Thursday, April 19, 2018

Announcements 4-20-2018

FRIDAY APRIL 20th
JOKE OF THE WEEK

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
Thursday - Carrots
Friday - Watermelon
WATERMELON: While we tend to focus on the melon’s succulent flesh, watermelon rinds are also edible as well as full of nutrients with surprising health benefits. In China, the rinds are often stir-fried or stewed, while in the South, cooks like to pickle them. And, across the Middle East and China, the seeds are dried and roasted (similar to pumpkin seeds) to make for a light, easy snackLINK TO REFERENCE
LUNCH


RECESS WEATHER

More joyful weather. The recess shed will NOT be open.


IMPORTANT DATES

APRIL
Renaissance: Field Trip to Spare Time Bowling, Colchester
Friday, April 20th. 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Transportation: Bus

Everyone: Spring Break - No School
Monday - Friday, April 23 - 27 

St. Albans Community: Maple Festival Pancake Breakfast. 
Cost varies from $0-$8/breakfast depending on age
Saturday and Sunday, April 28th & 29th. 7:00 am to 12:00 Noon. Location: SACS Cafeteria.


MAY
STUDENT LED CONFERENCES SCHEDULE
MONDAY, APRIL 30TH
Voyagers 7:00 & 9:30 AM and 3:00 - 4:15 PM (sign up sheet sent home)
TUESDAY, MAY 1ST
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND
Incredibles 3:00 to 7:00 PM
Voyagers 7:00 & 9:30 AM and 3:00 - 4:15 PM (sign up sheet sent home)
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD
Incredibles 3:00 to 7:00 PM
Voyagers 3:00 to 7:00 PM (sign up sheet sent home)
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH

Everyone: Walking Wednesday & Walk at Lunch Day
Wednesday, May 2nd. 6:45 AM to 2:45 pm.

Students and Families: Student Led Conferences - No School
Friday, May 4th.

Everyone: Green Up Day - LINK TO INFORMATION
Saturday, May 5th. Location: All around Vermont.  

Everyone: Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, May 9th. 6:45 am to 7:30 am.

SBAC May 9th and 10th are Learning Community Days for main SBAC portions. Testing Blocks are 8:30-10:00 and 1:00-2:30. Halls quiet. Main Playground and Fields closed during testing.

Food Advisory Meeting
Monday, May 14th. 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Location: Professional Library

Everyone: Franklin County Art Show
May 15th - 20th. Opening Reception Tuesday, May 15th. 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Location: Collins Perley Sports Complex.

SBAC May 15th, 16th, 17th are days reserved for SBAC performance tasks. Specials will run but no MLCs on the 15th and16th. No set testing blocks. Respectful noise levels needed.

Everyone: Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, May 16th. 6:45 to 7:30 am.

Families of Incoming Kindergarteners: Welcome to Kindergarten Meeting
Thursday, May 17th. 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Location: Cafeteria and Elsewhere.
LINK TO MORE INFORMATION

Everyone: Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, May 23rd. 6:45 AM to 7:30 am.

Trimester 3 Fine Arts Show Case
Wednesday, May 23rd. 5:00 to 6:30 pm. Location: Big Gym

NGSS Science Test and PE Fitness Test May 23rd and 24th.
Impacts 5th grade and 8th grade for Science Test. Impacts 4th and 7th for Fitness Test. Details sent to teachers previously.

Everyone: Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, May 30th. 6:45 to 7:30 am.

Everyone: Memorial Day - No School
Monday, May 28th.



AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING

Open Doors
(This is the final week of Session Four, enrollment forms for Session Five have been handed out, acceptance letters will go home on 5/1.)


Softball will not practice during vacation week.

Baseball practices over vacation are TBA - coaches will contact players with details.


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 will not be in school today.



EVENTS OR NOTICES


UPDATED SCHOOL CALENDAR
Assuming there are no more snow days, the last day of school is June 19th with step-up day occurring on June 20th










WALKING CONTEST BETWEEN 
LEARNING COMMUNITIES COMING IN MAY

It will run for four weeks from May 7th through June 1st.

There are two prizes of a one-hour pool party at the St. Albans Recreation Pool next to our school


1. Be the learning community with the most number of laps completed on the walking path (1-hour pool party).

2. Be the learning community with the highest number of walkers/bikers tallied on Walking Wednesdays over that time period (1-hour pool party).

More information will be supplied closer to the contest.









GREEN UP DAY - MAY 5TH

How can each of us get involved in this amazing annual event?





PICTURES AND REPORTS




MAKERSPACE STUDENTS SPOKE AT MRUSD BOARD MEETING
The Maple Run Unified School District school board hosted a presentation of St. Albans City School and St. Albans Town Educational Center students who showed off their 3-D printed projects.  These students recently attended a 3-D Vermont printing competition where they came in second place.  Board members got to see the models the students created and they got to ask questions about how the models were created. The board was impressed.




VOYAGERS
Students in Ms. Kukuk's room engaged in a fun brain exercise activity before studying desert ecosystems. 4-19-2018.  One cluster of students worked with Ms. Kukuk for much of the class session while the other students read. After the break other groups of students will meet with Ms. Kukuk to go over the same material.







MAKERSPACE FUN
A group of students who work frequently in the makerspace were given some packing material padding to modify into creative and crazy hats. Here are the successful products of their efforts.