WINTER BREAK
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL December 22, 2020 Dear St. Albans City School Families, We wish you and your family a peaceful and healthy holiday break. We hope that by now you have seen the message from Dr. Dirth about the calendar changes that will impact the return from break. We will be moving the Tuesday, January 19th inservice day to Monday, January 4th. We will then be remote on Tuesday, January 5th, and Wednesday, January 6th. We will be back to in-person learning on Thursday, January 7th for students in K-6 and Green prek and 7 & 8 students. Blue prek and 7&8 students will return to in-person learning on January 11, 2021. We hope this remote time provides the support families need to quarantine and test if they do gather with close family over the holidays. We appreciate all of the sacrifices that our families and staff are making to keep our school community safe and our school open. Students and/or parents will receive an email Monday, January 4th with details about the remote learning day on January 5th. January 6th will be a standard remote Wednesday. Students in grades 1-8 have their Chromebooks, and should be able to access everything they will need for remote learning. In kindergarten, the children are going home with packets today, and the teachers will contact each of them personally during the remote learning day.
We hope the literacy games we sent home provide an opportunity for a family game night over the break. We would love to see pictures for the Announcements. Please send them to Mitch Craib (mcraib@maplerun.org). As we end this year and look forward to 2021 we continue to appreciate our students, families, and staff and everything they have done to make the year as positive and safe as it could be. Joan and Stacie |
| IMPORTANT DATES Winter Break - No School for students Wednesday, December 23rd - Monday, January 4th. JANUARY Winter Break continued - No School Friday, January 1st. In-service for teachers and staff - No School Monday, January 4th. Remote learning day for all students Tuesday, January 5th. 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. Normal School Day - No longer an in-service day. 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. |
JANUARY, 2020
January 4th - Inservice Day - No School January 5th - Remote learning day - all students January 18th - No School: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 19th - Normal School Day (no longer an inservice day) |
PICTURES AND NEWS COMFY CLOTHING DAY 12-22-2020 As a way of building some team spirit and having fun before the holiday, almost the entire school dressed in pajamas or other forms of comfortable clothing. The school’s logistics staff prepared popcorn and shared it with all the learning communities. Between academic lessons, there were times for dance parties, movies, games, and outside exercise. Many of the students and staff members who dressed up were photographed and their images shared within their communities. To give you a sense of the day, here are micro-images of classroom groups and people around the school on Tuesday. CODING DANCE PARTY The Makerspace staff orchestrated a half hour zoom dance party late Tuesday morning. 12-22-2020. It started with the code-created dance videos put together in a number of classrooms the previous week. Ms. Borst shared her computer screen which showed each classroom's video and showed her dancing to those videos. Students in each community could watch the dance videos from their classrooms and participate too. After the dance videos were shown, Ms. Borst played other music videos to keep the party going. Everyone had a great time. Here is the link to the code-created dance videos made by students and their teachers: https://www.wevideo.com/ TWINS SEEN ON COMFY DAY | ||||||||||||||||||||
MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER (SRO) "Hello! Just a reminder to everyone that student drop-off in the morning begins at 7:40, and pick-up begins at 2:40 in the afternoon. If you are dropping off or picking up at the bus loop, please try to arrive as close to these times as possible. You may not enter the bus loop if there are any buses still in the loop.
In the interest of safety, mitigating traffic buildup, and city ordinances, if you arrive early please do not park along Calvary Street. Instead, please park along Finn Avenue, and wait until all of the buses have passed the Finn Avenue/Calvary Street intersection before re-entering Calvary Street. This prevents traffic from becoming backed up onto North Elm Street, makes it easier for buses to arrive and depart from the school, and creates a safer environment for walkers.
Your cooperation is appreciated! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
-Officer Kaylie Cadorette" |
OPEN DOORS SESSION TWO HEADS UP Sign up will begin after the holiday break. January 25th-February 19th, Monday and Thursday - 2:30-4:00 pm. Programs are offered for your child twice per week - Monday and Thursday, with an exception for 7th and 8th -grades, where it will be offered only on the day they attend in-person classes. There is NO bussing. OPTIONS Creative Creations (1st-3rd grade) - Instructor: Wendy Trainer, location: Cafeteria- This program will entail wood, paper, and other creative crafts that will help students learn to use their imagination and gift of creativity! Food Carving (2nd-4th grade)- Instructor: Margaux Vaillancourt, location: Kitchen- The art of carving food, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China, and Japan! There are many fruits that can be used in this unique and fun process! Students will carve different grocery store foods into edible art! Girls Who Code (3rd-5th grade)- Instructor: Darcie Rankin, location: Library - Girls can join the sisterhood of supportive peers and use Computer Science to change the world! Girls will learn by reading excerpts from our books Learn to Code and Change the World and The Friendship Code, practice new skills by completing fun and simple online coding tutorials, and build community through interactive activities with the rest of your Club. Ping-Pong (4th-8th grade)- Instructor: Michael Jetter, location: Small Gym- Like most other sports, table tennis had humble beginnings as a “parlor game,” open to anyone with access to a table, paddle, and ball. Additionally, other healthy and relaxed activities will be planned. Photography (5th-8th grade)- Instructor: Christian DiFranco, location: Library- Come learn the basics of photography! Through daily lessons and prompts, students will learn the basics of photography and visual storytelling. All you need is any device that can snap a picture! We will touch on shot framing, exposure, and how to tell stories through photographs while practicing every day. |
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING. Link to the list of books highlighted in previous announcements. |
