Announcements 11-10-2022

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS NOVEMBER Team USA Veterans' Breakfast Thursday, November 10th. 8:00 to 11:00 AM. Location: Library St. Albans City School Band Concert Thursday, November 10th. 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Location: Big Gym. Veterans Day at Taylor park for 4-8th Graders Friday, November 11th. Parade on Main Street at 10:30. Transportation: Walking Picture Retake Day (Note: Any 8th graders without a picture should attend) Monday, November 14th. 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Location at School: Library Chorus Concert - Families welcome Tuesday, November 15th. 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Chorus students arrive @ 6:00. Location: Large Gym. All 6th Grade Teams Field Trip to BFA.  Wednesday, November 16th. 9:00 to 10:45 AM. Transportation: Walking MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, November 16th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans City School Open Doors Drama Production "Aesop's Fables" for family members of cast Thursday, November 17th. 3:30 to 4:00 PM. Location. Big Gym. Staff Inservice - No School Monday, November 21st. Parent Conferences - No School Tuesday, November 22nd. Thanksgiving - No School Wednesday, November 23rd - Friday, November 25th. Link to All the Known Important Dates for the full 2022-2023 School Year November 2022 M T W Th F 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 Nov 21st - Staff Inservice - No School Nov 22nd - Parent Conferences - No School Nov 23rd-25th - Thanksgiving - No School

PICTURES AND NEWS THE WINNING SNOWPLOW NAME IS…. SNOWZILLA! Thank you all for voting. FAMILIES - IS YOUR STUDENT MISSING A CLOTHING ITEM? Please take a look for your student's lost and found items in the front lobby vestibule.     TRIUMPH AT THE ST. ALBANS FREE LIBRARY Students from Triumph bundled up for the cold and windy conditions and trekked up to the St. Albans Library on Tuesday morning. Once there, they got a tour of the library areas, got library cards and they learned how to check out books. The pictures Ms. Draper shared showed the students exploring some of the activity rooms available to children and adults. Many happy non-school hours have been spent at the library by our students over the years.  Link to 7 Pictures.       4TH GRADE ART ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE OF THE CAFETERIA         BACK IN TIME - 1980 YEARBOOK  The Family Resources menu on the St. Albans City School website contains an option for viewing the SACS yearbooks going back to the 1970s.    Here are a few pictures from the 1980 Yearbook Link.   Just a couple of observations... In that year there were 126 graduating 8th graders. Our 8th-grade numbers are now a little more than half that amount. The building was exceedingly full back 43 years ago and it is still very full. We just use it differently now and we have more early-age children on campus.   Samples of the graduates back then. Gymnastics was a highly popular physical activity in the school at the time. Liability issues and changing interests in sports across the country gradually changed that.   Folk dancing was a prominent part of Physical Education. ADVENTURERS TWINS

MEALS LINK TO ABBEY MENU SITE BREAKFAST                                                           THURSDAY Strawberry Crumb Bar Bagel w/ Cream Cheese LUNCH THURSDAY BBq Chicken  Mashed potatoes & Vegetables Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs.

OPEN DOORS All session 2 Open Doors Activities are now Full. Thank you for signing up.

ATHLETICS - CHEERLEADING & BASKETBALL SIGN-UPS FOR WINTER ATHLETICS, GRADES 5-8, ENDS 11/10.  Please call Mrs. Trainer with any questions at 802-527-0565 ext 3781. Please click on this link to access the on-line registration form.  Link to St. Albans City School Athletics Calendar Webpage with listing of competitions

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY K. B. 11/10 Renick Charland 11/10 Sophia Negrete 11/10 There are 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

WEATHER TODAY WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS

EXCEPTIONAL PICTURE 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: In the hottest hour of the hottest day of the year, a fateful wind blows into Oaxaca City. It whistles down cobbled streets and rustles the jacaranda trees before slipping into the window of an eleven-year-old girl named Clara. Unbeknownst to her, Clara has been marked for la Lotería.   Life and Death deal the Lotería cards but once a year, and the stakes could not be higher. Every card reveals a new twist in Clara’s fate—a scorpion, an arrow, a blood-red rose. If Life wins, Clara will live to a ripe old age. If Death prevails, she’ll flicker out like a candle.    But Clara knows none of this. All she knows is that her young cousin Esteban has vanished, and she’ll do whatever it takes to save him, traveling to the mythical Kingdom of Las Pozas, where every action has a price, and every choice has consequences. And though it seems her fate is sealed, Clara just might have what it takes to shatter the game and choose a new path. Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbor, life get interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they're not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city's most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie's upstairs neighbor is really a super villain? Can Katie wrangle a whole lot of wayward cats, save a best friendship (why is Beth barely writing back? And who's this boy she keeps talking about?!), AND crack the biggest story in the city's history? Some heroes have capes . . . Katie has cats!

MESSAGE FOR FAMILIES REGARDING OPERATION HAPPINESS Link to information about United Way's food and gifts for the holiday season.

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.