Announcements 3-21-2019

THURSDAY, MARCH 21st

BREAKFAST MONDAY Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted Cereal 1/2 English Muffin Graham Crackers TUESDAY Homemade Blueberry Muffin Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese WEDNESDAY Homemade Breakfast Round Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese THURSDAY Danimals w/granola Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese FRIDAY Iced Honey Bun Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese

SNACK for Thursday - Green Beans

LUNCH MONDAY Homemade Shepherd's Pie Dinner Roll Daily Soup Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar TUESDAY Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla Rice Pilaf Homemade Flavorful Salsa Daily Soup Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar WEDNESDAY BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich Garden Pasta Salad Daily Soup Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar THURSDAY Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce Garlic Breadsticks Daily Soup Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar FRIDAY Cape Cod Crusted Fish Creamy Coleslaw Dinner Roll Daily Soup Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar

RECESS WEATHER It won't be quite as nice today as it was on Wednesday. Try to get outside in the morning. Wear shoes that will keep your feet dry. To see totally up-to-date weather information you can go to THIS LINK

OPEN DOORS SESSION 4 Monday: (Program will run: 3/11, 3/18, 4/1, 4/8) Extreme Hip Hop Drama (already enrolled) Open Doors Explorers Wednesday: (Programs will run: 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17) Pokémon Drama (already enrolled) Open Doors Explorers Pottery Thursday: (Programs will run: 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11,4/18) Minecraft (enrolled by waitlist) Drama (already enrolled) Kid’s on the Move Open Doors Explorers Raider Majorettes

MUSIC PRACTICE WITH MR. KELLY Week A Thursday: 7:25-8:15   5th/6th Grade Band (Woodwinds) 8:15-8:35   Jason Longe 8:35-8:55   Madison Gould 8:55-9:15   Igz Perez 9:30-10:00   Sarah McElree 10:00-10:30   Angus Ackel 11:15-11:45   Derrick Rouleau 11:45-12:15   Landon Underwood 12:15-12:45   Molly Clark, Evelyn Knight, Bryton Ross, & Vanessa Stanhope 12:45-1:15   Megan Gonyeau, Anna Smith, Makenna Tatro, & Serenity Patterson 1:15-1:45   Chris Hockhausen, Dublin Sheltra, Brandon Raymond, Molly Bernard, & Maggie Dunigan 1:50-2:45   7th/8th Grade Band Friday: 7:25-8:15   5th/6th Grade Band (Brass & Percussion) 9:30-10:00   Orion Ward & Galen Schad 10:00-10:30   Isaac Ditch & Drake Remillard 11:15-11:45   Lyla Rouleau 11:45-12:15   Lexi Smith 12:15-12:45   Kyla Abair, Sophie Carswell, Noelle LaClair, Kayden Levine-Owen, & Alexis Swann 12:45-1:15   Addison Hamilton, Grayson Mergenthal, Charlie Luneau, & Noah Morgan 1:15-1:45   Ella Dunigan, Alan LaRose, & Leah Mitchell 1:50-2:45   7th/8th Grade Band

IMPORTANT DATES Drama Rehearsals for Beauty and the Beast Thursday, Jan 3rd - Thursday, April 11th. Mon, Wed, Thu. 3:15 to 4:30 PM. Location Large Gym and Music Rooms MARCH Stewardship Committee Meeting Canceled Friday, March 22nd. 7:45 to 8:15 AM. Location: Professional Library 4-6 Dance Sponsored by Discovery Friday, March 22nd. 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria. Wellness Committee Meeting Wednesday, March 25th. Time TBD. Location: TBD MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, March 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: BFA Parent Community Council - SURVIVermont Thursday, March 28th. 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria, Library APRIL Orchestra Field Trip to BFA Thursday, April 4th. 8:15 AM to 2:15 PM. Transportation: Walking Little League Draft Night Thursday, April 4th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Team USA Classrooms Vermont Youth Philharmonia Tuesday, April 9th. 8:15 to 11:15 AM. Location: Large Gym Vermont Youth Philharmonia Tuesday, April 9th. 11:15 to 1:00 AM. Location: Library Everyone: Drama. Beauty and the Beast (Jr.) Thursday, April 11th. 9:00 to 10:30 AM. Location: Large Gym Little League Draft Night Thursday, April 11th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Team USA Classrooms Everyone: Drama. Beauty and the Beast (Jr.) Friday, April 12th. 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Location: Large Gym Everyone: Drama. Beauty and the Beast (Jr.) Saturday, April 13th. 1:00 to 2:30 PM. Location: Large Gym City School Staff Open Doors Afternoon Friday, April 19th. Time to be announced. Location: Spaces around the school building

