Announcements 5-10-2018

THURSDAY MAY 10th

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 - Asian Pears & Clementines Asian pears are low in calories with about 50 calories per medium-sized pear. They are a good source of vitamin C with each pear containing 8% of your daily requirement and provide a fair amount of fiber, most of which is found in the skin. Fiber-rich foods such as Asian pears have been shown to help lower cholesterol levels and prevent colon cancer. Reference Friday - Pineapple

LUNCH

RECESS WEATHER It will be a good windy day to get outside and move.

IMPORTANT DATES MAY 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. Preschool and Kindergarten: Field Trip to Welden Theater Thursday, May 10th. 8:00 am to 11:30 am. Transportation: Bus there, walking back 6th and 7th Graders: 7/8 Elective Fair  Friday, May 11th. Location: Library 7th grade from 7:45-8:00 Renaissance 8:00-8:15 USA 6th grade from 8:30-8:50 Voyagers & Triumph 9:00-9:20 Incredibles & Discovery Food Advisory Meeting Monday, May 14th. 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Location: Professional Library Stewardship Meeting: Some will Video Song in Ms. Hartman's room (8:00 AM). Wednesday, May 16th. 7:45 to 8:30 AM. 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. Voyagers: Field Trip to Camp Abnaki Tuesday, May 29th-30th. Leaving 8:30 AM. Returning 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. JUNE Imagination: Field Trip to Echo Center Tuesday, June 5th. 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Kindergarten: Field Trip to Green Mountain Dairy Farm - Dairy in the Classroom Tuesday, June 5th. 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Transportation: Bus Everyone: Stewardship Day Whole-School Walking Wednesday Wednesday, June 6th. 6:45 AM to 7:30 AM. Everyone: Stewardship Day Wednesday, June 6th. The whole School Day. 6th Grade Bike Trip Friday, June 8th, Rain Date June 7th. USA: Field Trip to Georgia Beach. Friday, June 8th. 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Transportation: Bus Discovery: Camping Field Trip to Cabot. Monday, June 11th & Tuesday, June 12th. 9:30 AM Monday to 2:00 PM Tuesday. Transporation: Bus. Renaissance: Field Trip to North Beach Monday, June 11th. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Triumph: Field Trip to Camp Abnaki Tuesday, June 12th. 8:00 AM to 2:15 PM. Transportation: Bus Kindergarten-Walsh and Voyagers: RiseVT Smoothie Bikes Tuesday, June 12th. 9:00 AM. Location: Outdoor Classroom next to Explorers 8th Grade Graduation Wednesday, June 13th. 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Dance Follows from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Navigators: Field Trip to Shelburne Farms Wednesday, June 13th. 8:15 AM to 1:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Travelers: Field Trip to Mt. Philo Wednesday, June 13th. Transportation: Bus Imagination: Field Trip to Burlington for Spirit of Ethan Allen Cruise Thursday, June 14th. 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Adventurers, Dreamers: Field Trip to Shelburne Farms Thursday, June 14th. 8:15 AM to 1:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Investigators: Field Trip to Kamp Kill Kare Thursday, June 14th. 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Greater St. Albans Middle School Band Rehearsal Saturday, June 16th. 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Location: Large Gym Renaissance: Field Trip to ArborTrek Canopy Adventures Tuesday, June 19th. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Teachers: Conscious Discipline 1 Training Monday, June 25th - Sunday, July 1st, 2018. Location: Library May 4th - Student Led Conferences - No School May 28th - Memorial Day - No School June 14th - Ignore (previously listed last day) June 19th - New Last Day of School June 20th - Step Up Day

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Open Doors (Week one of Session Five) Thursday - Homework Club, Kids on Track, Minecraft-Thursday Athletics Thursday (5/10) Baseball practice, 3:00-4:30 (baseball field) 7/8 Softball home game vs. Grand Isle, 4:15 p.m. Friday (5/4) Softball practice,  3:00-4:30 (softball field) 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 Sr. Orchestra will be having a rehearsal tomorrow, Friday, after lunch, and Jazz Band will be rehearsing, finally, tomorrow.

EVENTS OR NOTICES ST. ALBANS CITY SCHOOL  ATHLETICS SURVEY This is a survey to voice how the Athletic Programs went this year. LINK TO VERY SHORT SURVEY WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN MAY 17TH LINK TO MORE INFORMATION WALKING CONTEST GUIDELINES On SBAC testing days all laps around the walking path count double towards the contest. The people doing the tally at the end of the week will double your laps for you on SBAC days. Do not double your own laps. All laps must be completed on the ½ mile gravel walking path.  Laps indoors, around the gyms or beyond the school campus on field trips will not count! Tally sheets will be left on clipboards on a table next to the recess shed. The success of this contest depends on the honesty of all participants. Only record the actual amount of laps you completed. Thank you. Tally sheets will be analyzed each Monday and updates on the contest scores will be provided each Tuesday in our announcements.

PICTURES AND REPORTS WALKING (BIKING) WEDNESDAY RESULTS 80 people biked to school on Wednesday, May 9th, which is a new school record. In addition, 171 people walked. The grand total was 251 people including students, staff, and a few parents. Let's keep up this kind of turnout as we enjoy a good social time walking and biking together. Walking and biking help us arrive at school ready to learn and in better health. Thank you to everyone who joined in or helped out. LINK TO 1-MINUTE LONG DRONE VIDEO Team Triumph really excelled with 43 students (out of 61) who walked and biked to school. Other teams will have to promote Walking Wednesdays vigorously if this is their chosen route to the pool party at the end of the school year. Impressive participation Triumph! HELMETS PROTECT BIKERS About a dozen helmets were handed out to students on Walking/Biking Wednesday. We have dozens more to hand out, especially in the small-medium sizes. If you are a student in need of a helmet, and you want to ride safely to school, we can help you out.  Please see Mr. Craib mcraib@maplerun.org or Mrs. Wade to collect one. Here is the agreement: If you agree to take one, we would really like to see you riding to school with it on your head. You can thank Local Motion for making these lightly used helmets available for free to our students. Bikers received a reflective wrist band on Wednesday. SBAC RECESS A lot of pent-up energy needs releasing on standardized testing days and that was certainly the case midday on Wednesday 5-9-2018. Almost every student was seen outside in the enjoying the pristine weather.  LINK TO 11 PICTURES