Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Announcements 5-2-2018

WEDNESDAY MAY 2nd
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

Wednesday - Cantaloupe
Thursday - Pears
LUNCH

RECESS WEATHER

We have a pleasant warm day ahead of us. Remember to walk a lap or two for "Walk at Lunch Day"



IMPORTANT DATES


MAY

STUDENT LED CONFERENCES SCHEDULE
MONDAY - completed
TUESDAY - completed
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ND
Explorers until 6:00 PM
Incredibles 3:00 to 7:30 PM
USA until 5:00 PM
Travelers until 7:30 PM
Investigators until 7:15 PM
Renaissance until 5:30 PM
Voyagers 7:00 & 9:30 AM and 3:00 - 4:15 PM (sign up sheet sent home)
THURSDAY, MAY 3RD
Discovery until 6:00 PM
Triumph until 7:30 PM
Explorers until 6:00 PM
USA until 7:00 PM
Renaissance until 7:00 PM
Travelers 3:00 until 7:30 PM
Incredibles 3:00 to 7:30 PM
Voyagers 3:00 to 7:30 PM (sign up sheet sent home)
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH
Triumph 7:00 to 11:00 AM
Travelers 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM


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: 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 11thLocation: 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
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.

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.


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
(Session Five begins on 5/7, acceptance letters went home on 4/30 and 5/1)

Wednesday - Homework Club (for students already enrolled)
Thursday - Homework Club (for students already enrolled)


Athletics
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.



BAND

All Sr. Band members, and Elizabeth, Ella, Noah should report to the band room at 1:30 to get ready for marching this afternoon.

Beginning violin and cello students have their lesson this afternoon after school.

Mr. Mehaffey will be finding students for the district festival music lessons 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










FITNESS TEAM MEMBERS

Please arrive at school by 6:50am on Thursday using the front doors! 

Bus will depart for Norwich University at 7:05

If you have questions or concerns please call Meg Jarvis at 527-0565 ext 5002









Tech Reminders for Getting Ready for SBAC:

Check to make sure the SBAC app is on your Chromebook


Make sure your Chromebook is plugged in and charging overnight
Thank you.






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.






FREE 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 STARTING NEXT WEEK

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.



PICTURES AND REPORTS


FARM EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN -DREAMERS
Ms. Virginia visited Ms. Williams classroom to talk about goats. One of the students dressed up as a goat so that Ms. Virginia could explain how goats are different than other animals and people. She followed this lesson up by having students make fresh butter. Everyone got a chance to taste the results. Delicious.  LINK TO 55 PICTURES










STUDENT NURSES VISITED TO HELP WITH TESTS
5th Graders were treated to some fundamental hearing and vision tests on Tuesday 5-1-2018.  Visiting nurses assisted SACS nurses Mrs. Raleigh and Mrs. Kane in processing data from the tests.  LINK TO 7 PICTURES









BATTING PRACTICE
Ms. Wight's and Ms. Andrews's students spent their P.E. classes sharpening their batting skills in the little gym.  5-1-2018