ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 5th
IMPORTANT DATES Fancy Dance Bus Parade. Friday, June 5th. Starting at 10:00 AM and going for three or so hours. LINK TO PARADE ROUTE/MAP (7 brief pages) Graduation Dates: June 8th USA Individual Celebrations June 9th Renaissance Individual Celebrations June 12th Ceremony starts at 6:00 PM 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 Tuesday, June 16th. Rain date, Thursday, June 18th. 3:30 to 4:30. Location: St. Albans City School |
BUS STOP TIMING FOR FANCY DANCE BUS TOUR We are going to broadcast the Fancy Dance Parade on Facebook Live here on the City School page so you all know where we are. We will get started at 10 am on Friday, June 5 using the route in the announcements. There are 25 stops on the route. Find the one closest to your home. Looking forward to seeing you all with your masks on and at an appropriate distance to be safe. Covering the whole route could take 3 or more hours. |
MUSIC FOR THE FANCY DANCE BUS PARADE If students want to practice dance moves for the parade (Friday, June 5th), then watch these youtube videos to be ready for what may be played at your stop.
Cotton Eye Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovq0YTMGk1A YMCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52uVXIXQ98 Cupid Shuffle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24_zoqu4_Q Cha Cha Slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZv62ShoStY Happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiA4iWUht1s Shake it Off |
 You are invited: Community Fancy Dance Bus Parade June 5th Starting at 10:00 Dear St. Albans City School Community, We would like to invite you to our Fancy Dance - modified to adhere to COVID 19 restrictions and to include the entire school family. We will be parading through the City on June 5th starting at 10:00 am. We will make 25 stops (see the maps to find the stop near you). Each stop will only be a few minutes - long enough for a dance, a quick wave to each other, a chance to say hello, and a chance to pass out Chocolate Covered Strawberries. We need your help to make this a safe and fun event for all. While the Fancy Dance is usually for 1st to 3rd grade, this year it is a Prek-8th grade event. School staff will be modeling social distancing in buses. We will have our masks on, and many of us will be dressed up or in costumes - and others will be dressed casually. Dress in a way that feels best for you. To show our Raider Strong Spirit, we ask that you wear facemasks too. When we stop we will exit the buses and remain in the road. We ask that you remain on your property or the sidewalk. When the music starts, we will have a short block dance party, while our strawberry runners leave strawberries for each family involved. When the music stops we will load back on to the buses and go to the next stop. We will wave goodbye from the buses as we leave. While our dance party will be short, we feel that getting to see each other before the year ends is just so important. We hope that all of our families will be able to join. We are so excited to see you all - We are Raider Strong LINK TO PARADE ROUTE/MAP (7 brief pages)  |
WEARING MASKS  St. Albans City School staff will often be seen wearing masks in the coming weeks and months. Learn all about the different types of masks you might see and play a Whose Who contest to be entered for a chance to win a mask in this video! https://www.wevideo.com/view/1736339172
Here is a clip of just the Whose Who contest: |
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 Why: To say goodbye to our school family for the summer! |
CONTENT FROM FAMILIES AND FROM SCHOOL MEAL PACKING The massive food assembly, packaging, and delivery processes carry on. Here are some recent pictures of Abbey staff and volunteers doing their part to make this special service work happen. Note that everyone was wearing little birthday celebration hats to celebrate our principal Joan Cavallo's birthday. June 3rd.     STRAWBERRY PREPARATION FOR THE FANCY DANCE BUS TOUR Members of the school's logistics team have spent days preparing thousands of strawberries for the tour on Friday. EXPLORERS: DRESS LIKE A TEACHER DAY The 3rd grade Explorers class had fun with "dress like a teacher" day. Screenshot of their zoom meeting.  USING FOOD TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES These Imagination and Navigators students have been learning about different countries and some foods from those countries this week. So far they’ve studied Italy, Mexico, China and Japan!OUTDOOR ART Rock painting, name writing and mandala nature art! JOKES OF THE WEEK Mrs. Biggie submitted two new jokes FOR US TO WATCH. LINK TO VIDEO 30 seconds  RAIDER HANDWASHING COLORING SHEETS CHECK OUT THE UNIFIED ARTS BINGO BOARDS A few items from the Unified Arts educational programming will be highlighted in the announcements each day.
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
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LETTER ABOUT GRADUATION PLANS FOR 8TH GRADERS updated 5-29-2020 |
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 BY PSYCHOLOGIST, JOELLE VAN LENT |
TECH SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
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INTERNET ACCESS FOR VERMONT FAMILIES |
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. More details will be coming soon! |
