Announcements 7-11-2023

IMPORTANT DATES - Link to the full list of 2023/2024 important dates JULY Summer Camp Session One Monday, July 10th - Thursday, July 20th. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  Summer Camp Session Two Monday, July 24th - Thursday August 3rd. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. AUG Last Day of Summer Camp Session Two Thursday, August 3rd. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, August 16th.  6:00 to 9:00 PM.  Location: Collins Perley. 890  Fairfax Road. St. Albans. Staff In-Service Days Thursday, August 24th - Tuesday, August 29th.  First Day of School for K-8 Students Wednesday, August 30th. SEPT Labor Day Holiday. No School Monday, September 4th.  First Day of preK Tuesday, September 5th. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, September 6th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central Office. 28 Catherine Street. St. Albans. Walking Wednesday Wednesday, September 13th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, September 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Fairfield Center School. 57th Park St., Fairfield. Link to the whole 2023-2024 school calendar June 2023 M T W Th F 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 6/16 - Last day of school for students 6-19 - Juneteenth Holiday 6/20 - 6/22 Inservice days for staff July 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 31 7/10 - 7/20 - Summer Camp Session One: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM  Monday - Thursdays 7/24 - 8/3 - Summer Camp Session Two: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM  Monday - Thursdays Aug 2023 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 31 7/24 - 8/3 - Summer Camp Session Two: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM  Monday - Thursdays 8/24 - 8/29 Staff Inservice 8/30 - First day for K-8  Sept 2023 M T W Th F 1 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 9/4 - Labor Day Holiday 9/5 - First day for preK

NEWS AND PICTURES WEATHER ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER CAMPS Monday turned out to be a seriously wet day. This curtailed all outdoor activities. For example, a group like "Canoeing and Fishing" that would normally have headed outside to a nearby river or lake, re-oriented their plans. They were observed attaching blocky erasures to their fishing rod hooks and using them to practice their casting skills in the "big" gym. Other groups that were scheduled for indoor spaces carried on as planned but were unable to head outside for any "recess-like" exercise time periods. In spite of the challenge, the campers and their camp leaders seemed in good spirits and were happy to spend time together. ARRIVAL AND BREAKFAST Some children arrived by bus. Even more arrived by car. There was temporary chaos on each side of the building as children were connected with their camp leaders. This was a first-day problem.  After placing their belongings in their assigned classroom spaces, campers moved through the cafeteria line to collect a free breakfast. Link to 13 pictures.  PHOTOS FROM SOME OF THE MANY CAMP GROUPS... ARTS AND CRAFTS CAMP Our campers worked on making jewelry and collages along with drawing and coloring. Today was a free day to explore creativity and artistic interests.  Link to 14  Pictures. BAY CAMP This outdoor camp found indoor things to do. Link to 4 Pictures CANOEING AND FISHING Link to 4 Pictures. CHEER Link to 2 Pictures COOKING The campers had finished cooking and were filling time before the end of the camp day by coloring. Link to 7 Pictures HIP HOP DANCE Link to 14 Pictures HUMANITIES CAMP Link to 3 Pictures JOURNEY TO SPACE Link to 2 Pictures LET'S EXPLORE This group had just completed making "sea turtle shells" using paper plates. They split up to do fun ocean-related activities. Link to 6 Pictures MAKING A MESS Link to 5 Pictures.  NATURE CAMP Link to 17 Pictures. RECYCLE Link to 8 Pictures. SKETCHBOOK ART  Link to 4 Pictures.  WRESTLING Link to 6 Pictures. MISC. PICTURES

SUMMER CAMP MENUS Breakfast Lunch

BIRTHDAYS This Week MONDAY Lewis Walton 07-10 TUESDAY Gavin Smith 07-11 George Peterson 07-11 WEDNESDAY Ellyree Lamothe 07-12 Jackson Sulham 07-12 FRIDAY L. B. 07-14 SATURDAY Isabella Vincelette 07-15 Molly McCarthy 07-15 Lucy McElwain 07-15 Kevin O'Brien 07-15 SUNDAY Damian DeCarmine 07-16 Link to Birthdays this Summer

INFORMATION ABOUT TEMPORARY SUMMER FOOD BENEFITS FOR ALL STUDENTS All students at our school will be receiving the Summer P-EBT benefit of $120 which can be spent on food at the grocery store, farmers markets, and some convenience stores and online retailers. If your family has previously received a P-EBT benefit or receives 3SquaresVT, the summer benefit will be added to your existing card in late July or early August. If you have lost or thrown away your card, please call 1‐800‐479‐6151, option 7 for a replacement card. If you have never received a P-EBT benefit for any children in your household, you will be mailed a new card in late July or early August. You will be mailed instructions for activating the new card in a separate letter. These instructions include a 9-digit number that you will need to use instead of your social security number when you activate the card or when you call the call center. It is not a real social security number. To activate the card, enter the last four digits of the number in the letter when you are asked for the last four digits of your social security number. You will also need to enter the date of birth of your oldest child listed in the letter using 8 digits in a MM/DD/YYYY format. Please look for the letter in the mail and do not throw it away. Both the card and the letter will be mailed by the Vermont Department of Children and Families.   If your address changes over the summer, please call 1‐800‐479‐6151, option 7 to update your address. All students at our school are entitled to receive this benefit. If you do not wish to use your benefit to buy food for your own family, we encourage you to use it to buy food for a local food pantry. Benefits that are not used will be sent back to the federal government. You may not give your card to anyone else, but you may buy food for others with the card. If you have more questions about P-EBT, please visit the P-EBT website.

DETAILS FOR MEALS PROGRAM LISTED BELOW Link to page with information about the program at St. Albans City School Link to page with other meal access locations Find open summer meal sites serving children 18 and under by visiting the USDA Meal Finder, by calling 2-1-1 or by texting FOOD to 304-304.  Information about summer meal sites will start to populate in these locations next week and will be updated on a weekly basis throughout the summer.  In addition, consider looking at “Stretch Your Budget with Vermont Food Programs”, a one page resource for households.  This handout provides information on summer meal sites as well as many other food resources.