TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4th
BREAKFAST
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SNACK
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LUNCH
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ANTICIPATED RECESS WEATHER
It will be a reasonably warm day to get outside for some exercise at recess
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AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING
ATTENTION ALL FALL ATHLETES!
Bring ALL sign-up sheets filled out/signed and bus requests that were handed
out on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 to your next practice to participate.
There is bussing home for after school practices/activities
that end at 4:30 pm except on Fridays
TUESDAY
Canceled ⅚ G Soccer Pract. 3-4:30 due to St. Albans City School Staff Meeting
⅞ G Soccer Pract. 4:30-6 will still be held
⅞ B Soccer Pract. 4:30-6 will still be held
WEDNESDAY
⅚ B Soccer Pract. 3-4:30
⅞ G Soccer Pract. 4:30-6
⅞ B Soccer Pract. 4:30-6
XC Pract. 3-4:00
THURSDAY
⅚ B Soccer Pract. 3-4:30
⅚ G Soccer Pract. 3-4:30
⅞ G Soccer Pract. 4:30-6
⅞ B Soccer Pract. 4:30-6
XC Pract. 3-4:00
FRIDAY
⅞ G Soccer Pract. 4:30-6
There is no Friday after school program bussing
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IMPORTANT DATES
SEPTEMBER PreK and Kindergarteners and Family representatives: First (HALF) Day of School. Thursday, September 6th. 8:30 to 10:15 AM. A family member should attend with each student. Thank you. The first full day of school will be Friday, September 7th. Pre-K Cottage (Part Time Sessions) Orientation Schedule: Thursday, September 6th. 12:00 - 1:00 PM Morning Session Orientation (Meet at the cottage) 1:30 - 2:30 PM Afternoon Session Orientation (Meet at the cottage) The first "official" day for these groups of kids will be Monday, Sept.10th. The morning session runs from 8:15 -10:45 AM and the afternoon runs from 11:15 AM - 2:00 PM Team USA Parent Night Tuesday, September 11th. 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: Team USA Classrooms Everyone: Walking Wednesday Wednesday, September 12th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to Map and Route Times. PreK and K walking students can arrive with the older kids and spend time in Ms. Walsh's room until the other PreK/K kids arrive.
Everyone: St. Albans City School Open House
Thursday, September 27th. 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Locations: Library, Large Gym, Small Gym
Kindergarten Navigators/Dreamers/Adventurers: Field Trip to Hackett’s Orchard
Friday, September 28th. 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Transportation: Bus
September 6th. PreK and Kindergarten first (half) day of school
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EVENTS AND NOTICES
 NEW YOUTH ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM STARTING A program for people ages 4-19 is looking for participants. LINK TO SITE WITH MORE INFORMATION. Note: There is a fee associated with the program. Register now if interested.
Are you considering participating in one of our
SETDA award activities?
We encourage all students in our school to apply to participate in one or all of the following activities:
Remember in order to apply you have to complete the following pieces of information:
These are due by the end of the day Friday, September 7. Please place in Joan's Cavallo's mailbox outside of her door. Videos can be put in drive and shared with Mrs. Borst, gborst@maplerun.org.
Do you need help?
Please join Ms. Bertucci and Mrs. Borst in the Makerspace during the times below for any help you may need with pieces or parts of your applications. We can even just check it and make sure you have all of your parts or help you record your video!
Tuesday (9/4): 7:30-8:30 & 1-2:30
Wednesday (9/5): 7:30-8:30 & 10-11:15
Thursday (9/6): 7:30-8:30 & 10:45-1
Friday (9/7) : 7:30-8:30
We hope to see lots of applications come in!
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REPORTS AND PICTURES
OUR MAKERSPACE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN A VERMONT KIDS ARTICLE The article was published in Vermont Kids in late August about "Spectacular Spaces".
Dream It, Make It
 St. Albans City School students watching the laser cutter work its magic At St. Albans City School, kids have access to technology that most adults have likely never used. The school's maker space, a room off the library, boasts a variety of 21st-century tools, including a 3D printer, laser cutter, vinyl cutter, heat press and circuitry kits. Low-tech materials, like toilet paper tubes, Popsicle sticks, Legos and beads, are also available for students to use for engineering and design projects. The school's innovation specialists, Erica Bertucci and Grace Borst, teach students what the equipment can do starting in kindergarten. By the time students are in middle school, they're able to operate it independently. Open lab time allows them to come in to work on projects ranging from laser-cut covers for photo albums and notebooks to a 3D-printed, interactive model of Thomas Jefferson. Stdents who competed in the Jr Iron Chef VT competition last March used the vinyl cutter and heat press to create designs to embellish their aprons and chef hats. And a group of middle schoolers used 3D modeling software and the 3D printer to create a model of the historic Fairfield Street School for the 3D Vermont competition, where they placed second.  St. Albans students selling their products at last year's school mall
Last year, students schoolwide were divided into teams that were each responsible for creating a product to sell at a school mall. Products included coasters and hot plates with designs made using laser-cut stencils, lavender-infused soap with laser-cut tags, and more crafty items like crocheted hats. That project earned the school the 2018 Student Voices award from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). This fall, the school will send a delegation of students and staff to Washington, D.C., to give a presentation about the project at the national nonprofit's conference.
The maker space tools have "opened up doors" to students, said Bertucci, and shown them that they can create anything they can imagine. FLOWERS FROM THE SCHOOL GARDENS            |
