Announcements 6-12-2020

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FRIDAY,  JUNE 12th

IMPORTANT DATES 8th Grade Graduation  June 12th Ceremony starts at 6:00 PM (see announcement section below with more details) Investigators Summer Send-off Thursday, June 11th, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Location: St. Albans City School. See additional information below in the announcements. Last day of school. Monday, June 15th Car Parade for Retiring Teachers. LINK TO DETAILS OF THE EVENT Tuesday, June 16th. Rain date, Thursday, June 18th. 3:30 to 4:30. Location: St. Albans City School

8TH GRADE GRADUATION Today, Friday, June 12th we will honor our 8th-grade class before they leave us to become the BFA Class of 2024. The ceremony will begin at 6:00 with each team presenting their PLP speeches. THESE SPEECHES MAY GO SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN AN HOUR The 8th-grade graduation ceremony that follows at 7:00 PM will wait until both 7/8 Learning communities have completed their PLPs before starting the ceremony. We don't anticipate much of a delay. We want you to know that the graduation ceremony is fairly brief. Zoom links will be sent to parents and students for both components of the ceremony, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone for this special night.

LETTER TO FAMILIES St. Albans City School 29 Bellows Street St. Albans, Vermont 05478 (802) 527-0565 Fax: (802) 527-0153        Principal                     Assistant Principal  JOAN CAVALLO                                                        STACIE ROULEAU June 9, 2020 Dear Families, This certainly has been a school year to remember, and we wouldn’t have wanted to go through it with anyone but our Raider Strong families. It is hard to believe that we are at the end of the year. Although we may not be able to answer many questions about next year we do know that the safety of your child will be a priority and that relationships are so important when we are asking children to take the risks necessary to learn. We are being asked to design a system that provides in-person, remote and hybrid (mixed) plans, and that we must be ready to switch at any point based on COVID 19 data. Safety and relationships will be at the heart of what we design.  Monday, June 15, 2020 is Step Up Day. Students moving up will receive letters from their new communities this week. Teachers will be contacting their students about how they will meet virtually on Monday.  While many questions surround the changes we are going through, the one thing that we do know for sure is that we value the relationships we have with our families and we continue to be here to support you. We will mail you an opening letter to start next year when all details are finalized, and we will keep you updated throughout the summer on our Daily Announcements of any changes or decisions about next year. If you aren’t currently receiving Daily Announcements we encourage you to go to our website and sign up (https://www.maplerun.org/o/sacs). This is our main form of communication along with Facebook. When we have plans ready, we will offer another parent Zoom meeting to share plans and answer questions. We are here this summer if you need to reach out to us. We appreciate your patience and support, now more than ever, while we all figure out our “new normal”. Stay Raider Strong and have a wonderful, safe summer, Joan and Stacie

