Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Announcements 4-1-2020

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1st

UPDATES FROM STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Here are images and stories sent in by families and staff over recent days.


TECHNOLOGY
Tech class at home... taking apart an old VCR/DVD player





ARTWORK
This student got creative with inspirational artwork! 



INVESTIGATOR STUDENT CREATION
Alex, the monster!  Created by Miley Patterson




HELPING HEALTH CARE WORKERS
This 8th grader has been helping iron material to make masks for our local hospital. According to a recent Messenger newspaper article, there are many people in St. Albans sewing masks for health care workers. It is nice to see that our students are a part of this initiative.



RAIDER NEWS
Raider was busy enjoying the great outdoors on Tuesday!





FIND THE STUFFED ANIMAL CHALLENGE
Mrs. Biggie and other community members are putting a teddy bear or other stuffed animal in their windows or front doors so when parents take their kids out for a ride they can look for them and see how many they can find. Mrs. Biggie says it will be a safe and fun activity for the kids and will help with their counting skills. Hopefully, more people will participate. Kids can also participate by finding a bear or other stuffed animal (with Easter coming a bunny would be good) to hang on their door or window. Pictures for the announcements are welcome.


Here is my blue Teddy 🐻 for the challenge. Ms. Wanda McDaniel. It is a little hard to see.




CONTENT WANTED
St. Albans City School families and staff members, if you have anything positive to share on the announcements that show what students and adults are doing to promote learning and a sense of community in this time of uncertainty, then please send it on to Mr. Craib at mcraib@maplerun.org. Please add a short descriptive note to go with your content. It would also be helpful if you wrote that you are providing consent to share your images, video clips, artwork, etc... Thank you.


UPDATED MEALS INFORMATION

Meal delivery and pickup will now occur on Mondays and Thursdays. Times listed below. The pickup sites are at St. Albans City School and BFA





INTERNET ACCESS FOR VERMONT FAMILIES

From our district technology staff... Below are a couple of different resources that are from companies providing free internet access for households without internet.

LINK TO COMCAST, CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, and CHARTER-SPECTRUM information.


Xfinity WiFi Free For Everyone: Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots, visit www.xfinity.com/wifi. Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots and then launch a browser.