In March, two MVSD teams competed in the statewide Jr. Iron Chef competition in Essex, and a Swanton Elementary team took on the Destination Imagination challenge in Barre. At MVU, the CATALYST Future Readiness Center welcomed photographer Kaya Pariseau as its fourth guest speaker of the year. Highgate's Actors' Theater is preparing for its end-of-year Spotlight performance and will be featured in a Vermont Afterschool social-emotional learning video series. Looking ahead, summer program registration is on hold pending the outcome of the budget vote, while Leadership Liaison Audrey Barnier and After School Director Beth Ann Miller are meeting with eight local businesses to arrange summer internship placements — with a student and family meet-and-greet scheduled for April 30th.