Announcements 3-9-2017

THURSDAY MARCH 9TH

BREAKFAST

SNACK Thursday - Pineapple Friday - Zucchini

LUNCH

RECESS WEATHER Temperatures will be in the upper 20s with winds around 20 mph. It should feel cold. Dress warmly if you plan to go out.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Session 3 of Open Doors has ended. Students who are already enrolled in Drama and Homework Club will remain registered for those programs. Girls on the Run will begin in late March, those registration forms will be going home after Winter Break. Thursday March 9 Drama Homework Club Session 4 will begin on Monday, March 13th. Tutoring will resume on Monday, March 13th, no tutoring March 8th.

IMPORTANT DATES Students & Parents: Vermont Maple Festival - Youth Talent Show Deadline for entry was March 1st.  Talent Show will be April 28th.  LINK TO DETAILS Parents of Little League Players: To learn more go to THIS LINK Parent Advisory Group (PAG): Meeting to work on the memory book and finalize fundraisers. Thursday, March 9, at 5:00.  Location School Library Everyone: Walking Wednesday for March. This will be the only scheduled walk for the month of March.  Date is March 15th.  Please join us. Maple Run School District Residents: Maple Run School District Board Meeting March 15th, 6:00 PM.  Location School Library Martha's Kitchen Supporters & SACS Parents of Empty Bowl Makers: Empty Bowls Event.  March 18th.  More info at THIS LINK Parents and Staff: Friends of St. Albans City School Meeting  March 21st,  6:00 pm.  Location is the Library

EVENTS St. Albans City School's Annie production rehearsals are well underway. Help is needed creating costumes for maids and servants, and making alterations to existing costumes for other characters. Please contact Bethany to volunteer to help (bethany.johnson@yahoo.com). Thank you!

PICTURES AND REPORTS Team Triumph Catapults On Friday February 24th, students in Triumph demonstrated the effectiveness of their engineering capabilities. Using tongue depressors, plastic spoons and rubber bands catapults were fashioned. The distance that students were able to hurl a plastic cube, and the quantity of building materials used, determined the top three performers. Students boosted their scores by minimizing use of building materials. On the other hand, using more materials seemed to help toss the cubes further across the classroom space. Students had to learn a bit about statistics to evaluate the results. It was a great learning project. Many parents came to witness the culminating event. Table of all the catapults Some pictures of the competition Ms. Draper measuring the distances covered Results 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Box Tops Big Collectors Winter Contest - Final Week Thanks to great school-wide support, we surpassed both our first and second collection goals for this contest, collecting 4,696 Box Tops in just six weeks! WOW! Team Triumph was triumphant in the final week of our winter collection contest. They celebrated and received the Box Tops Big Collectors Banner just before vacation.  A special prize awaits the overall winners, as well. Thanks to their great big submission in Week 2, the Travelers maintained the greatest collection numbers through the end of the contest. They will receive a set of Amazing Science classroom books, which were made available through the Price Chopper Tools for Schools program (please make sure to register your Price Chopper AdvantEdge card free for our school, too! http://www.pricechopper.com/savings/tools-for-schools) Most importantly, never stop collecting Box Tops! Please continue to clip and collect... because you never know when we'll start our next collection contest! Kids in Mrs Adams class play in the Dr Seuss Cafe! Exemplary Student Work This nicely done lab report by a Team Triumph student describes the use of a match box car and various ramps. It was produced during a thematic unit where students were engaged in conducting physical science with a focus on engineering. LINK TO LAB REPORT