MEMBERS OF A VUHS art class taught by Lean Hammond pose with a banner they created for the United Nations Day of Peace; Hammond is at the far right. Students, school employees and community members were invited to sign the banner at the conclusion of the school-wide assembly on the school lawn. Photo courtesy of Kristine Kirkaldy.
VERGENNES — On Sept. 21, Vergennes Union High School students, staff members and some area residents for the eighth time celebrated the United Nations Day of Peace, which the U.N. designated in 2001 to be on Sept. 21 every year.
For the past eight years, VUHS students — with the approval and support of the school’s administration — have organized a school-wide assembly on the school’s front lawn to support peace around the world, in their communities, at the school and in their lives.
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