IMPORTANT DATES JANUARY Postponed until the following week. BFA Guidance Staff Visit with 8th Graders - Given course signup sheets for BFA Was Thursday, January 20th. Now Thursday, January 27th. Tobacco Educator, Amy Brewer, Visits with 7th & 8th Graders Friday, January 21st. FEBRUARY Ski Trip/Winter Field Trip. Discovery & Incredibles. Permission and Assumption of Risk forms Must be Completed. Tuesday, February 1st. Walking Wednesday. This is the only Walking Wednesday for February. Wednesday, February 2nd. Link to Map and Walking Times. Ski Trip/Winter Field Trip. Triumph. Permission and Assumption of Risk forms Must be Completed. Tuesday, February 15th. Mid-Winter Break, Town Meeting - No School Monday, February 21st - March 1st. MARCH Ski Trip/Winter Field Trip. Voyagers. Permission and Assumption of Risk forms Must be Completed. Tuesday, March 22nd. Patriotism Contests (Art contest grades 1-8, National Anthem singing contest for ages 6 - 16). Entry deadline: Thursday, March 31st. Link to More Information. Questions and entries can be directed to jcioffi@maplerun.org |
PICTURES TRIUMPH 4TH GRADE ON THE SNOW TUBE HILL It was very windy when this group went out to use the sledding hill. The snow was fresh and deep and sliding a bit slow. Still, those who came outside seemed to be having a good time. Link to 18 Pictures. NAVIGATORS KINDERGARTEN GROUP (EMMONS) - PE WITH MS. JARVIS Since getting back from the winter break, students in Mrs. Jarvis' PE class reread the book "The Magical Yet" This book focuses on things that can be hard for individuals and reminds us that we all have things we haven't learned... yet! At the end of a read-aloud, students had the opportunity to decorate their own Magical Yet and identified 1 skill they haven't gotten yet, but are working on!! Link to 8 Pictures. IMAGINATION 3RD GRADE PE WITH MS. JARVIS. Students defended their castles (hula hoop structures) as people from the opposite side of the gym lobbed foam balls at them. In turn, they lobbed balls across the gym at their rival’s structures.
DISCOVERY 4TH GRADE PE WITH MR. BRANON The students were upping their volleyball skillsets by using lighter and slower-moving beach balls in place of volleyballs. BASEBALL TEAM PICTURES OVER THE YEARS SOFTBALL TEAM PICTURES OVER THE YEARS Link to Pictures | ||||||||
8TH GRADERS WILL SELECT BFA COURSES FOR NEXT YEAR Postponed until Thursday, January 27th The BFA guidance office is coming to our 8th graders and they will be given their course selection sheets to take home and fill out.
BFA would like them back by the end of January. Students can hand them to their teachers or to Ms. Desiree Stevens at the front desk.
Check out this video recorded with Screencastify for 9th grade enrollment: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/eVRoovjFBiYSbg3YEEWj
Please note that offerings for Readers/writers workshop and Algebra have changed to grade level or accelerated only. |
MESSAGE FOR 7TH & 8TH GRADE FAMILIES On Friday, January 21st Amy Brewer is coming to City School. She is the Coordinator for the Franklin Grand Isle Tobacco Prevention Coalition and Health Educator at Northwestern Medical Center. She will talk with our 7th and 8th grade students about tobacco products and more specifically vaping. In health classes we have started to talk about tobacco and other drugs. Students are learning to identify harmful effects of different substances. We are very fortunate to have Amy speak with our students. - Ms. Garcia" |
SNOWSHOES We now have enough snow to use the snowshoes. They are located in the Team Discovery entranceway (near the snow tube shed). Here is how to use them. Short video created by the Investigators. Things to know:
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BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING FROM OUR LIBRARY Have you set a goal for yourself in the new year? January is a great time to make a resolution and this month we will be highlighting books in our library that focus on goal setting and growth. Patricia Polacco is now one of America's most loved children's book creators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. It took a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha's dyslexia: Mr. Falker, who encouraged her to overcome her reading disability. Patricia Polacco will never forget him, and neither will we. Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner. Into the jar also goes the money Grandma saves whenever she gets a bargain at the market. There hasn't been a comfortable place to sit in the apartment since a fire in their previous apartment burned everything to "charcoal and ashes." Friends and neighbors brought furniture to their new apartment downstairs, but no one brought anything big or soft or comfortable. Finally, the jar is full, the coins are rolled, and in the book's crowning moment, mother, daughter, and Grandma search four different furniture stores, and after carefully trying several chairs, like Goldilocks, they find the chair they've been dreaming of at last. Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will take grit, patience, and maybe even a little help from his sister. Jabari is making a flying machine in his backyard! “It’ll be easy. I don’t need any help,” he declares. But it doesn’t work! Jabari is frustrated. Good thing Dad is there for a pep talk and his little sister, Nika, is there to assist, fairy wings and all. |
WINTER SPORTS Both 7th and 8th-grade girls' basketball practices scheduled for Friday, January 21st, have been canceled.
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MEALS Link to the Abbey Website with menus
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WEATHER TODAY The wind chill factor is below zero all day. WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS |
BIRTHDAYS JANUARY 17TH - 23RD
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND YOUR SCHOOL NURSES Please help us stay open. To date, we have had several members of our school community come to school while they waited for the results of a PCR test. Please realize that if you took a PCR test, you must remain at home until you have the results. In the two days that it takes to get the results, many others can be exposed. If we all take these precautions, we can keep our school open. Thank you. |
NOTIFICATION FOR CLOSE CONTACTS A reminder to parents and guardians that if your student is found to be a close contact of someone in our school community who has tested positive you will get the notification through email. Please make sure that your current email is on file with our school. If you want to update your email address please click here |
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