Announcements 12-1-2020

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 2020

IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER BFA Experience CANCELLED Tuesday, December 1st. 6:00 to 8:00 PM MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, December 2nd. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. 5th and 6th Graders return to school four days per week Thursday, December 3rd. Picture Retake Day. Appointment required. Call Margaux Vaillancourt @ 527-0565 Wednesday, December 9th. 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Location: Large Gym Entrance If your child signs up for retakes a form will be sent home with them as soon as we receive those forms here at school, thank you. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, December 16th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Winter Break - No School Wednesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 1st.

EVENT(S) St. Albans City School Celebrates Computer Science Week Find out what this means by watching this Short Video

PICTURES NAVIGATORS PRE-K - RANKIN Ms. Rankin came into Ms. Emmons’ classroom to introduce her PreK students to the fundamentals of programming. In this STEAM class, students each received a laminated sheet with pictures of some familiar animals. Ms. Rankin provided instructions such as, move your robot (a small pom pom) two steps forward and make the sound of the animal you land on (example: cat = meow). After giving a range of gradually more complicated movement instructions and listening to the correct sounds, she then asked each student to make up their own robot instructions for the class to follow. In this STEAM class students essentially learned about creating programming instructions that result in specific actions, similar to what would happen with computer cocing.  Link to 23 Pictures.    ADVENTURERS PRE-K - KOSKI Ms. Koski’s made cinnamon-scented air fresheners with her students. By combining Elmer's glue, apple sauce, and copious amounts of cinnamon, the students were able to make a chocolate-colored dough. Each child received a ball of this dough to roll out on wax paper. They then used cookie cutters to make the shapes of their air fresheners. These fresheners were set aside to dry for at least two days before strings will be added to them for easy hanging. Link to 44 Pictures  LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES Several Months ago Chad Spooner (a SACS parent) built and installed a little free library box at the end of Mr. Brown’s driveway near the upper end of Isham Avenue. Mr. Brown has been stocking and monitoring it daily. It is well used as many people notice the library on their way into the Aldis Hill and Hard’ack trails. Mr. Brown welcomes anyone to borrow a book or to place books into the library that they wish to share with others. The library box contains books suitable for any age group. Mr. Brown says there are at least four of these little libraries around the city. Above: Mr. Brown Above: Mr. Spooner (picture taken June 2019) Here are a couple of pictures of another Little Free Library located on Pearl Street near Walnut. The library is on Nancy Lavigne's property. It was funded by current and retired teachers after being suggested by Ms. Joy Walsh and Ms. Kathy DeBari. It was built by Kathy's husband Tom Derenthal. Mr Derenthal and Joe Walsh, Joy's husband, installed it on Pearl Street, and Mrs. Debari stocked it with donated books from former librarian, Mrs. Wade. Anyone is free to take books, and may leave one in exchange. Above: left - Joe Walsh. right Tom Derenthal. Above: Ms. Debari and Mr. Derenthal Above: Ms. Debari Above: Ms. Joy Walsh

MENU BREAKFAST Mon, 30th Tue, 1st Wed, 2nd Thu, 3rd Friday, 4th WG Iced Honey Bun Fresh Fruit Milk Variety Or Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Fresh Fruit Milk Variety Breakfast Round Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety Remote learning Delicious Fruit Filled Muffin w/String Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety WG Croissant Grape Jelly Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety LUNCH Mon, 30th Tue, 1st Wed, 2nd Thu. 3rd Friday, 4th Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets Oven Crisp Tater Tots OR Deli Turkey Sandwich Veggie Sticks Fresh Fruit Milk Variety General Tso Chicken Veggie Fried Rice Steamed Broccoli OR Chicken Caesar Salad Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Remote Learning Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce (Ground Beef) Steamed Green Peas OR Tuna Salad Sandwich Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Chicken Patty Sandwich Roasted Sweet Potato Fries Seasoned Green Beans OR Chef Salad w/Dinner Roll Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety

WEATHER TODAY WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF THE WEEK

BIRTHDAYS NOV 30 - DEC 6 STUDENT FIRST NAME LAST NAME Collin DeForge Conan Burroughs Liam Kirby Wyatt Patterson Nicolas Boozan Isaiah Partlow Jackson Pfau Jaedyn Allen STAFF FIRST NAME LAST NAME Matthew Allen Kristen Murphy