Announcements 3-14-2023

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS MARCH Navigators Field Trip to the Echo Leahy Center Tuesday, March 14th. 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Transportation: Bus STEAM Festival. All are welcome to come and create with us. Details Here. Tuesday, March 14th. 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Location: St. Albans City School. Walking Wednesday (This is the only Walking Wednesday in March) Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, March 15th.  Renaissance Team Picture in the Big Gym Wednesday, March 15th. Between 11:00 - 11:30 AM.  MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, March 15th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans City School All 7th & 8th Graders gather in the Big Gym for group pictures for the yearbook Tuesday, March 21st. 12:00 noon. Staff Inservice - No School Friday, March 24th. Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8. Link to Contest Information. Submission Due Date. Thursday, March 30th.  March 2023 M T W TH F 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 31 March 1-6 Mid Winter Break - No School March 7th Town Meeting Day - No School March 24th Staff Inservice Day - No School List of important dates for the remainder of the school year

TONIGHT TUESDAY, MARCH 14TH The STEAM and Makerspace Team in collaboration with teachers, and the ECHO Science Center are excited to bring you a family evening event– our very own St Albans City School STEAM Festival!  Save the date and prepare for an evening of creativity and fun as we design,make and build together!  Watch the school announcements for information about all the great experiences planned for this event. What?  A STEAM Festival When? Tuesday March 14th, 2023 from 5:30 - 7:30pm Who? Students accompanied by family members in our St Albans City School community Details:  Stations will be set up throughout the school with amazing opportunities to build and create.  A giant windwalll, an airplane launcher, cardboard construction, circuits, laser cutting, spin art, photo booth and so much more!  Attendees will have opportunities to create things to take home and enter raffles to win great STEAM activities to continue the fun together beyond the event.   All are welcome, and no sign up is needed, but if you have questions please contact Darcie Rankin, STEAM Educator at drankin@maplerun.org.

WALKING WEDNESDAY SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, MARCH 15TH This is the only Walking Wednesday in March  Link to Route Map and Times

PICTURES PART 3 OF A GREEN HOUSE GAS STUDY CONDUCTED BY 5TH GRADERS In the previous experiment, 5th graders learned that burning petroleum produces at least two green house gasses; water vapor and carbon dioxide (CO2). The next question of interest became… why should we be concerned about greenhouse gasses? Ms. McLaughlan from the Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) came to our school and organized an experiment to test whether or not higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could cause the earth to heat up.  In the picture below, students are writing down what they guess will happen in the experiment and why before they conducted it. Students were paired at stations that had the following items: one 500 Watt heat lamp (acting as the sun), two soda bottles with black rocks in the bottom (acting as the earth), one thermometer for each bottle, one flask filled with 100 ml of water and a stack of seven large antacid tablets. The antacid tablets were added to the water in the flask - causing a production of carbon dioxide that was directed into one of the two bottles. The goal was to note the temperature in the bottles every minute for 10 minutes when the heat lamp was turned on above them.  What students learned was that the air above the rocks in the bottle receiving the carbon dioxide increased much more in temperature over 10 minutes than the bottle without the carbon dioxide. This finding indicated that the the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, settled above the rocks in the bottles and trapped in heat. An identical effect occurs in the air above us as carbon dioxide accumulates there from the burning of fossil fuels. This experiment made concrete the effect of this green house gas on our living environment. In the upcoming weeks we are going to see if any of the 5th grade students have ideas about what we can do to minimize carbon dioxide production at our school. One magical fact about Ms. McLachlan’s visit is that she asked all the 5th graders names once and with almost no errors talked with students by name as she worked with them during the experiments throughout the day. Her name recalling ability for the 60+ studets made the lesson-learning-process much more powerful. TENNIS INSTRUCTION IN THE GYM Once again guest instructors came to St. Albans City School to teach basic tennis skills in an inviting way. Students practiced hitting balls into buckets and volleying back and forth with each other. Controlling the ball was the focus of Monday’s lesson. It was clear that students were having a good time with the tennis lessons. Link to 7 Pictures from Renaissance.   Link to 8 Pictures from Incredibles. TRAVELERS 1ST GRADE SCIENCE LESSONS Ms. Culligan taught her students about underwater volcanoes and about solids, liquids and gasses. Check out these two 1-minute long video clips provided by Ms. Bessette. Link to Underwater Volcano Video Link to Solids, Liquids and Gasses Video TWINS Discovery Explorers

8th Graders, the yearbook committee needs your baby pictures Please send or give your baby pictures to Mr. Craib at mcraib@maplerun.org If you bring your baby pictures into school, we will scan them and  return them to you on the same day

STEAM FESTIVAL

We hope you will join us at the STEAM Festival on March 14th from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Our education partner, ECHO will be bring an airplane launcher.  Fold paper airplanes and explore their flight patterns as they soar in the large gym.

ATHLETICS SPRING SPORTS SIGNUP Spring Sports pre-signup form at this link.  This signup form is for grades 7/8 boys baseball, 7/8 girls softball, and grades 4-8 track.  Volleyball Practice & Games Tuesday14th:  5/6 Practice 3:00-4:00 PM 7/8 A/B Blue Home Game with Fairfield - Cancelled Wednesday 15th:  5/6 In-house Games. 2:45 Warmup. 3:00-4:00 Games. 7/8 Practice 4:00-5:15 PM Thursday 16th: 5/6 Practice 3:00-4:00 PM 7/8 Blue Home Game with Sheldon. 4:45 PM Warmup. Game 5:00-7:00 PM Friday 17th: 5/6 Home Game with Fairfield. 4:45 PM Warmup. Games 5:00-7:00 PM 7/8 White Away Game with SATEC. 4:45 PM Warmup. Game 5:00-7:00 PM Link to St. Albans City School Athletics Calendar Webpage Please contact Wendy Trainer with any questions. 802-527-0565 ext 3781

MEALS BELOW ARE LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED ABBEY MENU Link to the abbey menu site BREAKFAST                                                           TUESDAY Asst. WG Cereal  Bagel w/ Cream Cheese  Mozzarella String Cheese LUNCH TUESDAY General Tso Chicken  Steamed Broccoli  Rice Pilaf Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs.

BIRTHDAYS There are no student or 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

LIBRARY Curious about Audiobooks at Our School? - Click on this link. March is Women's History Month – commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in history.  Take a look at the collection of books that you can find in our library!  Link to a large list of relevant books for March. Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what’s right for people everywhere. This biographical picture book about the Notorious RBG, tells the justice’s story through the lens of her many famous dissents, or disagreements. From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a young adult biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. She blazed trails to the peaks of the male-centric worlds of education and law, where women had rarely risen before. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has often said that true and lasting change in society and law is accomplished slowly, one step at a time. This is how she has evolved, too. Step by step, the shy little girl became a child who questioned unfairness, who became a student who persisted despite obstacles, who became an advocate who resisted injustice, who became a judge who revered the rule of law, who became…RBG.

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