Announcements 10-14-2022

LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear St. Albans City School Families, This is my 15th year as the Principal of St. Albans City School. It has been an amazing experience and one I have truly enjoyed. Thank you for your support throughout the years. I am writing to inform you that I will be retiring at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. I am letting our school community know early so that there can be a thoughtful process for hiring a new principal. While I will definitely miss the joy I have experienced as the Principal of our school, I am looking forward to having a little less responsibility and a little more time. We still have much of the school year left and I will continue to enjoy supporting our students, staff and families.  Thank you, Joan Cavallo  Principal St. Albans City School

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS OCTOBER Walking Wednesday Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, October 19th.  Girl Scout Sign Up Meeting K-12. Link to Flyer Thursday, October 20th. 5:00. Location. St. Albans City School. Walking Wednesday Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, October 26th.  Link to All the Known Important Dates for the full 2022-2023 School Year October 2022 M T W Th F 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 31 10th - Indigenous Peoples Day. No School

PICTURES INVESTIGATORS 1ST GRADE PE - WIGHT Students enjoyed two activities in Ms. Wights gym on Thursday morning. The first involved strapping on belts with long tails attached with velcro. The goal was to chase each other and try to step on a tail to get it to detach. If that occurred, the person was out and had to wait another turn. The second activity involved keeping a balloon aloft in the air for as long as possible by batting it from below. Link to 23 Pictures. NAVIGATORS (MS. LAWYER’S CLASSROOM) SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL Link to 57 Pictures in all kinds of settings in and outside of the classroom. NAVIGATORS KINDERGARTEN - BAKER Ms. Baker spent some time working on literacy with Ms. Lawyer’s students on Thursday morning. There was a fun read aloud, some singing and also time for questions. IMAGINATION 3RD GRADE IN THE MAKERSPACE LAB - RANKIN & BORST Eleven photos were taken of the 3rd graders as they enjoyed their time building and playing in the makerspace lab. 10-13-2022.  Link to Photos. WALKING WEDNESDAY 10-12-2022 RAFFLE WINNERS Students must check in at the table at the front of the school in order to be eligible for the raffle after each Walking Wednesday. The next walk and raffle are on Wednesday, October 19th.

MEALS LINK TO ABBEY MENU SITE BREAKFAST                                                           FRIDAY Danimals Yogurt w/Graham Cracker Bagel w/ Cream Cheese LUNCH FRIDAY Fluffy Pancakes  Real Maple Syrup  Scrambled Eggs  Sweet & White Homefries  Green Pepper Strips  Cheese Pizza Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs.

ATHLETICS 7-8 Soccer at the Complex under the lights. Please come show your school spirit and support for our 7-8 athletes as they play soccer under the lights at the complex. This will be a great experience for our kids. The schedule is below. Oct. 19 - SAC vs. SATEC (girls) @ 6pm                FFE vs. GEMS (girls) @ 7:30pm Oct. 21 - FFE vs. SAC (boys) @ 6pm               SATEC vs. GEMS (boys) @ 7:30pm 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

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Nathaniel Sanchez 10/14 Duffy Smith 10/14 Finn Sturm 10/14 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

EXCEPTIONAL PICTURES BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY The Red Clover book awards are a list of exceptional picture books created by librarians around the state since 1997.  Each of these texts are in our school library and here you will find resources that go with each book. Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard.  But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn’t as excited as she thought she’d be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can’t bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school?  Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all.  From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a pregonero—a singing street vendor in Cuba—and helping him sell his frutas. When we visit mi abuelo, I help him sell frutas, singing the names of each fruit as we walk, our footsteps like drumbeats, our hands like maracas, shaking… The little girl loves visiting her grandfather in Cuba and singing his special songs to sell all kinds of fruit: mango, limón, naranja, piña, and more! Even when they’re apart, grandfather and granddaughter can share rhymes between their countries like un abrazo—a hug—made of words carried on letters that soar across the distance like songbirds.

SUBSTITUTES NEEDED Are you looking for a flexible schedule? Do you want to have the same hours as your student? Apply to be a substitute today!  For more information click on this link

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.