MONDAY, MARCH 30th
PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Like many of you, we heard the news last night that in-person instruction has been cancelled for the remainder of this school year. Also, like many of you, we are sad. So we will not be returning to the school building as a community this year. In this time of uncertainty, it is natural to feel sad and anxious about these changes and loss of connection. While we do not have answers to exactly what our new learning environment will look like, this year is not over yet. We will stay in contact. We will continue to learn together as a community. Parents, we are not expecting you to be teachers, and we know that supporting you and your children with this new structure will take changes and new structures for all of us. We have been working on it behind the scenes this past week, and we will continue to do that over the next two weeks. Our meal delivery will continue throughout the time the school building is closed. By now I hope you have heard that we are changing our delivery to twice a week, with three days of breakfast and lunch in each delivery. Buses leave at 10:30 Monday and Thursday to deliver to bus stops. We also have a pickup at the gym entrance to our building that is open 11-12:30. All children 18 and under are welcome to access this service, just call Jenn Seymour to get on the list, 802-527-0565. COVID-19 will eventually have less of an impact. We will eventually be back in one building together. By then we will all be great at washing our hands, coughing into our elbow and honoring personal space. While we don’t have detailed information about the plan for continuing learning now, we do know that if you need us we are here, and will continue to be here. While our students, staff and families are not in our halls, you are all in our hearts. Take care of yourselves and each other, Joan and Stacie |
SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGES
In case you missed these important messages, they have been posted here again.
An important update from Dr. Dirth. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020
Governor Scott just announced that all Vermont schools will remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. More can be read at this link: https://5il.co/e7r5
The following letter from Dr. Dirth was published separately from the above message earlier on Thursday: Regarding a community member with Covid-19. Also, answers to frequently asked questions. 3-26-2020 LINK TO FULL LETTER. Spanish link: https://5il.co/e6wh |
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  |
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UPDATES FROM STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Here are pictures sent in by families and staff over the last day. MATH IN THE KITCHEN This student made some homemade cupcakes. Math and dessert done!  SCIENCE FUN m&ms in warm water
St. MICHAELS ALUMNI WEEK CELEBRATION in the midst of strange times
Assistant principal, Stacie Rouleau is a member of the class of ‘92 and Imagination teacher, Jessica Bachand, is a member of the class of ‘17. The picture was taken as they helped organize food delivery on Thursday, 3-27-2020
 HAND WASHING TO THE NEW BABY SHARK VIDEO
Hey kids, teach your family the new baby shark song! Not only will it be fun to learn but at the same time, you are teaching everyone a very important lesson! From Family and Consumer Science Teacher, Mrs. Lamb. LINK TO 2 MINUTE VIDEO
 BRIDGES INSTRUCTOR SENDS ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HIS DRIVEWAY Mr. Brown sends his well wishes.  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. |
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. |
