Announcements 9-21-2022

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS SEPTEMBER MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Zoom Meeting Link. Agenda Wednesday, September 21st. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Fairfield Center School Voyagers & Triumph 5 & 6th grade Field Trip to St. Albans Museum Friday, September 23rd. Triumph 10:30 - 12:00, Voyagers 12:30- 1:45. Transportation: Walking Picture Day for Discovery, Explorers, PreK/Kindergarten (Emmons, Zhelesko, Dedell, Brogle, Bolton, Koski), USA, Incredibles, Voyagers. Tuesday, September 27th.  Picture Day for Triumph, Travelers, Kindergarten (Lawyer, Dupont, Farrell), Renaissance, Investigators, Imagination, Kaleidoscope (1-8). Wednesday, September 28th. Discovery Field Trip to St. Albans Museum Friday, September 30th. 11:00 AM to 2:15 PM. Transportation: Walking Incredibles Field Trip to St. Albans Museum Friday, September 30th. 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Transportation: Walking Link to All the Known Important Dates for the full 2022-2023 School Year September 2022 M T W Th F 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 5th - Labor Day. No School

FIRE DRILL VIDEO FOR REVIEW Link to Video

PICTURES USA BRAIN SMART START Team USA 8th graders doing the Double This, Double That brain smart start as a group of 8!!!!! Link to Video  DISCOVERY FUN AFTERNOON CHALLENGE The whole team took a break from academic work to play Minute to Win It games. Classroom groups rotated through three different stations. Link to 12 Pictures. Pairs of students had to keep four balloons up in the air (each student managed 2 balloons). The team that managed to keep the balloons airborne for the longest time in a timed minute were the winners. Selected team members took on the challenge of building the tallest tower of cubes that could stand on its own. Students took turns tossing pencils (erasure down first) onto a table top in an attempt to bounce them into a plastic cup. The student/team with the most pencils in the cup after a minute was the winner.   TRIUMPH 5TH GRADE - DRAPER Most of these students were working on Flocabulary when these pictures were taken. A few others were doing independent work. 9-20-2022  Link to 14 Pictures.

MEALS LINK TO ABBEY MENU SITE Breakfast menu for September Lunch menu for September BREAKFAST                                                           WEDNESDAY Breakfast Round Bagel with Cream Cheese LUNCH WEDNESDAY Chicken and Biscuits Cheese Pizza Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs.

ATHLETICS Link to St. Albans City School Athletics Calendar Webpage with listing of competitions Link to 5/6 Girls & Boys Soccer Practice and Competition Schedule. Scroll down the document to find the boys schedule.

WEATHER TODAY WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH - BOOKS TO CONSIDER IN THE LIBRARY Did you know it is National Hispanic Heritage Month? It is celebrated in the U.S. from September 15 to October 15 and recognizes the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements in the United States. Checkout these books in our library today!  Carlitos lives in a happy home with his mother, his abuela, and Coco the cat. Life in his hometown is cozy as can be, but the call of the capital city pulls Carlitos across the bay in search of his father. Jolly piragüeros, mischievous cats, and costumed musicians color this tale of love, family, and the true meaning of home. When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family--and when she was in kindergarten, they sent for her, too.   Everything in New York was different. Gone were the Saturdays at Abuela’s house, filled with cousins and sunshine. Instead, things were busy and fast and noisy. Areli’s limited English came out wrong, and schoolmates accused her of being illegal. But with time, America became her home. And she saw it as a land of opportunity, where millions of immigrants who came before her paved their own paths. She knew she would, too.

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Cayleigh Drown 09/21 Keonna Delisle 09/21 Finnegan Zawicki 09/21 No staff birthdays today. Link to a list of all birthdays this month If your name has been omitted in error, please contact Mitch Craib mcraib@maplerun.org

NOTICE FOR FUTURE BFA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

NOTE FROM THE NURSES Dear families, in the event your household has a positive COVID case we wanted to share some helpful information.  Quarantine for the person who tested positive is a minimum of 5 days from the day symptoms begin OR their positive test results if there are no symptoms. Whichever comes first.  After the 5th day of quarantine, if the person who tested positive feels well enough to engage in work/learning/activities, they may end their quarantine. The CDC recommends wearing a mask through the 10th day of having COVID. Please report your positive test result to the Vermont Dept. of Health by clicking this link and following these instructions. https://bit.ly/ReportMyPositiveTestVDH Be sure to inform attendance on the days your student will be absent.