024 school year.

Janet Cash

Principal, First Branch Unified District

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Instagram: @first_branch

2023-2024 WRVSU Calendar

Reminders from Summer 2023:

June 21st-Mid August: TCS building and grounds are closed to faculty, students, and the public due to construction.

Aug 7-11- First Branch Unified District Community Camp

Child Nutrition Program at the AOE 

This is a request from the Child Nutrition Program at the Agency of Education to include in your end of year communications to families:   

All students at our school will be receiving the Summer P-EBT benefit of $120 which can be spent on food at the grocery store, farmers markets, and some convenience stores and online retailers.

• If your family has previously received a P-EBT benefit or receives 3SquaresVT, the summer benefit will be added to your existing card in late July or early August. If you have lost or thrown away your card, please call 1‐800‐479‐6151, option 7 for a replacement card.
• If you have never received a P-EBT benefit for any children in your household, you will be mailed a new card in late July or early August. You will be mailed instructions for activating the new card in a separate letter. These instructions include a 9-digit number that you will need to use instead of your social security number when you activate the card or when you call the call center. It is not a real social security number. To activate the card, enter the last four digits of the number in the letter when you are asked for the last four digits of your social security number. You will also need to enter the date of birth of your oldest child listed in the letter using 8 digits in a MM/DD/YYYY format. Please look for the letter in the mail and do not throw it away. Both the card and the letter will be mailed by the Vermont Department of Children and Families.

If your address changes over the summer, please call 1‐800‐479‐6151, option 7 to update your address.

All students at our school are entitled to receive this benefit. If you do not wish to use your benefit to buy food for your own family, we encourage you to use it to buy food for a local food pantry. Benefits that are not used will be sent back to the federal government. You may not give your card to anyone else, but you may buy food for others with the card.

If you have more questions about P-EBT, please visit the P-EBT website.

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Tunbridge Fair will be here before you know it. Please save the date of 9/14 for Education day! We need chaperones and we would love you have parent/guardians/friends of family commit early. We need you to fill out the 2023-2024 Vermont Criminal Information Form and share a copy of your license with our main office.

Chelsea Farmers Market Info