THEO SPENCER SPINS around a loop of fabric hanging from the Vergennes Union Middle School gym rafters during a demonstration of his circus skills Monday. Spencer, a 2006 graduate of VUHS, is studying acrobatics in Argentina.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
VERGENNES — A few lucky students at Vergennes Union High School laid down their pencils and math books on Monday for a special assembly in the middle school gym.
Theo Spencer, a 2006 graduate of the school, returned to his alma mater to take students down the path that led him from a state champion track star at VUHS to an acrobat studying circus art at the University of San Marcos in Argentina.
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