Announcements 6-5-2017

MONDAY JUNE 5th

BREAKFAST
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MON - June 5th	TUES - June 6th	WED - June 7th	THUR - June 8th
LUNCH

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING (JUNE 5th - JUNE 9th) Please contact Alisha Sawyer or Peg Jehle with questions. 527-0565 x 1103 MONDAY HW Club for students already enrolled (Library) WEDNESDAY HW Club for students already enrolled (Library) TUESDAY HW Club for students already enrolled (Library) THURSDAY HW Club for students already enrolled (Library)

RECESS WEATHER Recess should be less wet in the morning.

CHORUS 3-6 Chorus- Monday 8:30-8:50- Music Rooms Tuesday- ALL Chorus ( grade 3-8) and Orchestra students:     Please  report to the music/band rooms at 1:00 pm for concert preparation.

BAND It is going to be a busy Tuesday for all of the City School performing musical groups. The Chorus' and Orchestra assembly is tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. All orchestra students must be in the band room at 1 pm to get instruments tuned. Tuesday night is the Mongo Concert where the Jr. Band, Jazz Band, and Sr. Band are performing in the big gym at 7 pm. All members should be in the band room by 6:30, dressed colorfully.

IMPORTANT DATES Grades 4-5: Puppets in Education Workshops in the Library June 5th.  Triumph (9:45-10:45), Voyagers (11:00-12:00), Discovery (12:30-1:30), Incredibles (1:30-2:30) Team USA: Field Trip to Houghton Park Cancelled June 5th.  12:00 to 2:20 pm.  Walking Stewardship Committee: Meeting June 5th. 12:30 pm. Professional Library. SACS School Board Meeting Monday, June 5th. 6:00 pm.  Location: St. Albans Town Educational Center Library MRUSD Board Meeting Monday, June 5th.  After the SACS school board meeting.  Location: St. Albans Town Educational Center Library. Investigators: Vacation on Mars Rehearsal June 6th. 9:30-10:15 am. Location: Large Gym Everyone: Chorus and String Concert June 6th. 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Everyone: Mongo Concert Tuesday, June 6th. 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Location: Cafeteria Everyone: Stewardship Day June 7th. LINK TO SCHEDULE for the day. Investigators: Culminating Event - Vacation on Mars June 8th. 1:15 to 2:30 pm. Location: Large Gym 8th Grade: Personal Learning Plan Night June 8th. 0 to 5 year olds: Play Group at St. Albans City School Friday, June 9th. 8:30-9:30 am.  Location: Library and Pre-K Playground. Questions? Contact Laura at 802-922-2269 or Nichole at 802-488-0413 Navigators: Field Trip to Monkeying Around Play Center Lake St. June 9th. 9:40 to 11:40 am. Walking. Voyagers: Culminating Event Friday June 9th. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. 8th Graders Field Trip Friday, June 9th. Imagination: Field Trip to Ausable Chasm June 9th. 8:15 am to 4:00 pm. Transportation: Bus Explorers: Field Trip to Spare Time Bowling June 12th. 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Transportation - bus. USA Students: Field trip to Georgia Beach June 12th. 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Renaissance Students: Field trip to Camp Kill Kare June 12th.  9:45 am to 2:00 pm. 4-6 Grade: Camping Field Trips Incredibles June 12/13  Covenant Hills Voyagers June 13/14  Covenant Hills Triumph June 15/16  Camp Abenaki Discovery June 19/20  Covenant Hills Navigators: Field Trip to Shelburne Farms June 14th.  9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Investigators: Field Trip to Camp Kilkare June 15th. 9:30 am to 2:15 pm.  0 to 5 year olds: Play Group at St. Albans City School Friday, June 16th.  8:30-9:30 am.  Location: Library and Pre-K Playground. Questions? Contact Laura at 802-922-2269 or Nichole at 802-488-0413 PreK: Celebration - Last Day of School June 16th 8th Grade: Graduation June 16th. USA & Renaissance 7th Graders: Field Trip to Mt. Philo June 19th. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Grades K, 1,2,4,5,8: Last Day of School June 20th. Kindergarten: Celebration June 20th. 12:30 to 1:45 pm.  Location: Cafeteria Grades K,3,6,7: Last Day of School - Step Up Day - 1/2 Day June 21st. KEY END OF YEAR DATES Stewardship Day - June 7th 8th Grade Personal Learning Plan Night - June 8th 8th Grade Trip - June 9th 8th Grade Graduation -  June 16th Last Day of School - June 20th Step Up Day - June 21st

