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Woodstock public schools
Monday: Baked potatoes with cheese, broccoli, fruit. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage, hash browns, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken tenders, rice, carrots, fruit. Thursday - half day: Grilled cheese sandwiches, celery sticks, fruit. Friday - half day: Pizza, beans, fruit.
Putnam Elementary/Middle
Monday: Chicken tenders, gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli. Tuesday: Hot dogs, baked beans. Wednesday: Fiesta Taco Bowls, Spanish rice, corn. Thursday: Putnam Special Pizza, salad. Friday: Professional Development.
Putnam High
Monday: Three-cheese toasty or spicy chicken sandwiches. Tuesday: Orange chicken rice bowls or bacon cheeseburgers. Wednesday: Nachos Grande or buffalo chicken wraps. Thursday: Mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce or chicken Caesar salad. Friday: Professional Development.
Pomfret Community
Monday: Cheesy pizza dippers, marinara, carrots and cucumber wheels. Tuesday: Beef and cheese nachos, refried beans. Wednesday: Chicken tenders, rice, broccoli. Thursday: Sweet and sour chicken, Asian vegetables, fortune cookies. Friday: Lasagna rollups, salad.

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Garden club
offers scholarship
The 2018 Quiet Corner Garden Club $1,000 Scholarship will be awarded to a high school student who lives in the Quiet Corner, has been accepted to a college majoring in agriculture, landscape design, horticulture, or other environmental sciences.                
This scholarship will be awarded based on a combination of academic achievement, leadership qualities, community service, letter of recommendation and the student’s essay.
Applications are available at high school guidance offices, local libraries, or via website:  quietcornergardenclub.org. You may also contact us via our email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions or concerns. Be sure to put Scholarship Application in the subject of any email.
Applications must be received no later than May 4. Please mail the completed application and required attachments to: Quiet Corner Garden Club, c/o Scholarship Application, P.O. Box 1004, Woodstock, CT 06281.
By May 15, applicants will be notified whether or not they have been chosen. The winner and his/her family will be invited to attend a dinner celebration in June.

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WOODSTOCK — Donna LaHaie and Ted Reynolds are slated to return to the Broadway Live stage on April 7 and 8 at the Center for the Arts at Woodstock Academy for a special benefit show called “The Conncert”.
“The Conncert” or The Connecticut Concert is a special benefit performance for the Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center that features music from Broadway, Jazz, Rock & Roll, and Classical music performed by 30 regional vocalists backed by a 16-piece orchestra.
The show dates are at 7:30 p.m. April 7 and at 2 p.m. April 8. Tickets are $20 and now available at the YMCA in Putnam or online at www.theconncert.com.
LaHaie hails from Putnam Reynolds who lives in Thompson, first appeared together in a Broadway Live production in 2000 and are slated to reprise their rendition of the classic musical piece “Time To Say Goodbye” as performed by artists Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.
The pair has been performing for many years together and individually for related Broadway Live events and other worthwhile causes.
“We are so thrilled that Donna and Ted are once again together on the big stage for The Conncert, said Executive Producer David T. Panteleakos.
 “Both Donna and Ted are incredibly talented vocalists and they have been so generous with their time and talents for Broadway Live events and for so many other worthy causes. Their rendition of ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ and the other songs they are slated to perform will undoubtedly be powerful and most memorable

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Honored
BANGOR, Maine — Several local students were named to the fall 2017 President’s List at Husson.: Kyle Jonathan Derosier of Danielson, first-year student, business administration program; Marshall Joseph Hudon of Danielson, sophomore, computer information systems program; Breanna Rice of Thompson, sophomore, healthcare studies/master of science in occupational therapy program.

Named to list
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hayley Schnatter of Danielson has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s fall 2017 President’s List.

Part of team
WILLIMANTIC — The Little East Conference (LEC) All-Academic Team for the fall 2017 semester has been announced, and Eastern Connecticut State University is well represented. With 35 student-athletes named to the team this semester, including a record 13 members of the women’s soccer team (the most by any institution in any sport), Eastern ranks second among conference institutions in honorees. Among the student-athletes named to the team is Jacquelyn Orlowski ’19 of Woodstock. Orlowski, who played volleyball, currently majors in elementary education and liberal studies.