Announcements 3-27-2023

IMPORTANT DATES SCHOOL HOURS MARCH I love to read week.  Monday, March 27th - Friday March 31st.  Stewardship Meeting Wednesday March 29th. 1:00 to 1:30 PM. Location: Professional Library Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8. Link to Contest Information. Submission Due Date. Thursday, March 30th.  APRIL Walking Wednesday (This is the only Walking Wednesday in April) Link to Route Map and Times Wednesday, April 5th.  MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, April 5th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central Office Renaissance Dance Friday, April 7th. 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: Cafeteria. Enter building by Big Gym entrance. Wizard of Oz Drama Performance Friday, April 14th. 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Location: Large Gym. A Community Conversation. Includes all residents, students, families, educators and community leaders. Link to Flyer.  Saturday, April 15th. 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Location: Bellows Free Academy. 71 South Main Street. St. Albans. Wizard of Oz Drama Performance Saturday, April 15th. 11:30 AM. Location: Large Gym. MRUSD Board Meeting. Agenda. Zoom Meeting Link. Wednesday, April 19th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Fairfield Center School Parent Conferences Friday, April 21st. Spring Break - No School Monday April 24th - Friday, April 28th. 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 3/1 - 3/7 Mid Winter Break - No School 3/24 - Inservice - No School April 2023 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 4/21 Parent Conferences - No School 4/24 - 4/28 Spring Break List of important dates for the remainder of the school year

PICTURES TECH & ENGINEERING DAY AT BFA Eight grade students from both 7th & 8th grade learning communities competed at the Tech and Engineering Day at BFA.  Some students made bridges, pinewood cars, and edible vehicles.  Others competed in crack the code games, Operation, Color Wheel, tower building, and Doodlebot.  St. Albans City School finished tied with MVU for first place as a school but lost in the playoff round when Mr. Rouleau lost in Lawn Jenga.  All the participants gained valuable experiences with solving problems.  Link to 25 Pictures. 1ST GRADE TRAVELERS BRAIN BREAK TIME - CULLIGAN These travelers exhibited some impressive dance moves in this brain break video. Link to 4 1/2-minute video. Video supplied by Ms. Bessette. 7TH & 8TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL GAMES WITH SATEC - JARVIS, ELLIS, LINDSTEDT Round after round of volleyball was played by our older students on Thursday afternoon, 3-23-2023. In recent years, volleyball has become a very popular sport at St. Albans City School with many skilled players. Link to 105 Pictures. VOYAGERS 5TH GRADE & IMAGINATION 1ST GRADE - LEARNED WATER FACTS Ms. Bashaw took her 5th grade students to Ms. Bachand’s 1st grade classroom for a quick lesson on fresh and salt water. After quizzing the 1st graders on what they knew about water, Ms. Bashaw used a large measuring cup of blue water to represent the entire earth’s water supply. She then had several students come to the front of the class and remove volumes of water in teaspoons and tablespoons that represented non-ocean water sources. These samples were placed in little cups. From this little demonstration, it was clear that only about 3% of the world’s water is suitable for drinking, agriculture or most industrial purposes. We need to be careful with the salt-free water we have. Students then moved to the library where the 5th graders read water-related children’s books to the 1st graders. When the reading was finished, all students worked on water-related coloring sheets. Link to 17 Pictures. TRAVELERS TWINS AND QUADRUPLETS Link to three pictures.

I LOVE TO READ WEEK - last week of March For those Literacy Teachers and learning communities who are interested in participating, we are going to celebrate “I love to read” week at the end of March. Each day of the week will have a reading-focused activity (see activities below). Please feel free to share photos of your reading adventures with Mr. Craib mcraib@maplerun.org for the announcements.

8th Graders, IT IS TIME TO COMPLETE THE YEARBOOK IN THE NEXT WEEK The yearbook committee needs your... Baby Pictures Goals, Favorite City School memories, etc. Portrait 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

ATHLETICS Volleyball Practice & Games Monday 27th 5/6 Practice 3:00 to 4:00 7/8 Practice 4:00 to 5:15 Tuesday 28th 5/6 Practice Cancelled 7/8 Away Game. EMS. 3:45 PM Bus Wednesday 29th 5/6 Away Game. SATEC with FCS & SATEC 5:15 - 7:00 PM end of season 7/8 Practice 3:00 to 4:00 Thursday 7/8 Home Game with Westford. Time TBA 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                                                           MONDAY Blueberry Muffin  Bagel w/ Cream Cheese LUNCH MONDAY Dress Your Own Burger on a Bun  Cheese Pizza  Caesar Salad  Maple Baked Beans  French Fries  Honeydew Melon Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs.

BIRTHDAYS STUDENT FIRST NAME STUDENT LAST NAME BIRTHDAY C. G. 3/24 Stella Bachand 3/24 Zackary Clausen 3/25 Walker Jacobs 3/25 Maci Feeley 3/25 Jaylen Coumbes 3/25 Joseph Missouri 3/27 Josslynn Gagne 3/27 Emma Webster 3/27 STAFF FIRST NAME STAFF LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Mr. Jeremy Bushey 3/24 Mr. John Cioffi 3/26 Ms. Tara Emmons 3/26 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 all the books relevant to Women's History Month. Here are today's highlighted books... The inspiring story of Dr. Patricia Bath, a groundbreaking ophthalmologist who pioneered laser surgery—and gave her patients the gift of sight.    Born in the 1940s, Patricia Bath dreamed of being an ophthalmologist at a time when becoming a doctor wasn’t a career option for most women—especially African-American women. This empowering biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to save and restore sight to the blind, and her decision to “choose miracles” when everyone else had given up hope. Along the way, she cofounded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, and became the first African-American woman doctor to receive a medical patent. Starred reviews hail Streetcar to Justice as "a book that belongs in any civil rights library collection" (Publishers Weekly) and "completely fascinating and unique” (Kirkus). An ALA Notable Book and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.  One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings’s refusal to leave a segregated streetcar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan set into motion a major court case in New York City. On her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court. Represented by a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (a future president of the United States) she was victorious, marking a major victory in the fight to desegregate New York City’s public transportation. Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.

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COVID GUIDANCE FROM THE NURSES Go to this Link for what to do. SUBSTITUTES NEEDED For more information click on this link