March 1st - 4th Winter Break. No School March 5th - Town Meeting Day. No School March 25th - Teacher/Staff Inservice Day. No School

April 15th. Teacher/Staff Inservice Day. No School April 22nd - 26th Spring Break. No School.

EVENTS AND NOTICES IF YOU ARE A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER - READ IMMEDIATELY DANCE: Team Discovery is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day 4-6th grade dance Friday, March 22nd, from 5:00-7:00 PM. The cost is $3.00 and food/drinks are for sale. Wear green clothing to receive a raffle ticket for a prize drawing. Fun activities to look forward to: a photo booth, hula hoop competition, musical chairs, and more! Arrival and Dismissal from Dances: Students enter through the gymnasium doors and sign themselves into the dance. School Expectations (Safe, Achieving, Caring) remain at all evening events and that includes dances. At the end of our dances, chaperones and staff will walk students through the building to our front lobby. We will dismiss from there. Please be prompt for pick up as staff and chaperones need to get home, too. If your student does not have a ride home, please don’t send them to our dances unless they have made arrangements before coming to the dance. BIKING/WALKING SAFETY The City of St. Albans has called the school to make us aware of an unsafe situation regarding the parking lot of the city garage on Aldis Street. Please do not bike or walk through the parking lot, as there are many moving vehicles and heavy equipment that go through that area. They are requesting that we do not use that as a path to/from school. Music through the Decades Spirit Week March 26-29, 2019 Let’s celebrate “Music Through The Decades” with a Spirit Week! Dress as your favorite musician, or dress in the style for the day. The pictures below come from previous years events. Tuesday-   The 50’s     Embrace your inner Elvis or dress for the Sock Hop Wednesday- The 60’s    Beatles, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin or just peace out man! Thursday-  The 70’s     Disco and Rock   think Pink Floyd and Bee Gees/Village People Friday- The 80’s           Hair Bands are all the rage! Bon Jovi, Queen,  Guns and Roses! Embrace the style, Embrace the Music!!!!! FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

PICTURES AND REPORTS DISCOVERY PARACHUTES To celebrate the book “Courage has No Color,” a nonfiction book about the first black paratroopers, Discovery 5th graders created their own parachutes using the engineering design process.  LINK TO 8 PICTURES BFA ENGINEERING DAY 7th and 8th grade students from St. Albans City School, St. Albans Town Educational Center and Fairfield Center School participated in a range of engineering challenges at BFA high school.  Check out a few of the pictures that were taken on Wednesday, the 20th.  They came from a bridge loading contest, a cup tower height contest, a bristle bot race, an edible car distance rolling contest and a newspaper and masking tape structural support building contest. LINK TO 23 PICTURES KINDERGARTEN ALUMINUM PULL TABS Students from Ms. Walsh's and Ms. Lawyer's rooms held up a few of the collection containers they are using to hold the aluminum tabs being gathered this school year. Families and friends are sending in thousands of tabs to kindergarten teachers and students. The aluminum tabs are being collected for a charitable purpose and will be recycled. HOPE The hands-on practical education workshop recently created several chairs from scrap pine wood. Check one of them out in the pictures below.