Announcements 6-24-13

Summer Meals Begin at SACS!

On Monday June 24th, The Summer Meals Program begins. Please remember that SACS is under construction this summer and the main entrance is closed. To come for breakfast and lunch please enter through A3.

Breakfast is served from 9:00 - 9:30.

Lunch is served from 11:45 - 12:30.

Any questions please call 527-0565.

We hope to see you there!

Announcements 6-14-13

Step Up Day 

STEP UP DAY PLAN:

K to 1:

8:15-10:15

Current kindergartners will come in on their regular bus and go directly to the cafeteria. They will sit at their assigned lunch table (the one they sit in for lunch).K teachers will distribute  wrist bands of various colors (GREEN - IMAGINATION, ORANGE - EXPLORERS, BLUE- INVESTIGATORS, PURPLE- TRAVELERS) to their students according to their new Learning Community. Mrs. Andrews will dismiss students from the cafeteria by Learning Community/Color. (All K-3 staff need to be in the cafeteria to help and assist students during this transition.) Children will spend the next two hours getting to know their new teachers and classmates. A snack will be served in the 1st grade classrooms.

At 10:10 students will be dismissed from their classrooms - chimes will ring. K teachers will be outside at busses to ensure the students go on their regular bus.

3 to 4 and 6 to 7

7:45-9:45

Students will come in on the bus and go directly to the cafeteria. (Session B students will ride with session A and will arrive at 7:30). Students going into grade 4 will sit in the front half of the cafeteria. Students going into grade 7 will sit in the back half. They will have the option of having breakfast in the cafeteria. Grades 4-8 staff will be in the cafeteria to meet and greet their new students. At 7:45 grade 4 and 7 teachers will arrive promptly to pick up their students in the cafeteria. Mrs. Andrews will dismiss students from the cafeteria by Learning Community. At 9:40 chimes will signal dismissal.

Summer Food Service Program for Children 

St. Albans City School  is participating in the Summer Food Service Program 

for Children.  Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, the program is designed to ensure that children who rely on free or reduced price meals during the school year continue to have adequate nutrition throughout the summer.  Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex,age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals are available to all children 18 years of age or younger at the following locations starting June 24th:

BFA St. Albans 

St. Albans Town Educational Center

St. Albans City School

St. Albans City Pool (lunch only)

Barlow Street Recreation Center

Blooming Minds Day Care Center

Breakfast:  9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30

For additional information, contact Nina Hansen at 802-782-0886 or Georgina Andrews at 527-0565.

Have a safe and happy Summer!

Announcements 6-13-13

News from Team Triumph

Team Triumph had their "Evening of Greek Mythology" culminating event night. The 6th graders performed a play that they wrote. In the middle of the play, they sang a song which was written by Mr. Paul. We were so proud of all of their hard work the past few weeks preparing for their performance, and wanted to share this fun song with everyone.

If you would like to see the full play and a skit by 4th and 5th graders, you can follow the link below:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/67668477

Drive for Education

On May 22nd Ms. White and some Travelers drove to Williston to receive a $1500 Award from Berlin City Auto Group.  The money will be used to help fund the City School walking track to be installed next year.  City School received the largest award of the 10 schools who sent representatives to the ceremony.  Thanks to Ms. White and her team for identifying the grant and helping to secure the funds.

Concert Today

The Investigators are having a recorder and guitar concert today at 9:15am in the band room.

Eighth Grade Graduation

Tonight at 6:00pm in the Big Gym. Goodbye and Good Luck Raiders Class of 2013!

Graduation Dance Tonight for Grades 7 and 8

There is a dance tonight immediately following graduation in the cafeteria. The dance is for 7th and 8th grade students only and is free of charge. Parents please pick up at the front entrance at 9:00pm.

Summer Food Service Program for Children 

St. Albans City School  is participating in the Summer Food Service Program 

for Children.  Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, the program is designed to ensure that children who rely on free or reduced price meals during the school year continue to have adequate nutrition throughout the summer.  Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex,age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals aremavailable to all children 18 years of age or younger at the following locations:

BFA St. Albans 

St. Albans Town Educational Center

St. Albans City School

St. Albans City Pool (lunch only)

Barlow Street Recreation Center

Blooming Minds Day Care Center

Breakfast:  9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30

The program begins Monday June 24th. There will be constriction at SACS so students will enter into Mr. Galle's Art Room for meals. There will be a sign on the door.

For additional information, contact Nina Hansen at 802-782-0886 or Georgina Andrews at 527-0565.

