Announcements 6-5-2019

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5th

BREAKFAST MONDAY Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted Cereal 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

SNACKS TUESDAY - Honeydew Melon WEDNESDAY - Oranges

LUNCH MONDAY Dress Your  Own Burger  Garden Pasta  Salad Daily Soup  Fresh Fruit &  Veggie Bar TUESDAY Taco Bar w/  The Works  Garden Salsa  Rice Pilaf  Daily Soup  Fresh Fruit &  Veggie Bar WEDNESDAY Stewardship Day  Local BBQ Misty Knoll  Grilled Chicken  Mackenzie  Hot Dogs  Roasted Red  Potatoes  Caesar Salad  Strawberries & Blueberries  Kingdom Creamery  Maple Frozen  Yogurt THURSDAY Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce  Garlic Breadsticks  Daily Soup  Fresh Fruit &  Veggie Bar FRIDAY Grilled Cheese  Sandwich  Creamy  Tomato Soup  Fresh Fruit &  Veggie Bar

RECESS WEATHER It looks like a damp day ahead, although not pouring buckets as expected. To see totally up-to-date weather information you can go to THIS LINK

OPEN DOORS The Summer 2019 brochures have been handed out within the communities and at lunch! The Open Doors programs are for students going into 3rd-8th grade. We advise kids to plan on having 100% attendance, as waiting lists are made for most programs. Turn in your registration as soon as possible, as spots fill up quickly! The following programs are FULL for Summer 2019 Open Doors, July 8th-12th: Cultural Cooking and Crafts Yoga and Just Dance Minecraft Gardening Never Bored Games (close to max capacity!) Programs with space: Exploring Local Ecosystems Hip-Hop Drumming Sports Sampler Theater Week two has PLENTY of open opportunities - sign up today for July 15th-19th! Programs offered: Exploring Local Ecosystems Fun in the Sun Sewing and Crafts Duke's Fitness Theater Program choices are limited and we will do the best we can to make sure everyone is enrolled in something they will like! *Acceptance letters will be distributed Thursday, June 13th! ATHLETICS Want to plan ahead? Here is the LINK TO THE ONLINE ATHLETICS CALENDAR Softball Photos - To be taken before the Game on Wednesday. Softball practice and games: MONDAY 6/3 Softball Game @ Town, 4 pm TUESDAY 6/4 WED. 6/5 Softball Game HOME vs Georgia, 4 pm THURSDAY 6/6 FRIDAY 6/7

MUSIC PRACTICE WITH MR. KELLY Wednesday: Stewardship Day - No Practice Thursday: Only 7/8 Grade band practices Friday: No Practice

