Announcements 11-8-2017

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8th

STANDARD BREAKFASTS Monday- Cereal or Bagel Tuesday- Homemade Muffin or Bagel Wednesday- Breakfast Round or Bagel Thursday- Yogurt Meal or Bagel Friday- Cinnamon Bun or Bagel

SNACKS WED - CUCUMBERS THURS - WATERMELON FRI - BANANAS

LUNCH

EXPECTED RECESS WEATHER It will be a cool and beautiful day!  Head outside for exercise. THE RECESS SHED IS OPEN At the end of your recess please return all balls to the shed.  All recess shed equipment has been marked as belonging to the recess shed.  Thank you.

IMPORTANT DATES NOVEMBER USA & Renaissance Students: Economics Unit Assembly - Employment Skills Panel Wednesday, November 8th. 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Location: Library Everyone: Picture Retake Day Friday, November 10th. 8:00 to 10:00 AM. Location: Library Community: MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, November 15th. Location: BFA St. Albans Library Everyone: Fine Art Showcase Thursday, November 16th. 5:00 to 6:00 PM. Location: Large Gym Students and Staff: Drama Performance - Pirates Past Noon Thursday, November 30th.  9:30 to 10:30 am. Location: Large Gym DECEMBER Everyone: Drama Performance - Pirates Past Noon Friday, December 1st.  6:00 to 7:00 pm. Location: Large Gym PCC Meeting Thursday, December 7th. 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Location: Professional Library. School Mall: December 14th. 4:00 to 6:00 pm.  Location: School-Wide

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING OPEN DOORS: W-Magic, Chess, Kids on the Move, Drama, Homework Club Th-Tinkering, Drama, Homework Club ATHLETICS: W - 7/8 Basketball Open Gym, 6:00 - 7:30 (For 7/8 SACS Boys and Girls signed up for basketball) Th - 5-8 Cheer practice, 3:00 - 4:30 (this is a change from the handout they received) 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 Alisha Sawyer with any questions or for more information. asawyer@maplerun.org.

BAND Mr. Mehaffey wants to congratulate the beginning violins, who had a great big group lesson Tuesday afternoon. Beginning cello group 1 has a lesson today. Band lessons for Sr. Band include Eamon, Jacob, Brianna, Genie and Igz today. Check your schedule outside the team rooms for your lesson time. Full Orchestra is not rehearsing tomorrow afternoon. Beginning cello, group 2 will be having their lesson on Thursday morning at 9:30 because of the afternoon activities. This is only for this week.

EVENTS OR NOTICES NO WALKING WEDNESDAY TODAY.   THE NEXT ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 6TH MESSAGES FROM TEAM USA HERE IS A 2-MINUTE VIDEO EXPLAINING VETERAN'S DAY IN THIS COUNTRY LINK TO VIDEO NOTE THAT THE RUN/WALK EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY THE PRE-K KINDERGARTEN RUN/WALK HAS BEEN MOVED TO 11:30 AM

PICTURES AND REPORTS IMAGINATION Here are a few pictures that Imagination students drew representing Vermont and Lake Champlain. Three pictures are going to be selected and used to market the team's product for the School Mall coming up in December. Other drawings, not shown here, will also be considered. LINK TO 24 PICTURES  This is the Burlington Waterfront GRADES 4-6  ECONOMICS UNIT ASSEMBLY Four representatives from the region came to talk to students about the environmental impact of their businesses and work in the St. Albans area: Tim Smith from the Industrial Park, Eric Ciemniewski from Teknor Apex, John Leddy from the Northwest Solid Waste District and Celia Riechel from the Department of Environmental Conservation. Leaders from the 7/8th grade communities and 4th through 6th-grade students asked the representatives a variety of environmental impact questions. The panel supplied detailed answers that helped students understand the many factors businesses have to consider and understand. LINK TO 22 PICTURES ECONOMICS UNIT - JINGLES, LOGOS etc. Bruce Carlin has worked in advertising for years. He gave a fun and interactive presentation to our 1st-3rd graders on all the tools communities can use to market their products at the School Mall. LINK TO 16 PICTURES DREAMERS These students from Ms. Gleason's homeroom came to the library to be read to by librarian, Mrs. Wade.

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.