Announcements 3-14-2018

SCHOOL IS CANCELLED TODAY
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14th

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 FOR TUESDAY Wednesday Strawberries Thursday Clementines Friday Carrots Monday Golden Delic. Tuesday Oranges Over 53 percent of seven to nine year olds picked strawberries as their favorite fruit. Eight strawberries will provide 140 percent of the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C for kids. Native forms of strawberries adapt to various climates and are indigenous to every major continent except Africa, Australia and New Zealand.   LINK TO REFERENCE

LUNCH

RECESS WEATHER Snow expected all day long.

IMPORTANT DATES MARCH Everyone: Walking Wednesday (this is the only one for March) WEATHER DEPENDENT Wednesday, March 14th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM.  Link to Routes and Start Times Students and Staff: Fun Friday Concert - The Smokey Newfield Project Friday, March 16th. 1:00 to 2:15 PM in the Big Gym. 4-6 Grade: St. Patrick's Day Dance Sponsored by Incredibles Friday, March 16th. 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria.  The Dance Protocol will be followed. Incredibles & Discovery: Skiing Field Trip to Jay Peak Monday, March 19th. 7:45 AM to 2:00 PM. Transporation: Bus Food Advisory Committee Meeting Monday, March 19th. 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Location: Professional Library 3rd & 4th Graders: Field Trip to BFA Wednesday, March 21st. 12:30 to 2:15 PM. Transportation: Bus SASA Young Blades Banquet Thursday, March 22nd. 5:00 - 8:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria APRIL Students and Staff: Drama Performance - Alice in Wonderland Thursday, April 12th. 9:30 to 11:00 am. Location: Large Gym. Everyone: Drama Performance - Alice in Wonderland Friday, April 13th. 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Location: Large Gym. Everyone: Drama Performance - Alice in Wonderland Saturday, April 14th. 2:00 to 3:30 pm. Location: Large Gym. St. Albans Community: Maple Festival Pancake Breakfast. Cost vary from $0-$8/breakfast depending on age Saturday and Sunday, April 28th & 29th. 7:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. Location: SACS Cafeteria.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Open Doors (This is the first week of Session Four) Wednesday - Raiders Robot Rumble, Kids on the Move, Stage Tech, Drama, Homework Club Thursday - Helping Hands, Minecraft - Thursday, Yoga and JUST DANCE, Drama, Homework Club Athletics Thursday (3/15) Fitness Team tryouts, 3:00-4:30 (large gym) 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 There are no band lessons or Sr. Band today. Tomorrow, all beginning violins and cello's have a lesson at 2 pm in the band room. Sr. Orchestra will not be rehearsing on Thursday.

EVENTS OR NOTICES FITNESS TEAM 5th-8th Grade Fitness Team information Please remember to bring back signed permssion slips! Tryouts for the 5-8 fitness team will be Thursday 3/15 and Tuesday 3/20 Tryout time is 3:20-4:30 in big gym. Please dress for the weather and outside activity If taking the late bus home, please sign up by 1:00 on the day you will be riding. Students report to the cafeteria until 3:15 Questions please contact Meg Jarvis at 527-0565 ext 5002 WALKING WEDNESDAY FOR MARCH  IS TODAY THE 14TH (Weather dependent) Link to Routes and Start Times FAMILIES/PARENTS On March 14th, Chief Gary Taylor and a team of Emergency Service Providers will be presenting a community training called SURVIVermont. This training is something our staff has had, and will continue to learn, discuss, and when appropriate, share with students. These providers work with our school to create plans and procedures that keep your children safe. If you are interested in learning their approach and more information on how to respond if ever in this type of situation, this first session is 6:00-7:30 at City Hall on March 14th. FUN-FRIDAY CONCERT In honor of St. Patrick's Day and Music-in-Our-Schools Month, all are invited to a Fun Friday Concert in the gym from 1:00-2:15presented by The Smokey Newfield Project (Ms. Cameron-Muscente is a member of this band). Please be seated ready to enjoy the concert by 12:55. Students will sit on the floor for the concert. PreK and Kindergarten are invited to come for the first part and are fine to leave in time to meet buses. FAMILIES/PARENTS HERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH YOUR CHILDREN By LEARNING ABOUT CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE AND BRAIN STATES Come to St. Albans City School on March 20th 6:00 to 7:00 PM - Dinner Provided. Child Care can be arranged if needed. Please let Ms. Stacie Rouleau know if you plan to attend by no later than March 19th. srouleau@maplerun.org Reminder to all Codesmyths students!  Your classes are Mondays 1:00-1:45 and Tuesdays from 10:15-11:00 in Ms. Tagliamonte's art classroom. We're gearing up to start final projects! Make sure you make it to class! Please email Ms. Bertucci, Ms. Tagliamonte or Ms. Markoski with any questions at codesmyths@maplerun.org ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE  SPONSORED BY INCREDIBLES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADERS Friday, March 16th. 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria.  The Dance Protocol will be followed.

PICTURES AND REPORTS HOPE  The day after tapping the maple trees next to the far end of our walking path HOPE students went out to the woods again to collect the sap from their buckets. They found that each bucket contained from 1 to 3 gallons, a huge and unexpected haul in just one day. Our school's maple sap evaporator will have a hard time keeping up with the over 100 gallons collected by the HOPE and Triumph students this Tuesday. HOPE Tabulated collection of 90 gallons from their section of the woods.  Little did we know five years ago when we invisioned maple sugaring on school property, that this effort would be so productive and that we would have a "sugar house" to make it happen.  More pictures will be posted once the sap is undergoing evaporation in the sugar house.  LINK TO 38 COLLECTING PICTURES MAPLE RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TRAINING About 50 Administrators, staff and teachers from accross the district came to St. Albans City School to focus on helping students identify their leadership skills on Monday 3-12-2018. It was a productive training session.