IMPORTANT DATES JUNE Local Motion Bike Trailer Visit Tuesday, May 28th through Friday, June 7th. Stewardship Day Whole-School Walk/bike to School Wednesday, June 5th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM Stewardship Day - Whole School Wednesday, June 5th. Shriners Club visit to the school parking lot Wednesday, June 5th. After whole-school picture - 10:45 or 11:00 AM. Softball Photos - To be taken before the Game Wednesday Wednesday, June 5th.  MRUSD Board Meeting. Wellness Policy Wednesday, June 5th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central office, 28 Catherine Street. Adventurers Field Trip to Shelburne Farms Thursday, June 6th. 9:00 AM to 1:15 PM. Transportation: Bus Puppet Show/Library Summer Program Thursday, June 6th. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Location: Library 8th Grade PLP Night Thursday, June 6th. 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: USA and Renaissance Classrooms. Bike Trip on the Rail Trail for all 6th Graders Friday, June 7th. 8:30 AM to 2:15 PM. Transportation: Bus. If Friday looks bad weather-wise the ride will be held on Thursday, June 6th. Kindergarten Dairy Farm Trip to Green Wind Farm. Friday, June 7th. 9:00 to 11:30 AM. Transportation: Bus Travelers Field Trip to Mt. Philo State Park Friday, June 7th. 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Explorers Field Trip to Echo Center Friday, June 7th. 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Transportation: Bus USA Field Trip to Georgia Beach Friday, June 7th. 9:45 AM to 2:15 PM. Transportation. Bus Renaissance Field Trip to Killkare State Park Friday, June 7th. 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Transportation: Bus 8th Grade Trip Night on the Spirit of Ethan Allen Boat Friday, June 7th. 5:45 to 9:15 PM. Adventurers' Game Night Monday, June 10th. 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Location: Library Families: Come to the Spring Trimester Fine Arts Showcase. Chorus, Dance, Art Work. Monday, June 10th. 6:00 PM. Location: Large Gym Triumph Camping Trip at Camp Abnaki June 11th and June 12th. 8:00 AM Tuesday to 2:00 PM Wednesday. Transportation: Bus Graduation Day for 8th Graders Wednesday, June 12th. 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: Large Gym and Cafeteria. Investigators Field Trip to St. Albans Bay Park Wednesday, June 12th. 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus Navigators Field Trip to Shelburne Farms Wednesday, June 12th. 9:00 AM to 1:15 PM. Transportation: Bus Incredibles Field Trip to Covenant Hills Wednesday, June 12th - Thursday, June 13th. 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Transportation: Bus PreK - Cottage Group End of Year Event with Families (Morning Group) Wednesday, June 12th. 9:15 to 10:00 AM. Location: Library PreK - Cottage Group End of Year Event with Families (Afternoon Group) Wednesday, June 12th. 12:45 to 1:30 AM. Location: Library Last Day for Ms. Gleason's Pre-K Thursday, June 13th. Dreamers Field Trip to Shelburne Farms Thursday, June 13th. 9:00 AM to 1:15 PM. Transportation: Bus Discovery Field Trip to Covenant Hills Thursday, June 13th - Friday, June 14th. 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Transportation: Bus Voyagers Field Trip to Camp Abnaki Thursday, June 13th - Friday, June 14th. 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Transportation: Bus Last Day for Pre-K Full Day Program Friday, June 14th. Last Day for Kindergarten Friday, June 14th. Time range to be announced. Cabot Cheese tasting test. Try out a whole range of cheeses. Friday, June 14th. Location: Cafeteria. Last Day of School for students moving to grades 2, 3, 5, 6 Tuesday, June 18th. Step-Up-Day (last day of school) for students moving to Kindergarten, 1, 4, 7 & 8 Wednesday, June 19th. This is a very brief school day Students moving into grades 4, 7, and 8 arrive at 7:30 AM and depart at 10:30 AM. Children moving into kindergarten and 1st grade arrive at 8:00 AM and leave at 10:00 AM. Last Day of School year on the 19th and is only for those grades doing step up day (see above). For everyone else, the last day of school is the 18th. Graduations for Fairfield, SACS and SATEC will be June 12 and BFA will be June 15 as Scheduled.

May 3rd. Parent Teacher Conferences May 27th. Memorial Day. No School.

Notice: Last Day of School has been moved from the 13th to the 19th.

EVENTS AND NOTICES WHOLE-SCHOOL WALKING WEDNESDAY 6-5-2019 Staff and families, we are striving to keep the school parking lot empty of cars this Wednesday.  See the Stewardship plans below for more details. LINK TO VIDEO OF WHOLE-SCHOOL WALK LAST YEAR. 50 seconds long Due to expected rain and wet fields, field day plans have shifted to Thursday and Friday Thursday 6/6 9:00-  Explorers and Travelers               afternoon- 4-6 Communities Friday 6/7 1:30-  Imagination and Investigators We will have students from 4-6 Discovery and 1-3 Imagination that are available to help out at each station during these times. (realizing that 6th grade will be on bike trip Friday) Gr. 7 and 8 had their regular carnival day with pre-k/k on Tuesday (6/4) and will also have access to the field day equipment to use any other day or time between now and the last day of school. Field Day Content! Bring your sneakers (a change of clothes for the water activities might help too!) on Wednesday and be prepared to have some fun! There will be four FUN and FANTASTIC  stations that you will be at for 10 minutes each. *Teachers will be given bracelets to hand out prior to going outside. Each color bracelet will travel together through the stations and each station will be broken up into two groups (making a total of 8 groups/colors outside at a time). There will also be a corresponding flag so colors know where they are located and when to move. Station 1: Sack Relay Race Station 2: Drip Drip Drench -Duck duck goose meets water Station 3: 3 Legged Race -A race where students connect one of their legs with an elastic band Station 4: Sponge Relay -Students line up in a straight line behind a bucket of water -1st person wets a sponge and then passes it over their head to the person behind them -The goal is to get as much of that water into an empty bucket behind the very last person in line by only using the sponge 8th-GRADE TRIP 8th graders are selling raffle tickets for some great prizes (Grand Prize is 4 comfy seats at graduation), all money collected goes to their 8th-grade trip.  Ask an 8th grader if you would like to purchase some.  Thank you for your support 8th graders were given permission slips last Friday for their year-end trip, these need to be signed and returned by May 31st. TASTING OPPORTUNITY Hello all! Team Triumph will be offering a tasting opportunity for our 2018-2019 maple syrup.  This will happen on “Stewardship Day” so please sign up at THIS LINK for a time if you would like to join us.  We ask that no more than two classes sign up at a time. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - STEWARDSHIP DAY SONG Stewardship day is Wednesday, June 5th. Here is the song we will use for stewardship day. It was created last June, 2018. Play the video to practice the song. LINK TO VIDEO STEWARDSHIP DAY PLAN Whole-School Walking Wednesday. The goal is to have an entirely empty parking lot. Every person who can walk/bike to school is encouraged to do so. Family members are also encouraged to join the walking school bus groups. We will be walking between 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to walking routes and meet up times. The regular motorized school buses will still be circulating to collect children who cannot walk, primarily Prek/K students. Teachers & staff will park off of school property at the following sites, the further away the better to prevent overcrowding:    City Public Works Lot    Holy Angels    Hospital Parking Lot    Park and Ride Teachers and staff for whom walking is not an option should contact Ms. Cavallo to schedule shuttle transportation from a nearby parking lot. Stewardship Assembly in the Gym. 9:00 - Everyone in the gym. Immediately afterwards, whole-school picture 10:30 - Whole School Picture in front of the building 10:45 - Shriners cars in Bus Circle (possibly front parking lot if clear) for Kindergarteners & interested students 10:45 - Visit other community’s stewardship projects 10:45 - 12:30 Lunch 12:30-2:30 Learning Community Time Gym Presentation Schedule Everyone enters Pledge Slideshow order of presentations Bright Beginnings Explorers Imagination/Discovery Investigators Travelers Brain Break - Rain Storm Incredibles Triumph Voyagers Renaissance USA Brain Break - Stewardship Song Stewardship Committee introduces new student Stewardship Committee members from: Discovery Incredibles Triumph Voyagers Explanation of Projects the Stewardship committee worked on this school year Recognition for various students End of the program in the large gym. Head to whole-school pictures on front steps. Field Day Schedule Changed - See Above in this Events Section.

