Announcements 2-23-2018

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23rd

JOKE OF THE WEEK LINK TO VIDEO

BREAKFAST 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 Remember that the order of snack availability may be different than what is expected depending on how ripe the fruit or vegetables are when they arrive. This is a very hard time of the year for our cafeteria staff to find large quantities of ripe fresh fruits and vegetables. Tues - carrots w/ranch Wed - pears Thurs - Bananas Fri - golden delicious apples One fact about Golden Delicious Apples. You can put less sugar in pies and sauces made from Golden Delicious apples, because of the natural sweetness these apples provide.  Reference

LUNCH

RECESS Warming and gradually getting windier. Rain expected in the afternoon.

IMPORTANT DATES FEBRUARY  Investigators Field Trip: to the Echo Center Thursday, February 22nd. 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Incredibles Field Trip: to Spare Time Thursday, February 22nd. 9:15 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Everyone: Winter Break - No School Monday, February 26th - Monday, March 5th. (Also Tuesday, March 6th is Town Meeting Day - No School) MARCH Everyone: Walking Wednesday (this is the only one for March) Wednesday, March 14th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM.  Link to Routes and Start Times Food Advisory Committee Meeting Monday, March 19th. 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Location: Professional Library

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Open Doors (This is the final week of Session Three, acceptance letters for Session Four will go home after break) Athletics Nothing today. 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 Jazz Band will not be rehearsing Friday, and there will be no band lessons.

EVENTS OR NOTICES Team Triumph needs your empty plastic bottles (2 liter, water bottles, soda bottles, etc.) for a science project that we will be engaged in after the break. Mrs. Levine & Mrs. Morrissey would love it if you could bring them in for us at any point between now and the end of March. We will gladly be around to collect them if that works best for you, or you can deliver them at your convenience. Thank you for your support! 8TH GRADERS By Wednesday the 21st we wanted three things to be handed to the Yearbook Committee. If you have not done that already, please do so today. 1. We would like baby pictures emailed to Mr. Craib, Yuki, or Pilot. If not emailed please bring them to Mr. Craib and we will digitize the photos. 2. Superlatives will be handed out on paper and those need to be turned into Renee or Aylah. 3. Lastly, we need your yearbook surveys submitted. Technology and Engineering: a Discovery Culminating Event Please join us for our Discovery Science Fair, featuring Ecybermission and Engineering with a focus on helping those faced with natural disasters. Friday, February 23, 2018 Beginning at 9:00AM in the Discovery Classrooms Schedule: 6th Graders will give a quick presentation of their Ecybermission projects starting at 9:00AM. After the 6th grade groups have presented, the audience will have the opportunity to walk through the 4th and 5th grade Engineering Projects. We look forward to seeing you at 9:00 on February 23rd! INCREDIBLES will be hosting a culminating event on 2/23/2018 Friday morning from 7:30-8:30 a.m.  Friends and families are invited to explore space by viewing prototypes of improvements on current vehicles and devises to learn more about space, with the 4th and 5th graders.  6th graders will be showcasing their projects for ecybermission/ science projects. Students in Ms. Aliquo's classroom group are shown here working on one of their posters PHANTOMS LACROSSE For more information and to register, please visit our website at www.phantomslacrossevt.org or email us at phantomslacrossevt@gmail.com.

PICTURES AND REPORTS RENAISSANCE The Renaissance community has been studying climate change. We made a podcast to help educate others about it. Many of our students contributed to the audio recording with research and our voices. This is the LINK TO OUR PODCAST. It is approximately 20 minutes long and you might want to try at least a minute or two of it to see what you think. HOPE (Hands On Practical Education) PRESENTED TO THE MAPLE RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD HOPE has long been engaged in engineering and completing a range of incredible projects here at St. Albans City School: benches, bridges, stepping stools, signs and much more. Now HOPE is involving a substantial number of students in their program through "internship" experiences of 1-5 hours per week. HOPE students use math, computers, and tons of hand and power tools to build impressive products. On Wednesday night, HOPE interns and teachers presented what they are doing to the MRUSD School Board. Their work and goals were well received and encouraged. The two projects displayed for the board were a maple sap collection sled and the outline of a new school sign. LINK TO 21 PICTURES DREAMERS Mrs. Walsh's students experienced a visit from Jessica Frost of RiseVT. She played several games with the students and read the students a book, all focused on healthy food choices. The students were very attentive and eager to take part in everything Jessica offered. She received a big hug from everyone just before she departed. Today's visit was a reward for achieving Bronze status on RiseVT's checklist for achieving healthy life choices. Mrs. Walsh's students will earn two more fun and instructional visits from Jessica before the end of the school year. Is any other classroom interested in doing stuff with RiseVT? Talk to Mr. Craib if you are. LINK TO 100 PICTURES DREAMERS Mrs. Williams' students enjoyed the warm weather yesterday morning. It was gone by Thursday.