WordMasters

Word Masters will be presenting the results and awards for this years Word Masters Challenges.  If you made it all the way to the end of the year and finished with Challenge 3, please join us on Thursday (today!) at 1:30 in the Library to learn the exciting results to this national competition.    

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION - WE DID IT!

Well done, City School.  Not only did we reach our end-of-the-year collection goal by collecting 4,359 more Box Tops in May and June, but we surpassed our 2012-2013 collection goal of 16,000 Box Tops for more than $1,600!  Congratulations and thank you to all our supporters!

So... what should next year's goal be?  Please remember to clip and collect all summer long so we can start strongly next school year and set the bar even higher!   

Lunch Menu for Thursday June 13th

End of Year BBQ 
Grilled Hamburgers & Hot Dogs w/all the Fixings 
Ketchup, Mustard, Relish, Pickles, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato & Onions 
Summertime Pasta Salad 
Chilled Watermelon 
Patriot Pops 
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-12-13

News from The Incredibles

The Incredibles hosted their third annual taste test.  Students thought about a recipe that they love and talked to the originator of the recipe (Grandmothers, Mothers, Fathers, ect).  Once they discovered how the recipe works, they wrote the procedure for completing this recipe.  Students practiced, made their dish and shared with our community.  The 5th and 6th graders were our chefs and the 4th graders and visiting adults were our judges.  Students and adults left that day with full bellies and a few new recipes for their cookbooks.

Field Trips

Team Triumph is going to Camp Abenaki today and camping overnight.
The Voyagers are going bowling today.
The Explorers are going to The Wildlife Refuge today.
The Incredibles are going to the pool today.
The Investigators are going to the bowling alley today.

Kindergarten Graduation

Tonight at 6:00pm in the Big Gym. 

Summer Food Service Program for Children 

St. Albans City School  is participating in the Summer Food Service Program 

for Children.  Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, the program is designed to ensure that children who rely on free or reduced price meals during the school year continue to have adequate nutrition throughout the summer.  Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex,age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals aremavailable to all children 18 years of age or younger at the following locations:

BFA St. Albans 

St. Albans Town Educational Center

St. Albans City School

St. Albans City Pool (lunch only)

Barlow Street Recreation Center

Blooming Minds Day Care Center

Breakfast:  9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30

For additional information, contact Nina Hansen at 802-782-0886 or Georgina Andrews at 527-0565.

Athletics

If you haven't done so already, please return your baseball/softball jersey to Mrs. Trainer.

Coments Basketball Camp is taking place at BFA July 8th-12th in the BFA Gym. Forms are available at the front desk.

Lunch Menu for Wednesday June 12th

Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap 
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Garden Pasta Salad 
Celery Sticks w/Hummus Dip 
Fresh Fruit 
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-11-13

News from Team USA



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Team USA students organized the annual kindergarten carnival. The students created fun and game stations and ended up having lunch with their buddies.

Step Up Day - Friday 6/14

STEP UP DAY PLAN:

K to 1:

8:15-10:15

Current kindergartners will come in on their regular bus and go directly to the cafeteria. They will sit at their assigned lunch table (the one they sit in for lunch).K teachers will distribute  wrist bands of various colors (GREEN - IMAGINATION, ORANGE - EXPLORERS, BLUE- INVESTIGATORS, PURPLE- TRAVELERS) to their students according to their new Learning Community. Mrs. Andrews will dismiss students from the cafeteria by Learning Community/Color. (All K-3 staff need to be in the cafeteria to help and assist students during this transition.) Children will spend the next two hours getting to know their new teachers and classmates. A snack will be served in the 1st grade classrooms.

At 10:10 students will be dismissed from their classrooms - chimes will ring. K teachers will be outside at busses to ensure the students go on their regular bus.

3 to 4 and 6 to 7

7:45-9:45

Students will come in on the bus and go directly to the cafeteria. (Session B students will ride with session A and will arrive at 7:30). Students going into grade 4 will sit in the front half of the cafeteria. Students going into grade 7 will sit in the back half. They will have the option of having breakfast in the cafeteria. Grades 4-8 staff will be in the cafeteria to meet and greet their new students. At 7:45 grade 4 and 7 teachers will arrive promptly to pick up their students in the cafeteria. Mrs. Andrews will dismiss students from the cafeteria by Learning Community. At 9:40 chimes will signal dismissal.

Girls on the Run

Girls On The Run did a fantastic job and completed their 5k run on Saturday at the Essex Junction Fairgrounds. We had so much fun and really enjoyed running in the rain! See everyone next season!

Field Trips

The Travelers Field Trip is cancelled due to weather.

