State Nicknames
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Vermont
100

Known as the Garden State.

New Jersey

100

An essential attribute that acknowledges the distinctive nature and identities of young adolescents.

Responsive

100

First African-American to play in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson

100

Members of the Bills mafia, they hold out hope for an eventual Super Bowl win.

Tony and Keith

100

Vermont is known as the ____________ ______________ state.

Green Mountain

200

The Show Me state.

Missouri

200

______________   ______________ competence can protect students from adverse effects of mental health difficulties.

Social emotional

200

Recently won the women's French Open.

Coco Gauff

200

Loves Vermont but a proud Canadian at heart.

Marcia Waite

200

This U.S. Senator from Vermont became a national figure during the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

Bernie Sanders

300

The first state.

Delaware

300

According to Successful Middle School, this needs to be challenging, exploratory and diverse.

Curriculum

300

First African American woman to win a grand slam tennis tournament.

Althea Gibson

300

The wicked witch of Vergennes Middle School?

Beth Whalen

300

Vermont was the first state to abolish this institution in its constitution in 1777.

Slavery

400

Sportsmen's Paradise.

Louisiana

400

When educators provide socially just learning opportunities and environments they are being....

Equitable

400

Played hockey for the Barre Blades, attended Montpelier schools and won a gold medal with the United States women's hockey team.

Amanda Pelkey

400

This individual teaches social studies and specializes in puzzles, trivia and chess.

Jacob Whittaker

400

In 1791 Vermont became this....

14th state.

500

Land of Enchantment

New Mexico

500

For great leadership and organization a shared __________ is essential.

Vision

500

A track and field star and Vermont's first Olympic athlete, he was a standout athlete at UVM and won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

Albert Gutterson

500
Invited by a friend to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

Jess Huntley

500

Vermont state fish.

Brook trout.

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