Announcements 11-9-2016

WEDNESDAY

No Walking Wednesday today.  The next one is December 7th.

BREAKFAST MENU Students may take two fruit servings with each meal. They must take at least one.

SNACKS Berries, watermelon and bananas are the snack possibilities for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

LUNCH MENU

After School Programming Creative Writing (library) Drama (Music Rooms) Tae Kwon Do (Small gym) HW Club Tutoring

ATHLETIC INFORMATION for 5-8TH GRADERS Raiders 7/8 Boys Basketball Coach Smith will be hosting Open Gyms for the 7-8 Boys Basketball Team on the following dates: November 10, 15, 17 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Please do not arrive before 5:45 PM. Dress for playing. Call Mrs. Trainer with any questions at 527-0565 X1102 Raiders 5-8 Cheerleading The first practice will be held on Mon. November 14 at 3:30 PM. Please call Mrs. Trainer with any questions at 527-0565 ext 1102.

IMPORTANT DATES Everyone: Picture Retake Day Thursday, November 10th from 8-10am in the Library. Veterans: Veterans Breakfast November 10th - 9:15-10:15 AM.  All veterans are invited for a breakfast in the library. Team USA students will be on hand to serve and share some speeches. Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony Mid-Late Morning. November 11th.  At Taylor Park. Parents and Staff: Friends of St. Albans City School Meeting November 14th 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Library Everyone: Thanksgiving Feast Families, students, teachers are welcome to take part in the Thanksgiving Feast offered at lunch time on November 17th.  See notice below this section for details. Everyone: Chorus Concert Date St. Albans City School will have a chorus concert on November 17th at 6:30 in the Library. We will have both the elementary chorus and the middle school chorus performing.

MISCELLANEOUS Northwest Access TV and Raider Report Interviewed SACS students about the election.  Check out this illuminating video.    Link to Video Everyone: Please Practice Singing God Bless America for Veteran's Day  Near the end of the ceremony on Friday, the entire crowd will sing God Bless America, led by Ms. Cameron-Muscente and Ms. Hartman. Please practice it.  Link to Video Everyone: Garden Cleanup Community Garden                                                                                            School Garden An ideal would be garden beds cleared of weeds and dead vegetables This is the pile where the cleared vegetable and weed matter can go. Here some clearing has been done with a little more to go A goal is for stems, stalks, rotting vegetables and lots of weeds to be carted off to the compost pile before winter arrives and the ground freezes. Everyone: Raider Clothing For Sale All orders are done on line through Kevin Smith Sports Use this link to view the web page  https://cityraiders2016.itemorder.com/ All purchases are final and the last day to order is November 18th. There are no refunds or exchanges. Contact David Aliquo at Kevin Smith Sports with any questions.

REPORTS AND PICTURES Presidential Election Yesterday's presidential election was a big deal at St. Albans City School too.  Students from Team USA organized a student vote and tallied the results. Every K-8 child had a chance to submit their vote for either Trump or Hillary.  The overall result among students was 48.4% for Trump and 51.6% for Hillary. 519 students voted and each student was proud to submit their choice. Selling Beets to the Cafeteria Mrs. Smith, our farm to school coordinator, gathered four Imagination students to harvest and sell beets to the school the (Abbey) cafeteria.  The beets had thrived over the summer and were huge.  25 pounds were harvested and washed prior to being turned over to the cafeteria.  They will be further processed and added to a delicious chocolate cake recipe. Yum! These beets are as local as our cafeteria can get.  They grew just 270 steps away from the school kitchen.  No fossil fuels were needed to get them to market.  Super fresh, super healthy! Harvesting beets from the school garden Many grew to a huge size Carrying the beets out of the garden Pushing the beets 270 steps to the kitchen Kitchen staff inspect and purchase the beets The beets were washed of dirt and leaves removed. Music Lessons Two Renaissance students are shown having a music lesson with Mr. Mehaffey on Tuesday 11-8-2016.  St. Albans City School has a strong music program and all students are encouraged to get involved in it once they are old enough to do so.