Team USA is cancelled.

Kindergarten is going to Shelburne Farms.

SACS Challenges Mount Clear College In Their Latest Fai-To!

St. Albans City School has challenged a school from Australia in their latest Mangahigh math competition.  The Fai-To started and will be completed when either school wins 5 rounds.  We need students helping win the competition by completing any challenges or games.  Get online and play some games.  Go Raiders.

Congratulations to the communities that have participated in Mangahigh Fai-Tos and have used the online mathematics tool.  We were ranked 14th in the North American Challenge for the month of May!  Nice job Raiders.

News from Bright Beginnings

Last month, Bright Beginnings hatched chicks in their classrooms!

Lunch Menu for Tuesday June 11th

Taco Bar w/ The Works 
Seasoned Taco Meat, Mozz. Cheese, Lettuce, Salsa & Soft Flour Tortilla 
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Rice Pilaf 
Rainbow Slaw 
Fresh Fruit 
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-10-13

News from Dynamic Design

Dynamic Design took advantage of the sunshine last week to weed their garden bed and get it ready for spring planting on Green Up Day!

Codesmyths Game Release Party

Parents and teachers came to a Game Release Party Thursday afternoon to see all of the hard work the Codesmyths students put into learning code, building games, and learning to learn.

Check out the Codesmyths Game Release Party website here to see the games, videos from the developers, and documentation about the creative process.  

Field Trips

Renaissance is going to Camp KillKare today.
Kindergarten is going to Sheburne Farms with some classes going today and some tomorrow.
Team Triumph is going to Hoss's Creemee Stand.
Explorers are going to Hardack today.

Box Tops for Education

We're almost there, Raiders!  We are less than 400 Box Tops for Education away from reaching our end-of-the-year collection goal of 4,000 more Box Tops.  The Explorers are still holding on to the lead, but the Incredibles have made a big leap forward!  The Dynamic Design Sustainable Fundraising Committee will collect one more time on Tuesday, June 11th, so please bring in all Box Tops you may have at home.  Can you help us reach our goal?  Reaching this goal would also put us just over the top to reach this year's earnings goal of $1,600.  We can do it!

Lunch Menu for Monday June 10th

Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets w/Dipping Sauce 
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Roasted Potato Wedges 
Green Pepper Sticks 
Bread 
Fresh Fruit 
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-7-13

Joke of the Week with Mrs. Biggie



Project Graduation TONIGHT!

All 8th Graders are invited to attend tonight starting at 5:00pm. The event ends at 10:00 and student are to be picked up in the front of the school. Dinner and provided and the whole night is free of charge for every eighth grader. 

Green Ribbons

This week, every student and staff member made a green ribbon. There is a collection jar at the front desk. Be sure to drop yours off by the end of the day!

Field Trips

Dynamic Design is going to Mt. Elmore State Park.
Incredibles are going to Shelburne Museum.
Explorers have postponed their trip to Hardack and will be going Monday. 
Renaissance has postponed their trip to Camp Killkare until Monday.

Athletics

Congratulations to the 7/8 baseball and softball teams for a great season. The coaches and athletes were excellent representatives of our school and our Raider Pride!
Grades 5-8 soccer and cross country sign-ups will be happening in the first few days of school in August.
Have a happy and active summer!
Mrs. Trainer

Culminating Events

Voyagers have their event at 10:00.
Imagination Grade 1 has their event and potluck lunch at 11:30.

Lunch Menu for Friday June 7th

Pancakes w/ Warm Syrup 
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Twin Sausage Links 
Sweet & White Home Fries 
Celery Sticks 
Fresh Green Grapes 
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-6-13

Green Ribbon Celebration

Our Green Ribbon Celebration took place on Wednesday afternoon with the entire school in attendance along with many local dignitaries. The ceremony was a time to celebrate how much we have done to achieve this very important award and to talk about our future aspirations so that we remain a Green Ribbon School. Thank you to each and every student for your hard work, ideas, and leadership that made this award possible. Go Raiders!

8th Grade Project Graduation - Friday June 7th!

On Friday June 7th, all SACS eighth grade students are invited to attend Project Graduation free of charge here at school. This event is for eighth graders only.The fun begins at 5:00pm and will include a BBQ dinner, inflatable jousting, bungee and obstacle course, a magic show, blacklight volleyball, and a hypnotist. The event will end at 10:00pm where students will need to be picked up at the front entrance. If you have any questions you can contact Desiree Gunter at gunterd@fcsuvt.org.

Field Trip

The Travelers are going on The Spirit of Ethan Allen today.