CONTENT FROM FAMILIES AND FROM SCHOOL 8TH GRADE GRADUATION PICTURES Pictures were taken of many of the graduates and their family members on Monday and Tuesday this week. Families can access their photos at the links below.  Google Photos Albums USA  https://photos.app.goo.gl/4KgFK3fnDuKBDN1w8 Renaissance  https://photos.app.goo.gl/eGVbEKaiHoBY5vZj7 VOYAGERS 6TH GRADE GRADUATION VIDEO This is the video of Monday's surprise celebration of the Voyagers 6th graders who will be graduating to 7th grade. Two students weren't able to be there, so we will try and film something with them in the coming days and update the video. For now, here is what we have. Voyagers 6th Grade Celebration Tour  NAVIGATORS (MS. Laidman's classroom) SLIDESHOW Ms. Asato-Ditch has created a sweet slideshow for families of the students she worked with this last year.   LINK TO VIDEO MORE 6TH GRADE GRADUATION CELEBRATION PICTURES A Discovery student was celebrated in these particular pictures. However, there were lots of other 6th graders visited by their teachers in recent days. GENEROUS WATERBOTTLE & COUPON DONATION TO SACS TEACHERS Marilyn Billings, a local community member and parent of graduated City School daughters, donated Tupperware water bottles with flavor packets and discount coupons for all staff. We are grateful! JOKES OF THE WEEK WITH MRS. BIGGIE LINK TO JOKES THERE WAS AN ERROR IN POSTING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO EMAIL ON THURSDAY. Therefore, the pictures below are repeated so that everyone can have a chance to see them. 6TH GRADE BIKE TRIP In normal times, the school would organize a 6th-grade bike trip along the rail trail in May or June. Not this year.  A group of 6th-grade girls did not want to miss out on the experience and with the help of parent and leader, Stephen Bernard, held their own "6th-grade bike trip." Here are the pictures from that event. ROCKET Here is a video of a student with a rocket he created from a STEAM lesson on the Unified Arts bingo board. LINK TO VIDEO. 6 seconds long 6TH GRADE GRADUATIONS It has been fun watching teachers from various 4-6th grade learning communities launching out to visit the homes of 6th graders from City School to celebrate their three years of time with those sets of teachers. In addition, these 4-6 teachers wanted to wish the students well in their move up to 7th and 8th grade. Here are a few pictures submitted by parents of what that looked like. HARRY POTTER FAN This 5th Grade Incredibles student painted the selection hat. Nice job. CHECK OUT THE UNIFIED ARTS BINGO BOARDS A few items from the Unified Arts educational programming will be highlighted in the announcements each day.  Giddy up!  with Ms. Wight  Video:  4:11 Ms. Hartman & Mr. Kelly Vocal Round “Hey Ho, Nobody Home” Video Length 4:07 BINGO BOARDS PRE-K - 3RD GRADE BINGO BOARDS 4TH - 8TH GRADES Week 1 April 13th -17th Week 2 April 27th - May 1st Week 3 May 4th - 8th Week 4 May 11th - 15th Week 5 May 18th - 22nd Week 6 May 26 - 29th Week 7 June 1st - 5th Week 8 June 8th - 12th Week 1 April 13th -17th Week 2 April 27th - May 1st Week 3 May 4th - 8th Week 4 May 11th - 15th Week 5 May 18th - 22nd Week 6 May 26th - 29th Week 7 June 1st - 5th Week 8 June 8th - 12th STUDENT BIRTHDAYS Families, feel free to share a picture (or provide permission for the school to find a picture) to go next to a birthdate.  mcraib@maplerun.org BIRTHDAYS JUNE 2020 NAME JUN PICTURE JUN PICTURE Michael Smalls 1 Ellie Descoteau 21 Brooks Quentin 1 Damien Ploof 21 Isabelle Gleason 2 William Cahill 22 Randall Stine 2 Tyler Bessette 23 Liliveve Cueto 4 Charles Luneau 23 Amber Poquette 4 Shaleya Francis 24 Eleanor Demore 5 Chloe Li 27 Nicholas Ferree 5 Theodore Sawyer 27 Merissa Masse 5 Kayden Thompson 27 Parker Richard 6 Chloey Boomhower 28 Jacoby Laplante 8 Simon George 29 Hanna Ouimette 10 Gavin Bluto 30 Aubrie Riley 10 Fayenna Chadwick 30 Reagan Lareau 11 Keliah Missouri 11 Karissa Ploof 11 Jillian Benoit 12 Katherine DeForge 13 Paul Clark 14 Camden Lareau 14 Adaley Pratt 14 Lauryn Johnson 17 Charlie Levine 17 Kayden Centerbar 18 Tucker Grant 18 James Petelle 18 Aleksys Potter 18 Colin Charbon 19 Isabel Steiner 19 Brady Cutting 20 Johnathan Lagrow 20 Angelina Centerbar 21

Investigators Summer Send Off! The Investigators teachers will be set up in front of SACS so that we can say goodbye for the summer and give a little something to each student! Families can drive or walk by. We will be making use of social distancing. Families can stay in cars and teachers will deliver and say goodbye. Congratulations to Mrs. Scott who will be retiring after this year! Mr. Karp and Miss Soucy are both moving on to new schools after this year. They would love to see everyone before they leave! Who: The Investigator Team What: Summer Send-Off Where: SACS When: Thursday, June 11th, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Why: To say goodbye to our school family for the summer!

TEAMS USA AND RENAISSANCE BOOK RETURN REQUEST If you borrowed a book from the 7/8 teams (Touching Spirit Bear or another title), we are hoping to retrieve them so they are available for next year's readers. If you are able to drop them by the school, we encourage you to do so. Thank you, and keep reading!

RETURNING LIBRARY BOOKS Since the in-school part of the year ended somewhat abruptly, we realize that students may still have library materials that they no longer need or have finished reading. If you wish to return them, we urge you to drop them by the school.

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CHROMEBOOKS Hello St. Albans City School Families,  We wanted to check in with you about the St. Albans City School Chromebook we loaned you. Here are your options on what to do now:  LINK TO PAGE WITH  DETAILS

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION If your child is planning to attend St. Albans City School this Fall, then please sign up using THIS REGISTRATION LINK.  Check out what a kindergarten day looks like:  LINK TO VIDEO.

MAPLE RUN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM REGISTRATION For new to Maple Run children only. Please go to THIS LINK and fill in the registration form

PRESENTATION TO FAMILIES BY PSYCHOLOGIST, JOELLE VAN LENT LINK TO VIDEO 59 minutes

TECH SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES CLICK ON THIS LINK for troubleshooting ideas and who to ask for help.

MEALS LINK TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEALS ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS LINK TO A FOOD RESOURCE GUIDE FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY

INTERNET ACCESS FOR VERMONT FAMILIES LINK TO INFORMATION

CAR PARADE FOR RETIRING TEACHERS MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! St. Albans  City School is having a "car parade" to honor all of our retiring educators.  You have seen parades on TV, where the honored guest(s) hangs out on the lawn and people safely drive by in their cars with "well wishes" for birthdays, graduations, Happy Retirement!!  Everyone is welcome to join in!     The date and time is: Tuesday, June 16th from 3:30 - 4:30 Rain Date is Thursday, June 18th from 3:30 - 4:30   The car parade will be at City School.   LINK TO DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT