Announcements 10-4-2017

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4th

DON’T FORGET TO FILL IN YOUR CLASSROOM TALLY SHEET Each classroom should have a tally sheet this morning to mark how many kids and adults got to school by… Walking Biking Rolling (scooter/skateboard etc.) Bus Carpool (typically 4+ people) Extra tally forms can be found in the maker space on the central table. Return tally forms to Mr. Craib's mail box or to the Maker Space this morning.

BREAKFAST

SNACKS It will be apples and bananas over the next two days. Apples Bananas

LUNCH

EXPECTED RECESS WEATHER Exceptionally nice weather again.

IMPORTANT DATES OCTOBER Everyone: Way-to-Go Challenge - Huge Walking/Biking Wednesday, Carpool Day, Bus Riding Day.  Wednesday, October 4th. Beginning of school day. Everyone: Picture Days.  LINK TO INFORMATION AND PAYMENT FORM October 3rd - 5th. 7:30 to 10:30 AM. Everyone: Walking Wednesday Wednesday, October 11th. Beginning of the school day. Spelling Audience: District Spelling Bee Competition Wednesday, October 11th. 9:00 to 11:30 am. Location: Library Kaleidoscope: Family Night Tuesday, October 17th. 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Location: Kaleidoscope Classrooms. Everyone: Walking Wednesday Wednesday, October 18th. Beginning of the school day. Everyone: Inservice - No School Thursday, October 19th. Everyone: Fall Break - No School Friday, October 20th. Everyone: Walking Wednesday Wednesday, October 25th. Beginning of the school day.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Open Doors: M - Hip Hop, Drama, Homework Club T - Homework Club W - Kids on the Move, Chess, Magic, Drama, Homework Club Th - Drama, Tinkering, Homework Club Athletics: WEDNESDAY  5/6 Away games vs SATEC, 4:00 (no bus provided) 7/8 Home games vs. SATEC, 4:00 XC meet in Georgia (bus boards at 2:45, students dismissed at 2:30) THURSDAY  7/8 Home games vs. Westford, 4:00 3:15, 5/6 Boys soccer pictures (then boys will watch the 7/8 game) 3:15, XC practice FRIDAY 3:15, 7/8 Girls soccer practice @ Collins Perley with the BFA Freshman Team ATHLETICS:  LINK TO THE UP-TO-DATE ATHLETIC CALENDAR FALL ATHLETIC PHOTOS Leonard Parent will be taking team and individual pictures,  photo forms have been given to coaches. Please bring your jersey on picture day!   5/6 Girls: 10/3, 5:00 (at the start of practice that day)   5/6 Boys: 10/5, 3:15 (will be staying after to watch the 7/8 Boys game)   7/8 Girls: 10/6, 3:15 (at the start of practice that day @ the Complex)   7/8 Boys: 10/11, 3:15 (at the start of practice that day)   Cross country: 10/12, 3:15 (at the start of practice that day) Students who need to take the late bus must register for it before 12:00 noon - there is no late bus on Fridays. Please contact SACS Athletic Director, Brian Clark or Alisha Sawyer with any questions or for more information. bclark@maplerun.org OR asawyer@maplerun.org. Go Raiders!

BAND Information pending.

EVENTS OR NOTICES PICTURE DAYS SCHEDULE 10/03/2017 10/04/2017 10/05/2017 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 7:45 Triumph Renaissance 8:15 Travelers Incredibles USA    8:45 Explorers Gleason AM Barker 8:55 Audette 9:05 Kindergarten 9:15 Investigators Voyagers 9:45 Imagination Koski 10:00 Discovery   11:30 Gleason PM      Where? Upstairs in the professional library (AC206) on the second floor Absent? Send him/ her to AC206 any day anytime between 8:00 and 10:00      Questions? See Jennifer Seymour REMEMBER, THIS WEEK’S WALKING WEDNESDAY WE ADDED THE WAY-TO-GO CHALLENGE. ON WAY-TO-GO WALKING WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4TH, OUR GOAL WAS TO GET AT LEAST 50% OF STUDENTS AND STAFF TO SCHOOL BY... Walking/biking Carpooling Bus (riding by bus is preferable to taking the family vehicle) Walking Biking. If you are a biker, Wednesday morning would be a really good day to come in by bicycle. Carpooling Busing. WHY? Way-to-Go is an Vermont Organization that is trying to get people to use fewer vehicles and be more energy efficient in the way we travel to school. Our school has the same goal. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING MORE THAN 50% HERE EFFICIENTLY on October 4th? We will have a chance to win a $30,000 dollar solar tracker or a 2-tiered indoor bicycle storage rack. WE CAN DO THIS!

PICTURES AND REPORTS FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE On Monday we picked tomatoes, eggplants, carrots for the cafeteria and sweet raspberries for our (Mrs. Lamb's) class.  NURSES OFFICE Each day dozens of students drop by the nurses office for some loving care.  Here Mrs. Raleigh checks the temperature of one of the younger students. DISCOVERY FIELD TRIP (9-29-2017) Discovery students walked to Hard'ack for a tour through the woods on a beautiful Fall day. It took about 1 1/2 miles of walking to reach the entry point to Hard'ack at the top of Congress Street. Students are shown arriving at that point for some directions and a water break before hitting the trails. The whole trip lasted about three hours. LINK TO 12 PICTURES ART CLASS Students crafted large wands in Ms. Haberman's art class. Often students incorporated electrical light(s) into the design.  Check out the creative designs assembled by students in the class.   LINK TO 14 PICTURES ART WORK We are reaching the point in the school year where there is plenty of student art work to post in various hall ways. Look closely and appreciate the fine work next time you are touring the school.  These pictures came from the hallway next Ms. Martinson's room and from the atrium near the cafeteria. LINK TO 25 PICTURES WESTFORD CROSS-COUNTRY RACE.    10-2-2017 The Raiders running team travelled to Westford Elementary school for one of the most rugged courses in the cross-country circuit. The Westward route covers 2.2 miles of hilly, root and hole infested trails in the Town Forest surrounding the school. Our students were definitely impressed with "killer hill", a very rough and steep hill in the wooded section of the course. The Westward race is held in beautiful countryside and is always very well managed. A unique component of the race is that students are timed with a chip tied to their shoes.  When they cross over a special mat at the end of the race, a computer times their performance accurately. With hundreds of boys and girls from around the region competing in each race, a system like that one is essential. LINK TO PICTURES FROM THE RACE

NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS

3 & 4-year-old Pre-K students Session 1. 8:00 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Session 2. 11:15 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Full Pre-K (4-year-olds) and Kindergarten 8:00 A.M - 2:00 P.M.

1st - 8th Grade 7:30 A.M - 2:50 P.M.

Half Day School Hours are 7:30 A.M. - 10:50 A.M.