Culminating Events

Explorers have their event at 1:30 today.
Codesmyths has their event at 1:45 today.
Discovery has their event at 4:00 today.

Puppet Show 

Mrs. Allerton and Mrs. Manahan from the St. Albans Free Library will be in today and tomorrow to present a puppet show to promote the Summer Reading Program.

Lunch Menu for Thursday June 6th

Chicken or Cheese Quesadilla on Soft Flour Tortilla
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Rice Pilaf
Black Bean and Corn Salsa
Assorted Greens
Fresh Fruit
Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-5-13

Green Ribbon Celebration Day!


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The  Green Ribbon Celebration will take place at 1:00 in the big gym.

Students, now that you have seen the slide show, please write what you are most proud of from it on your green ribbon!

On June 3rd Ms. Cavallo, Mr. D., Mr. Pelkey and Andi went to DC to get our Green ribbon award. The award and banner are back at the school ready for the whole school celebration.  The pictures are of the team on the roof of the 'Green' Building in DC at the celebration reception with the Capital in the background, and Andi sharing her experiences with other educators at the conference.

Green Up Day Today

Everyone will take part in making our school even more green today. It's hosted by Team Renaissance.

Sing-a-long



Make sure you practice today because we will all be singing together at the celebration.

Band

Could all Jr. Band 5th and 6th graders please report to the band room at 12:45 today to get ready for the celebration assembly.

There is no full orchestra or Jr. band on Thursday.

Athletics

The 7/8 Baseball and Softball Teams have away games today vs. Westford starting at 4:30.

Culminating Events

The Investigators have their event tonight at 5:00.

Team Imagination Grades 2 and 3 have their event tonight at 6:00.

Lunch Menu for Wednesday June 5th

Grilled Veggie Burgers, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs w/all the Fixings 
Ketchup, Mustard, Relish, Pickles, Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato & Onions 
Spinach Salad 
Pasta Salad 
Mixed Fresh Fruit 
Ice Cream Sundae 
Farm Fresh Milk

Announcements 6-4-13

Green Ribbon

To celebrate our Green Ribbon, we had a dance party at lunch!

To help us get ready for the sing-a-long, Mrs. Biggie came down to sing with us at lunch on Monday.

News from Odyssey of the Mind

Our very own Odyssey of the Mind team departed two weeks ago to compete at the World Finals in East  Lansing, MI.  There were over 820 teams from 12 nations competing among a variety of problems and divisions.  Our team placed 29^th out of 55 teams in the Division II Pet Project Problem.  The problem was to design, build, and run three vehicles that delivered six parts to an assembly area. The parts had to be assembled into a pet animal, and the animal then had to perform a trick.  The theatrical presentation included the delivery of the parts, the assembly, and the pet animal.

“I am very proud of our team for their perseverance, teamwork, and great attitude throughout the World Finals week.  Know that all four team members:  Alison, Bethany , Johnny (JD)  and Ethan represented City School to the best of their ability- with great poise and determination!  Ethan was an amazing pinch hitter;  without his help, we wouldn’t have fared so well at the competition.  JD built a fan car from scratch, the girls wrote the script, and they all worked on the set, costumes, and ramps.  We had a lot of fun meeting teams from around the world and seeing how they solved the odyssey problems.   A huge thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising efforts along the way!” Michelle Leduc – proud parent and Odyssey Coach

Green Ribbon Sing-a-long


Please practice during morning meeting for our schoolwide sing-a-long at the Green Ribbon Celebration on Wednesday!

Band

Today, the Sr. Band and Jazz Band are presenting an assembly at 1:30 in the big gym. Everyone is invited.

YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE TO ORDER

Yearbook sales are now open to anyone interested in ordering a Class of 2013 yearbook.  The cost is $10 (cash or check payable to SACS with "yearbook" in the memo).  Remaining quantities are limited; orders will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.  Please see Ms. Maguire in Dynamic Design to reserve a yearbook now!  Email maguireb@fcsuvt.org or call 527-0565 x2301 with any questions.

Field Trip

The Investigators are going to Pizza Putt today.

Athletics

The 7/8 Baseball and Softball Teams have away games at Fairfield starting at 4:30.

Lunch Menu for Tuesday June 4th

Mini Sea Shell
Pasta w/Cheese Sauce
Or Yogurt Or Sunbutter & Jelly Or Deli Sandwich Or Salad Bar Or Pizza
Steamed Broccoli
Fresh Carrot Sticks
Ice Cream Novelties
Granny Smith Apples
Fresh Milk