Announcements. 11-4-2022

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS NOVEMBER Triumph Field Trip to St. Albans Free Library Tuesday, November 8th. 8:15 to 10:45 AM. Transportation: Walking 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. 6:00 to 7:30 PM. 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 Monday, November 21st. Parent Conferences 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 Nov 23rd-25th - Thanksgiving

RUN, HIDE, FIGHT DRILL On Thursday, 11-3-2022, we had our second Options Drill. Throughout our school we stopped what we were doing and had a conversation about how we would react if there was an unsafe situation at our school. Students were reminded that they need to be calm and quiet and listen to the teacher's directions. In older grades, students discussed their options and how that would look. Our drill was successful.

PICTURES & NEWS INCREDIBLES 4TH GRADE ART - MARTINSON Students learned about electrical circuitry in art work. They also had fun drawing or making fold-up mouths. Link to 24 Pictures. MAPLE RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT STRING FESTIVAL AT BFA Students from St. Albans City School traveled to BFA to join in an all-day string festival with other schools from our district. They practiced as a whole group for many hours in the middle of the day before finishing the festival with a performance in the latter part of the afternoon. Ms. Brooks was there to take a few pictures. Link to 14 Photos. LUNCH PHOTOS  11-3-2022 Pictures were taken around the lunch room on Thursday. One table of students were entertaining themselves by playing telephone -sending a whispered message full circle to see if it remained the same or changed by the time it got back to the originator. Link to 28 Pictures. CREATIVE MUSIC INSTRUCTION - KELLY Students were asked to blow into a balloon in a specific way. Then they were asked to blow into their trumpets using the same blowing pattern. This training technique worked to make their trumpet sounds more effective. 10-28-2022.  Link to 5 Pictures.  USA LEAF CELEBRATION FROM A WEEK AGO WALKING WEDNESDAY RAFFLE WINNERS THIS WEEK Voyagers student Renaissance student 1st time signing in at the front entrance IMAGINATION 3rd GRADE CREATION

STEELERS FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY St. Albans 7/8 Steelers are headed to Colchester High to play the Division One State Championship game at 4:30pm on Saturday, the 5th. Fun fact: the Steelers have not won the championship since 1988, come on down and support the students!!!

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

ATHLETICS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 7TH & 8TH GRADE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND Saint albans stealers football will be playing for the state championship this Saturday at Colchester high school at 4:30pm. Quite a few of the of the players attend St. Albans City School.  This is a big game for the students. Their coach invites you to come and cheer them on. CHEERLEADING & BASKETBALL 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 over the next few days STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY James Rooney 11/04 Carter Blouin 11/04 Olivia L'Esperance 11/05 Carter Roberts 11/05 Frank Pelkey 11/06 STAFF FIRST NAME STAFF LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Ms. Briana Brown 11/04 Ms. Kristen Sawyer 11/04 Ms. Jessica Mitchell 11/06 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: RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word.  But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do. Adapted from the award-winning, best selling Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, this book takes readers on a journey from present to past and back again. Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they’ll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives. Welcome to ancient Greece as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, “ringed by a restless sea,” live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto is a spoiled aristocrat, a girl as precious as amber but willful and wild. She’ll marry and be tamed—the curse of all highborn girls—but risk her life for a season first to serve Artemis, goddess of the hunt.  Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos—Amber and Clay—never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. But the thin line between life and death is just one boundary their unlikely friendship crosses. It takes an army of snarky gods and fearsome goddesses, slaves and masters, mothers and philosophers to help shape their story into a gorgeously distilled, symphonic tour de force.

MESSAGE FOR FAMILIES REGARDING OPERATION HAPPINESS Each year Operation Happiness serves over 1,000 families in need with food and toys in the Franklin/Grand Isle counties of Vermont during the holiday season. Operation Happiness is a program of the United Way of Northwest Vt.  It provides a basket of food and gifts for the children in the family (16 and under) for the holidays. The holiday season is quickly approaching. The United Way is looking to get registration information out to families in need as soon as possible.  If this is a need for you and your family,  please call The United Way Operation Happiness at 802-393-4443 from 8:30-1:30 weekdays Nov. 7-Nov 16. You can leave a message.

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.