Announcements 3-23-2017

THURSDAY MARCH 23rd

BREAKFAST

SNACKS Thursday - Cantaloupe Friday - Carrots and Colored Cauliflower

LUNCH

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING The Girls on the run program begins March 27th. Fitness Team and 7/8 Tinkering see your instructors for more information on these two programs. MONDAY Hip Hop (Cafeteria) Drama (Music Rooms) HW Club (Library) Tutoring WEDNESDAY Stage Tech (gym) Drama (Music rooms) HW Club (Library) Tutoring TUESDAY Pottery (Ms. Haberman's Room) Dungeons & Dragons (Library/Mrs. Pallas' Room) Drama (Music rooms) HW Club (Library) THURSDAY Money Makers (Briana Maguire's room) Buddy Club (Connections) Minecraft & Mindfulness (Tech room) Drama (Music rooms) HW Club (Library)

RECESS WEATHER Try to get outside for some exercise if you have the right clothing and footwear.

BAND Jr. Band is rehearsing today after lunch. Jazz Band rehearsal is on Friday. Jr. Band trumpets have lessons today and clarinets on Friday.

Fitness Team practice this week: Thursday 3/23   Tryout time is 3:20-4:30 in big gym. Please dress for the weather and outside activity If taking the late bus home, please sign up by 1:00 on the day you will be riding. Session A students need to report to cafeteria until 3:15 Questions please contact Meg Jarvis at 527-0565 ext 5002

IMPORTANT DATES Parents of Little League Players: Registration is going on in March To learn more go to THIS LINK SACS Coaches: Coaches Meeting - St. Albans Recreation March 20th, 6pm – 7pm. SACS Library Adventurers: Field Trip to Branon's Sugarhouse March 21st. Starts: 9:30 am. Ends: 11:30 am Parents and Staff: Friends of St. Albans City School Meeting  March 21st, 6:00 pm. Location is the Library Dreamers:  Field Trip to Branon's Sugarhouse March 22nd. Starts: 9:30 am Ends: 11:30 am Navigators: Field Trip to Brandon's Sugarhouse March 24th. Starts: 9:30 am. Ends:11:30 am 4-6 Students: Discovery March Madness dance  Friday, March 24th, from 6:00-8:00 PM. Triumph & Voyagers: Field Trip to Jay Peak March 27th, 8:30 - 4:00 pm Everyone: In-Service - No School March 31st Students & Parents: Vermont Maple Festival - Youth Talent Show Talent Show will be April 28th. LINK TO DETAILS

EVENTS Team Discovery is hosting a March Madness dance Friday, March 24th, from 6:00-8:00PM. The cost is $3.00 and food/drinks are for sale. Wear sports clothing (jersey, team hat/shirt, Raider’s gear, etc.), receive a raffle ticket for a prize drawing. Fun activities to look forward to: basketball toss, musical chairs, and more! Arrival and Dismissal from Dances: Students enter through the gymnasium doors and sign themselves into the dance. 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.

YEAR BOOK Looking for pictures of this year's 8th grade students in their younger years (kindergarten and up). If you have any, please send them to award@fcsuvt.org and they will be considered for the 8th grade memory book.

PICTURES AND REPORTS Several of our students were recognized in the Fish and Aquatic Conservation Education Highlights Journal: Sharing our Wetlands with Biologists The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO) hosted the northeast region’s Partners and Coastal Programs biologists training. Part of the training included a site visit and guided tour of a restored wetland on the property of the St. Albans City Elementary School in northwestern Vermont. They enlisted help from a couple of loyal volunteers who have been working with the Lake Champlain FWCO and Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge on wetland restoration for three years, and know the area very well. Those volunteers were Liam Sawyer and Bella Swan – both 7th graders!  Liam wrote a story about his experience for his school, which will be published as a blog soon, but here is an excerpt. When I arrived at school, they told me I was giving a tour outside to some visiting biologists, so I put on boots and went out to check on the wetlands before the biologists arrived. I was concerned because earlier that summer a group of high-schoolers had stolen a lawn mower and drove through the wetlands. Luckily, the wetlands were doing great, … I started this project when I was in fourth grade so I have had a lot of experience. I thought this was really fun for two reasons. I got to be in the wetlands for an hour, and I got to show and talk to biologists from as far away as Virginia about our wetlands project and our school. Keep your eye out for Liam Sawyer and Bella Swan, future Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Secretary of the Interior! Voyagers P.E. - Gymnastics and other kinds of exercise with Mr. Branon and Ms. Jarvis