Announcements 2-9-2017

THURSDAY

BREAKFAST

SNACKS This is the order of snacks planned for the upcoming days... Thursday Nectarines Friday Melon Monday Golden Delicious Apples Tuesday Grape Tomatoes

LUNCH

BAND Jr. Band is rehearsing today at 12:15, and full Sr. Band at 2, including 6th graders. Music lessons are for 6th grade today and beginning trumpets, Friday are Jr. Band clarinets.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING PLEASE NOTE - There will be no after school programs on the afternoon of Thursday, February 16th because of the school wide Unified Arts night. This includes: Athletics, Open Doors and Homework Club. Students will need to follow their normal school day dismissal plan. If you have questions or concerns please contact Alisha Sawyer, 527-0565 x. 1103. Monday Hip Hop (Cafeteria) American Sign Language HW Club Tutoring Drama for called students Wednesday Creative Writing (library) Dungeons & Dragons (library) HW Club (Library) Tutoring Drama for called students Tuesday Pottery (Ms. Haberman's Room) Magic (Rocket Punch Games) Archery (Pelkey's) Drama (Music rooms) Full Cast HW Club Thursday Money Makers (Briana Maguire's room) Buddy Club (Connections) Minecraft & Mindfulness (Tech room) Drama (Music rooms) Full Cast HW Club (Library)

EXPECTED RECESS WEATHER We are looking at an indoor recess day due cold temperatures and the wind. The snow tubes will not be out.

IMPORTANT DATES Everyone: SACS School Board Meeting February 9th. 6:00 pm. Location SACS Library 4-6th Students: Team Triumph Valentine's Dance Friday February 10th. 6pm – 8pm.  Location SACS Cafeteria 7/8 Students: Dance in Team USA February 10th. Starts: 6:00 pm. Ends: 8:00 pm. Location: Team USA DANCE PROTOCOL The entry fee for the dance is $3.00. Arrival and Dismissal from Dances: 4-6 Students enter through the gymnasium doors and sign themselves into the dance.  7/8 Students enter through the front lobby of the school School Expectations (Safe, Achieving, Caring) remain at all evening events and that includes dances. At the end of our dances, chaperones and staff will walk students through the building to our front lobby. We will dismiss from there. Please be prompt for pick up as staff and chaperones need to get home too. If your student does not have a ride home, please don’t send them to our dances unless they have made arrangements before coming to the dance. Team Triumph: Field Trip to Jay Peak February 13th. Everyone: Community-Based Public Hearing on the Governor's Proposed State Budget FY18 Monday February 13th 6pm – 7:30 PM  SACS Library Presentation Space Everyone: Unified Arts Night Thursday February 16th from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Location -throughout the School Building Everyone: Culminating Events Week February 20th-24th

PARKING REMINDER TO PARENTS We would appreciate it if vehicles would not be parked in the drop off (fire) lane in front of the school. Parking is almost always available nearby in the parking lot front row closest to school. Thank you.

EVENTS SACS 4-6 Dance Team Triumph is hosting a Hollywood Celebrity dance on February 10, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 pm.  The cost is $3.00. The dance is going to have a lot of Hollywood features like Red Carpet interviews and a photo booth. You can also dress up as your favorite celebrity and if you do, your name goes into a raffle. We will be drawing names for awesome prizes.  If you give the DJ, 50 cents, you can give a shout out to a friend.  There will be drinks, snacks and sweets for sale as well.  Students will be expected to follow all dance expectations. Students will need to be dropped off at the gym doors entrance and picked up at the front entrance of the school. Please make sure that you are on time to pick up your child. UNIFIED ARTS NIGHT! Thursday, February 16, 2017, from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. HERE IS WHAT TO EXPECT AT UNIFIED ARTS NIGHT Family and Consumer Science Room: Stop by room AC210 for a delicious sample of quinoa salad with Mary Ellen Lamb and Farm to Table Coordinator, Heather Smith. The recipe, as well as food and kitchen safety tips will be available. Art Galleries and Rooms:  Art projects from all grades, including cardboard cityscapes, library chairs, and much more will be on display.   Tech Ed Room: Come try out one of our laser cut puzzles and explore some of our robots! Maker Space:  Making with Technology! Come check out some of our tools and equipment for making and creating. Band Room:  Check out an Open Rehearsal for Orchestra Music Rooms: Will open after the chorus concert at 5:50pm. Come check out what’s happening in the music rooms! Cafeteria: Snacks Available 5:45-6:30 Learning Commons: Displays of world language work and painted chairs by students Small Gym: Playground Balls - ONLY FOR GRADES PreK-2 Learning Commons: 5:15-5:45 Chorus - 3-6 and 7/8th Grade Large Gym: 6:30-7:00 Hip Hop Dance Performance - Grades 3,4,7 & 8 Performing

PICTURES AND REPORTS NW Tech Students Shared with 8th Graders 2-8-2017 The BFA Northwest Tech Program sent a staff member and a variety of student representatives to talk with 8th graders about learning options during their high school years.  Eighth graders learned about medical, automotive, culinary, digital arts and construction fields of work, to mention just a few of the skill training areas that NW Tech makes available. BFA students presenting each of the disciplines Listing their top five choices The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. Students at SACS in Ms. Martinson's, Ms. Tagliamonte's and Ms. Haberman's classroom, and other people around the world, make ceramic bowls for the project. At a later date the bowls will be used to serve a meal to those in need. The pictures are of some Discovery students in Ms. Haberman's classroom.

EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK Here are links to presentations students in Discovery completed on a variety of historical events. These were completed as part of the study on Unity and Disunity: Vietnam War - Lyla Rouleau 6th Grade Malala - Rylea Staley 6th Grade Underground Railroad - Nick Granger 5th Grade