FRIDAY
Joke of the Week with Mrs. Biggie Link to Joke
Special Kid's Joke of the Week. Nick from Explorers offers his joke. Link to Joke
It is 6th Grade Bike Trip Day
This is a video link from the 2014 6th grade bike trip. It is a bit long at 5 minutes. However, it is worthwhile checking briefly to see how our 8th graders looked 2 years ago.
Please come watch our Relay for Life soccer game at St. Albans City School on the boys soccer field today Friday, May 20th at 3:30 PM
The Raiders' Treasure Chest will be closed today Friday, May 20th.
It will, however, be open for the following two Fridays;
May 27th and June 3rd!!!!! 
Band
Heads Up: The City School Jazz Band will be performing on Church St. in Burlington for the Discover Jazz Festival on June 6, Monday, from 4:15 to 5:15 PM. We will be in front of the Church St. Mall.
Outside Recess
It will be an unbelievably beautiful day to be outside. Go for it. Get a few more laps in for your team. Teachers please make sure all laps are recorded on the clipboard sheets by the end of the school day. Thank you.
Michael recently met a personal goal for sight words and was treated for his OUTSTANDING EFFORTS.
Team USA engineered popsicle stick houses on Thursday 5-19-2016
Snacks for today will be strawberries
Berries on a straw? There is a legend that strawberries were named in the nineteenth-century by English children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws and sold them as "Straws of berries". Another theory is the name was derived from the nineteenth-century practice (ands still today, although most farms use raised beds, enclosed in plastic) of placing straw around the growing berry plants to protect the ripening fruit. But the most widely held view is that the name Strawberry was derived from the berries that are "strewn" about on the plants, and the name "strewn berry" eventually morphed into "Strawberry".
Read more at http://www.pickyourown.org/strawberryfacts.htm#fZQARyZ5uchPxt3l.99
Berries on a straw? There is a legend that strawberries were named in the nineteenth-century by English children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws and sold them as "Straws of berries". Another theory is the name was derived from the nineteenth-century practice (ands still today, although most farms use raised beds, enclosed in plastic) of placing straw around the growing berry plants to protect the ripening fruit. But the most widely held view is that the name Strawberry was derived from the berries that are "strewn" about on the plants, and the name "strewn berry" eventually morphed into "Strawberry".
Read more at http://www.pickyourown.org/strawberryfacts.htm#fZQARyZ5uchPxt3l.99
Native American Indians called strawberries "heart-seed berries" and pounded them into their traditional corn-meal bread. Discovering the great taste of the Native Americans bread, colonists decided to create their own version, which became an American favorite that we all know and love .. Strawberry Shortcake.
Read more at http://www.pickyourown.org/strawberryfacts.htm#fZQARyZ5uchPxt3l.99
If all the strawberries produced in California in one year were laid berry to berry, they would go around the world 15 times.
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UNIVERSAL LUNCH MENU
Entrée Options Main Meal or Cabot Yogurt Parfait or Deli Sandwich or Pizza
Offered with all Meals Vegetable/Fruit Bar Fresh Fruit, Fresh Hood Milk
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