COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION - PRINCIPAL HIRING PROCESS St. Albans City School Parents, Guardians, and Community Members, I hope this message finds you well and you’re looking forward to a healthy and safe Thanksgiving. I’m writing today to provide an update about the SACS Principal hiring process, including an invitation for you to give input in the process. My role at Maple Run is the Human Resources Director and I will serve as the facilitator of this hiring process and I look forward to getting to know more about the SACS community as we position ourselves for continued growth and success heading into the 23/24 school year. Although the new SACS Principal will start on July 1, 2023, we are initiating the search process now to recruit skilled and qualified candidates for consideration. As a SACS community member, your input will play a valuable role throughout the process. First, you are invited to provide input into a community discussion about the attributes and skills that you feel are necessary for the next principal to be successful. On Thursday, December 8, 2022, from 6:00-7:00pm, we will hold a Community Input Session in the St. Albans City School Library. If you are interested in serving on the interview committee, you are required to attend the community input session in order to represent and advocate for the perspectives shared by the group. After the session on 12/8, a Google Form will be sent out for you to express interest in participating on the interview committee. (Similarly, staff will have an input forum and those wishing to serve on the committee will be required to participate in that forum.) While details will be communicated at a later point, you can expect to be invited to give feedback in late January when we welcome principal candidate finalists to visit SACS and meet with staff, students, and community members. Have a nice week and holiday, thank you in advance for providing input and feedback as we select the next Principal of St. Albans City School Thank you, Casey Provost Human Resources Director Maple Run Unified School District cprovost@maplerun.org |
IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS NOVEMBER
Nov 21st - Staff Inservice - No School Nov 22nd - Parent Conferences - No School Nov 23rd-25th - Thanksgiving - No School DECEMBER BFA Experience for all 8th Grade Students. Learn about programs, elective courses, athletics, extracurricular activities. Link to Flyer. Monday, December 5th. 6:30 PM. Walking Wednesday (This is the only Walking Wednesday in December) Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, December 7th. MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, December 7th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central Office Renaissance Operation Happiness Food Delivery Trip to Hannaford Plaza Friday, December 9th. 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Transportation: Bus. Wreaths Across America ceremony lead by SACS Students. Friday, December 16th,10:00 AM. at at Calvary Cemetary. Saturday, December 17th, 10:00 at Taylor Park. MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, December 21st. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans Town Educational Center Winter Break - No School Friday, December 23rd - Monday, January 2nd. Link to All the Known Important Dates for the full 2022-2023 School Year
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PICTURES VOYAGERS UVM DRONE VISIT FOR IMAGING THE WETLANDS On Friday the 18th of November, two environmental and drone specialists from UVM visited the Voyagers learning community. They offered a slideshow and question and answer period prior conducting their work. Their indoor presentation proved to be the most fascinating part of their visit as they explained the varied types of drones they use and the different kinds of images they can get from them: highly detailed photos and videos, topography and elevation measurements, volume measurements and much more. The two specialists discussed how they became drone and mapping experts and what kinds of projects they handle. Needless to say, the students and staff at the presentation were fascinated. The goal of their visit on Friday was to fly their large quad-copter drone over the wetlands to get careful imagery measures of the terrain and vegetation of that area. A zig-zag flight pattern was pre-programmed into the drone before its flight and the imagery it collected as it flew was sent back to a computer in real-time. Link to 12 Pictures. Link to 25 second video of the drone taking off. AESOP’S FABLES The Open Doors Drama students who worked with Ms. Maher this session put on a performance this past Thursday afternoon in the big gymnasium. Family members and other Open Doors participants attended the ½ hour show. The actors showed off their hard work and skills. Families felt pride in their students’ newly showcased abilities. 11-18-2022. Link to 42 Pictures. Link to 18 minute video. EXPLORERS 3RD GRADE BATTLE BOTS - RANKIN & BORST It was Explorers 3rd-grade's time to test their engineering skills in a battle bot contest. As with all recent classes in the makerspace, special attention was given to promoting positive behavior during the matches. All community-oriented participants got a small laser cut tag and those who were most positive and encouraging during the match received a specially designed tag for that purpose. The students had a really good time. 11-17-2022 Link to 17 Pictures. EXPLORERS 1ST GRADE SPIRIT WEEK - FORSYTH
DISCOVERY - MORE SPIRIT WEEK PHOTOS PRIOR TO THE BREAK CHARACTER DAY 11-17-2022 - Where’s Waldo? Link to 3 Discovery PAJAMA AND COMFY CLOTHING DAY Pictures. 11-18-2022 TWINS
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CHEERLEADING AND BASKETBALL START DATES AND TIMES
There will be a parent/guardian meeting following the end of the practice for each individual team. Only athletes with a 3:00 start time are allowed to stay after school. Athletes should be dropped off and picked up at the gym side entrance. Students with a 3:00 start time should report to the cafeteria at dismissal.
