• Tim Davies of the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford explains rowing technique to Schaghticoke Middle School eighth-grade students Kevin McWilliam, center, and Aidan Collentine during the school's April 11, 2012 health fair. Photo: Trish Haldin
    Tim Davies of the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford explains rowing technique to Schaghticoke Middle School eighth-grade students Kevin McWilliam, center, and Aidan Collentine during the school's April 11, 2012 health fair. less
    Tim Davies of the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford explains rowing technique to Schaghticoke Middle School eighth-grade students Kevin McWilliam, center, and Aidan Collentine during the school's April 11, 2012 ... more
    Photo: Trish Haldin
Photo: Trish Haldin
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Tim Davies of the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford explains rowing technique to Schaghticoke Middle School eighth-grade students Kevin McWilliam, center, and Aidan Collentine during the school's April 11, 2012 health fair. less
Tim Davies of the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford explains rowing technique to Schaghticoke Middle School eighth-grade students Kevin McWilliam, center, and Aidan Collentine during the school's April 11, 2012 ... more
Photo: Trish Haldin

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings..."

So wrote Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American writer and philosopher.

Hundreds of students at Schaghticoke Middle School in New Milford took a step in the direction of caring for their health April 11 by participating in their school's annual health fair in the school gymnasium.

Photography by Trish Haldin