EVENTS START PLANNING FOR A WHOLE-SCHOOL WALK/BIKE TO SCHOOL EVENT ON STEWARDSHIP DAY LINK TO WALKING SCHOOL BUS MAP Walking and Biking to School on June 7th -Stewardship Day Other Vermont schools have managed to keep their parking lots empty one day a year.  Last year we joined them and had great success.  Let's do it again on Wednesday, Stewardship Day. We want to minimize student drop offs by parents and ridership on the buses.  We would love to have everyone who can walk or bike to school do so on June 7th. Parents, please consider finding a way for your child to join in on this school event. Teachers try to find a way to park at the beginning or along one of the walking routes to help lead the way to school. BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOP JUNE 7th When: After lunch Teachers help students sign up for one of the three repair workshops (12:15 to 12:45 pm, 1:00 to 1:30 pm, 1:45 to 2:15 pm).   LINK TO SIGN UP SHEET HERE Students will learn how to do a quick check over to make sure a bike is safe to ride adjust brakes Fix a flat and pump up tires Adjust seat heights and handlebars  KINDERGARTEN PARENTS The Kindergarten celebration for the end of the year is June 20th with invitation to follow. Please ignore any previous calendar information listing the 15th as the date. 8th GRADE RAFFLE 8th grade students will be selling raffle tickets from Tuesday, May 30 - Friday, June 9, 2017. Tickets are $1 Prizes ~ 4 Comfy seats - Front Row for Graduation Dunkin' Donuts Gift Card $30 14th Star $20 Gift Certificate Jolley Gift Card $30 Jolley Car Wash Gift Card $30 Maple Syrup 32 Fl. Oz Subway Gift Card $25 Trainer's Auto Gift Certificate (Oil Change) Frozen Ogre $20 Gift Card Mimmo’s $20 Gift Card Tickets can also be purchased at the front desk.

REPORTS AND PICTURES ELITE BASKETBALL PLAYER VISITED TRIUMPH On 6-2-17, Team Triumph had a guest speaker, Mr. Manny Robertson. He talked about his career, his history of basketball, and the importance of education.  He donated a basketball and then he went outside and played basketball with the team.  He came to lunch and socialized with many of the Triumph students.  All of the students loved him, some of them even asked for his autograph! He was a positive role model to the team and a great mentor, we hope he can come back soon. LEARNING ABOUT HEARING LOSS In honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month, Emma Walker has been teaching second grade about hearing and hearing loss.  She has visited Imagination (her home team), Explorers, and will be going to Investigators.  If anyone else wants to learn about hearing, hearing loss, and how to protect your hearing, please let her know. COMPOSTING - A MESSAGE FROM RENAISSANCE You may want to know what St. Albans City School is doing about our fruit and vegetable scrap leftovers? If so, you can learn from Renaissance students who have kindly provided a 2-minute overview of composting. Check it out. Another short composting video will be shown in tomorrow's announcements. On Stewardship day, June 7th, Renaissance will be doing composting instruction for different learning communities at our school. LINK TO VIDEO SACS DRONE Pilot Ms. Bertucci used St. Albans City School's new drone to record the 6th Grade Bike Trip on Thursday 6-1-2017. Students and staff tolerated the drone's mosquito like sound and presence as it recorded video at multiple points along the trip. The irritation was worthwhile as the drone collected beautiful 4k video. A summary video of the trip will be assembled by the end of the school year. The drone will be used to document a range of outdoor projects at the school in the upcoming years. Ms. Bertucci Mrs. Borst and Mr. Mandeville assisted. GIRLS ON THE RUN 5 km Race The girls on the run team gathered in costume on Wednesday, May 31st for a planning session prior to running their 5 kilometer race on Saturday June 3rd. If you are reading this on Friday evening the 2nd, then wish them well tomorrow.  If you are reading this Monday the 5th, then ask your schoolmates how the event went. COMMUNITY AND SACS GARDEN WATER SUPPLY Plants in the community and school gardens are supplied with water by the St. Albans Fire Department.  All the garden water tanks are now topped off for this year's growing season.  THANKS. VIDEO OF FORMER STUDENT SINGING Lucia Pelkey from BFA sings at their end of the year choral concert. Lucia is a former SACS student who will be attending Saint Rose in Albany next year. She will be studying English and Music.  The video is 3 minutes and 50 seconds long. LINK TO LUCIA PELKEY VIDEO 6TH GRADE BIKE TRIP PICTURES The weather cooperated for an epic bike trip out to the Abbey Restaurant on the rail trail. Students celebrated their country ride with a wonderful cookout and ball games in the Abbey fields and on the volleyball courts. A portion of the students were up for the ride back to school as well.  A good time was had by students and the staff that came along to chaperone the event.  Assembling in the cafeteria prior to the ride A wonderful with-helmet sighting. Mary-Catherine -she helped supply bicycles