TUESDAY MAY 1st
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
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SNACKS
Tuesday - sugar snap peas, clementines & apples Wednesday - cantaloupe Thursday - pears |
LUNCH
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| RECESS WEATHER A dry weather recess day finally! The fields are still sodden. It is time to start thinking about using the walking path again.
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IMPORTANT DATES
MAY
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
Everyone: Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA). District 1 Middle School Music Festival Friday, May 4th. 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Saturday, May 5th 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Location: Missisquoi Valley High School. Everyone: Green Up Day - LINK TO INFORMATION Saturday, May 5th. Location: Check the link above for St. Albans location specifics. 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. 6th and 7th Graders: 7/8 Elective Fair Friday, May 11th. Location: Large Gym 7th grade from 7:45-8:15 7:45-8:00 Ren. 8:00-8:15 USA 6th grade 8:30-9:00 Food Advisory Meeting 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. Voyagers: Field Trip to Camp Abnaki Tuesday, May 29th. 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Transportation: Bus
Everyone: Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, May 30th. 6:45 to 7:30 am.
Everyone: Memorial Day - No School
Monday, May 28th.
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AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING
Open Doors
(Session Five begins on 5/7, acceptance letters will go home on 4/30 and 5/1) Wednesday - Homework Club (for students already enrolled) Thursday - Homework Club (for students already enrolled)
Athletics
Tuesday (5/1)
Fitness Team, 3:00-4:30 (large gym) Softball practice, 3:00-4:30 (softball field) Baseball practice, 3:00-4:30 (baseball field) Wednesday (5/2) Baseball practice, 3:00-4:30 (baseball field) Softball practice, 3:00-4:30 (softball field) Thursday (5/3) Baseball practice, 3:00-4:30 (baseball field) Friday (5/4) 7/8 Baseball game @ MVU, game starts at 4:00, bus leaves at 3:15 p.m. Saturday (5/5) What: 7/8 Baseball Round Robin Tournament When: Saturday, May 5th (times below) Where: Collins Perley Sports Complex, baseball field 11:00 Georgia vs. SATEC (SACS coaches ump) 12:00 City vs. SATEC (Georgia coaches ump) 1:00 City vs. Georgia (SATEC coaches ump)
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.
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BAND
All beginning violins and cello's are having their lesson together Wednesday afternoon. All students need to be there. Sr. Band is today at 2. Band lessons are for district festival people today. |
EVENTS OR NOTICES
WEDNESDAY MAY 2ND IS WALK AT LUNCH DAY
Each Year St. Albans City School Joins in Vermont's Walk at Lunch Day. This is a day to celebrate simple exercise for health and the arrival of spring. Please try to get out sometime on Wednesday and do at least a lap around the walking path.
Pictures from May 2017 Walk at Lunch Day
 
GET READY FOR 6
WALKING WEDNESDAYS IN A ROW
STARTING THIS WEEK (May 2nd)
...and next week Wednesday, May 9th is a National Bike to School Day in addition to being a walk to school day.
 GREEN UP DAY TRASH BAGS TO BE HANDED OUT TO PARENTS BY ST. ALBANS CITY MAYOR TIM SMITH AT THURSDAY DISMISSAL TIME LINK TO INFORMATION ABOUT GREEN UP DAY on May 5th.  The Middle School District Music Festival will take place on Friday, May 4th 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday May 5th 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Missisquoi Valley Union MS/HS. A concert will take place Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at MVU. Tickets will be sold at the door: $4 students/seniors, $6 Adults, $15 Family (cash and checks only).
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.
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PICTURES AND REPORTS
ADVENTURERS Students in Ms. Bachand's classroom polished their reading skills on Monday 4-30-2018. LINK TO 44 PICTURES  
BAKERS FROM DISCOVERY
Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. Smith taught a group of students from Discovery how to bake bread. Here is a LINK TO 14 PICTURES from that event. They followed video instructions and used flour from King Arthur flour.    |
