Announcements 12-4-2020

 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 2020

IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER Picture Retake Day. Appointment required. Call Margaux Vaillancourt @ 527-0565 Wednesday, December 9th. 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Location: Large Gym Entrance 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. JANUARY Winter Break continued - No School Friday, January 1st.  MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 6th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Monday, January 18th.  Inservice - No School Tuesday, January 19th. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 20th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available.

CODING NEWS   CODING HISTORY Computer Science Star Highlight: Grace Hopper CODEBYTES FOR NEXT WEEK: LIVE 20-minute coding classes for Grades K-8. This is an amazing opportunity to get a live coding lesson from the professionals.  Link to an overview video of these classes - slightly longer than 1 minute.   Follow the link below to see the different sessions and get the live links for the videos that will be streaming each day at 8:00am and 1:30pm.  Each one of these goes along with one of the Hour of Code activities that students can do on their Chromebooks.   Link to different sessions and live video links **Note if you can't make these times listed at the link, the lessons will be available on youtube through the same site**     LEARNING AT HOME If you are learning at home, we encourage you to participate and check out all of the opportunities code.org is providing for at-home learning this year.   Link to Hour of Code    If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Borst or Mrs. Rankin.

NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING Literacy specialist, Ms. Levine, has been helping the library purchase books that might be of interest to our students. If you think you may want to read one of these books, then talk to your teacher who will connect you with Ms. Levine, or direct your interest to Ms. Levine at alevine@maplerun.org. Each Friday descriptions of some of the new books will be added to the announcements. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. It has won many awards including the 2020 Caldecott Medal, 2020 Newbery Honor Book, the 2020 Coretta Scott King illustrator award, and is a Red Clover Book Award Nominee.  It is an empowering look at the history of black Americans. It's the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival when the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend has it that after drifting out of sight, they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars, but could that actually be true? This year, Ben and his classmates are determined to find out where those lanterns really go, and to ensure success in their mission, they've made a pact with two simple rules: No one turns for home. No one looks back.  This graphic novel is on the 2020-20201 Vermont Middle-Grade Children’s Book Award Nominee list so be sure to check it out today! All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father’s family in New York City--Harlem, to be exact. She can’t wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family--and herself--in a new way. But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. It’s crowded, with confusing subways, suffocating sidewalks, and her father is too busy with work to spend time with her and too angry to spend time with Grandpa Earl. As she explores, asks questions, and learns more and more about Harlem and about her father and his family history, she realizes how, in some ways more than others, she connects with him, her home, and her family.

PICTURES FOR FRIDAY IMAGINATION ART - COSTANTINO Mr. Costantino had 3rd graders finish up their self-portraits and then start in on drawing a winter scene using black paper and special white crayons. Mr. “C” gave them examples of how to draw snowflakes, clouds, snow, and trees. 12-3-2020.  Link to 31 Pictures. MANY 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS ARE NOW BACK TO SCHOOL FOUR DAYS A WEEK The 5th and 6th graders have transitioned from hybrid learning to attending in person four days per week bringing our school much closer to full in-person attendance. It was interesting seeing students from the green and blue groups being introduced (or reintroduced) to each other on Thursday morning, even though they have been using the same classroom space this school year and are connected with the same teachers. INVESTIGATORS - FITZGERALD Fun on the playground for the first-grade Investigators! Access is limited to keep the playground from overcrowding to keep everyon safe. Link to 19 Pictures MISC. PICTURE Mr. Pelkey, a facilities staff leader, cleaned up a small amount of spilled toner next to the upstairs copier. This is just one small example of the cleaning tasks the facilities staff take on each day. 12-3-2020

8TH GRADER BABY PICTURES WANTED The yearbook committee would like 8th graders to submit baby pictures for the yearbook. It is best if you provide digital copies of your pictures to Mr. Craib at mcraib@maplerun.org. If you need to bring in the original image for scanning, you can give it to your 7/8-grade teacher who will pass it on to Mr. Craib. The picture will be scanned as soon as it is received and immediately returned safely to the student. Thank you.

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 NEXT SEVEN DAYS

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