Announcements 9-23-2022

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS SEPTEMBER 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

PICTURES NAVIGATORS PREK MORNING PLAY - ZHELEZKO Photographs were taken of the students during morning meeting, where they sang a greeting and welcoming song to each other, and also during their free play time at stations around their classroom.  Link to 36 Pictures. DISHWASHING SERVICE Three students from Renaissance have been volunteering in the cafeteria to help clean trays and silverware. It is huge help to the school and their volunteerism is greatly appreciated. Link to 6 Pictures. DONATION FROM HADDAD SUBARU This year, Haddad Subaru kindly provided $1000 to St. Albans City School to purchase uniforms for the cross country team. Representatives from Subaru came the school to present the check and Ms. Grudev and some of her runners accepted the donation on behalf of the school in the front lobby. 9-22-2022 5th & 6th GRADE BOYS SOCCER - BROOKS Ms. Brooks took pictures of the recent games St. Albans City School players had with SATEC and Swanton. She shared those with us. Link to 60 Pictures. INVESTIGATORS 2ND GRADE ART - COSTANTINO The project students began to work on involved a large hand drawn real object. Then, they cut up magazine images into small colored pieces. Those pieces were then glued onto their drawings to colorize them. Students found the challenge interesting and worth focusing on. Link to 37 Pictures. EXPLORERS 1ST GRADE LEARNED ABOUT TURKEYS - FORSYTH Today first grade learned about turkeys and why they have red on their heads. We learned that it a turkey has a red head and beautiful colored feathers it’s a male but if it has a plain head and plain feathers than it is a female. We then made our own fancy turkeys and watched them walk down a string doing a typical walk they do when they are showing off their feathers all fanned out!  Link to 7 Pictures. ADVENTURERS PREK STEAM - KOSKI & RANKIN Ms. Darcie Rankin, one of the key STEAM teachers, has discovered that stacks of plastic cups and large tongue depressors provide all the tools young children need to play and build with for quite awhile. It is fun seeing what students will do with these items when encouraged play and build with the items. Link to 22 Pictures. EXPLORERS 1ST GRADE IN THE LIBRARY - LEVINE Students picked out books to take back for a week. 9-22-2022. They also to the large sticker poster in the middle of the library. Link to 10 Pictures. EXPLORERS TWINS

MEALS LINK TO ABBEY MENU SITE Breakfast menu for September Lunch menu for September BREAKFAST                                                           FRIDAY Danimals Yogurt w/Graham Cracker Bagel w/ Cream Cheese LUNCH FRIDAY Scrambled Eggs  Sweet & White Homefries Fresh Green Pepper Strips French Toast Sticks  Real Maple Syrup  Sausage Links  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

NATIONAL 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!  Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.  Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.  This young adult novel by Hispanic author Elizabeth Acevedo has won several awards and is a great read for our older students! This picture book biography follows Frida Kahlo’s start as an artist and how she integrated her unique way of looking at the world into her art.

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Karsen Boylan 09/23 C. K. 09/24 Faith Barrows 09/25 STAFF FIRST NAME STAFF LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Ms. Nicole Chalke 09/25 Ms. Abigail Ross 09/25 Link to a list of all birthdays this month If your name has been omitted in error, please contact Mitch Craib mcraib@maplerun.org

COVID GUIDANCE FROM THE NURSES Dear families, in the event your household has a positive COVID case we wanted to share some helpful information.  Go to this Link for what to do.