Announcements 10-20-2022

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS OCTOBER Girl Scout Sign Up Meeting K-12. Link to Flyer Thursday, October 20th. 5:00. Location. St. Albans City School. 7/8 Boys' Soccer Game Under the Lights SACS vs. FFE Friday, October 21st. 6:00 PM. Location: Collins Perley Sports Center Walking Wednesday Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, October 26th.  Team USA & Team Renaissance Candidate Forum (community invited) Wednesday, October 26th. Starts at 6:00 PM. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Location: Library 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

COMMUNITY INVITED TO HEAR LOCAL CANDIDATES 7th and 8th Grade students will be questioning the candidates.

PICTURES WALKING WEDNESDAY RESULTS What a fantastic morning for Walking Wednesday. The weather was spectacular! One hundred and thirteen students walked and 17 adults were there to guide them. Thank you to everyone for the great turnout. The Voyagers and Imagination learning communities had the highest participation rates. Impressive. If you want see a few photos, check out this link to 20 Pictures. South Main Street Street Group Barlow St, Lincoln St., Taylor Park Group THIS WEEK’S WALKING WEDNESDAY RAFFLE WINNERS Voyagers Adventurers RENAISSANCE WACKY WEDNESDAY 10-18-2022 This team has continued with their weekly Wacky Wednesday program this school year. A rotating group of students plan the day with the goal of injecting fun and team building into their Wednesdays. On October 18th, students and staff came dressed in black. Then midday the entire group decorated two cookies each, one of which was supposed to be judged by the teachers for creativity. The team feeling in the room at the time of the photographs was indeed fun and family like. Success!  Note: the planners for the day baked the event cookies the day before in the instructional kitchen on the 2nd floor. Link to 36 Pictures.

MEALS LINK TO ABBEY MENU SITE BREAKFAST                                                           THURSDAY Strawberry Crumb Bar Bagel w/ Cream Cheese LUNCH THURSDAY Shepherd's Pie 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. 21 - FFE vs. SACS (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.

PRE-SEASON SPORTS REGISTRATION GRADES 5-8 - BASKETBALL AND CHEERLEADING Please click on this link to access the on-line registration form.

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Dominick Solomon 10/20 Teaghan Stewart 10/20 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. Samples: Hens and their chicks love their warm, snug home. Life is simple and comfortable in the chicken coop, where everyone knows their place and worries are far away.  Until one day, when the capybaras appear.  To the hens, the capybaras are too big, too wet, and too hairy. They don’t even follow the rules! But it’s hunting season, and the capybaras need somewhere safe to hide. Can the hens learn to get along with their unexpected guests?  This delightful story shares the importance of opening our hearts to each other, no matter our differences, and the marvelous surprises that can happen along the way. Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith. An especially enjoyable and satisfying read-aloud! Sometimes, you might fall                down,                                down,                                                down, before you learn to fly                up,                                up,                                                up… A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable Book of the Year! An innovative and charming tale about a plucky little bird, from the award-winning author-illustrator of Fox the Tiger.

WEATHER TODAY WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS

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.