PICTURES AND REPORTS HONORING AMAZING WALKING PATH ATHLETES Let's celebrate these athletes who completed at least 100 laps around our walking path over four weeks this past May 2019. They covered an average of 6 laps per day and sometimes completed as much as 15 and 16 laps in a day. Wow! Ms. Bashaw completed 75 laps and 28 students in Voyagers completed at least 50 laps. Also impressive. Andrew Corbiere 100 laps = 52 miles Landon Corrigan 110 laps = 57 miles Holden Diesi 100 laps = 52 miles 5 SHOE TAGS INDICATES 100 LAPS COMPLETED VOYAGERS LAP WINNERS FOR WALKING CONTEST 2019 MORE KINDERGARTEN/USA FLAG PAINTING PICTURESThese pictures came from Ms. Asato-Ditch. LINK TO 17 PICTURES SACS WOODCHUCKS AND FROG Mr. Pelkey took photos of these woodchucks and frog while doing his work on school property. 6-1-2019 WOODCHUCK INFORMATION The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.[2] It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[3] The groundhog is also referred to as a chuck, woodshuck, groundpig, whistlepig,[4][5] whistler, thickwood badger, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, red monk[6] and, among French Canadians in eastern Canada, siffleux.[7] The name "thickwood badger" was given in the Northwest to distinguish the animal from the prairie badger. Monax (Móonack) is an Algonquian name of the woodchuck, which meant "digger" (cf. Lenape monachgeu).[8][9] Young groundhogs may be called chucklings.[10]:66 Other marmots, such as the yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky and mountainous areas, but the groundhog is a lowland creature. It is found through much of the eastern United Statesacross Canada and into Alaska.[11] . LINK TO REFERENCE TREE FROG INFORMATION A relatively large frog species, the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) is mainly pale to dark grey, with dark grey, brown or green pigmentation on its dorsal surface (2). The upper surface of the body also features a unique blotchy pattern (2) (3), whose appearance is often compared to encrusting lichen (3). There is a conspicuous white spot beneath each eye (2) (3), and a dark stripe extends from the rear of the eyes to the front of the legs. The gray treefrog typically inhabits moist woods and forests which are close to appropriate breeding areas including freshwater ponds, puddles, bogs, swamps and marshes (1) (3) (4). During hibernation and rest, this species hides underneath tree bark, leaves, rotten logs, and in tree hollows and stumps (1) (4). When it is newly metamorphosed, the gray treefrog usually remains close to the forest floor, and moves up into the forest canopy as it ages (3). A highly adaptable species, the gray treefrog may also be found around farmland and suburban areas (4). Reference for this writeup.