Monday, 11/28 5 Cheer - 11/28 from 3-4 in the small gym. 6-8 Cheer - 11/28 from 3-4 in the large gym 6-7 Boys Basketball - 11/28 from 4-5 in the large gym 8 Boys Basketball - 11/28 from 5-6 in the large gym 7-8 Girls Basketball - 11/28 from 7-8 in the large gym
Tuesday, 11/29 5 Boys Basketball - 11/29 from 3-4 in the large gym 5-6 Girls Basketball - 11/29 from 6-7 in the large gym
Please contact Wendy Trainer with any questions. 802-527-0565 ext 3781 |
SKIING OPPORTUNITY FOR 6TH-8TH GRADERS Jay Peak Season’s Pass We will have a limited number of Jay Peak Season’s Passes for students in grades 6-8. These will be useful for families that ski. Discounted equipment rentals are available. Transportation to and from the mountain is not included. Yet, for students that will have access to use this pass, we want to make it available. Any student that would like to have access to a pass and feels they will be able to make use of it, please write a letter of request to Mr. Craib and explain how you are a Safe, Achieving, Caring member of our school community. Mr. Craib will create the list that goes to Jay Peak. The deadline for letters of request is December 9th. |
DRAMA OPPORTUNITY
Students in grades 4-8 who are interested in drama, please fill out this form. Rehearsals will begin some time after December Break. Ms. Maher is hoping to hold auditions for specific roles before December break.
Thank you. |
| FOOD COLLECTION AT SCHOOL Renaissance Operation Happiness
Renaissance is again helping Operation Happiness this year. We encourage you to donate non-perishable food items. These will be collected at the classrooms. All the food gets sorted out and then we drive over and donate it to Operation Happiness. Team Renaissance has been helping our community donate to Operation Happiness for a many years. If we reach 1,000 items collected, we will have a school wide popcorn party! Donations will be accepted November 28th-December 8th Thank You! |
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA What is Wreaths Across America? It is a program where we honor deceased veterans by putting wreaths on their graves. Team USA is working with local Veterans groups to enhance the tradition throughout our community. Students will be holding a ceremony on December 16th at Mt Calvary Cemetery in St. Albans, VT. This is a national event held each December. For more information visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org. Please consider supporting these efforts. Order form. Completed forms can be delivered to Team USA. Thank you, Team USA |
ATHLETICS - CHEERLEADING & BASKETBALL COMPETITION SCHEDULE |
MEALS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED ABBEY MENU Link to the abbey menu site BREAKFAST
LUNCH
Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs. |
WEATHER TODAY WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS |
BIRTHDAYS
No staff birthdays today. |
MESSAGE FOR FAMILIES REGARDING OPERATION HAPPINESS Link to information about United Way's food and gifts for the holiday season WITH CORRECTED PHONE NUMBER - 1-802-393-4442. |
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 paraeducator, clerical staff member & custodial staff member 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. |
