Announcements 7-27-2023

IMPORTANT DATES - Link to the full list of 2023/2024 important dates Remember, camps are held Monday-Thursdays only. Campers need to remain with their families on Fridays. JULY 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 COMMUNITY SERVICE CAMP These are some pictures from our hard work at the Franklin County Animal Shelter. The kids pulled so many weeds, that we ended up with 3 huge garbage bags full. We also planted flowers and cleaned up the sign by the road. They are having an event Saturday to raise money so we helped them out by “beautifying” the place. My kids worked so hard today!  Link to Pictures. UNDER THE SEA ART CAMP Ms. Dupont's campers have been busy again. You can check out the proud artists' work at this link to 12 pictures.  OUTDOOR GAMES Outdoor games made some paper plate and popsicle stick rackets and then played tennis with balloons!  Link to 8 Pictures. Link to Balloon Tennis Video Clip 1 8 Seconds Link to Balloon Tennis Video Clip 2  20 Seconds Outdoor games held water races each of the last two days to see which team could move water more effectively! On Tuesday, they used cups. On Thursday, it was sponges. These were great outdoor summertime activities. Link to Tuesday's Water Passing Relay Video Clip  30 Seconds Link to Wednesday's sponge water carrying Video Clip. 33 Seconds SKETCHBOOK CAMP Ms. Huber shared four pictures of her campers' work and of the campers out in nature sketching. Link to 4 Pictures. MINECRAFT CAMP Camp leader, Ms. Cameron-Muscente, learned how to use the minecraft platform to be able to play with her 8-year old grandson years ago. Since then, she has become an expert on the platform and now guides groups of children through after-school and summer programs. The latest batch of kids to work with her are learning how to work in a shared world building and playing gleefully together. These pictures were taken in their current residence, the main art room on the second floor of the school. Link to 26 Pictures.   SUMMER JAZZ BAND CAMP Here are just a few pictures of some of the musicians in attendance on Tuesday and Wednesday. Link to 11 Pictures. ST. ALBANS BAY CAMP Fishing daily seems to be an enduring interest among the campers in the Bay Park summer session two camp. Link to 20 Photos. ABBEY STAFF AT WORK MAKING SUMMER MEALS Link to 6 Pictures.

Please contact Mr. Kelly with any questions.  zkelly@maplerun.org

SUMMER CAMP MENUS Breakfast Lunch

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK CAMPERS FIRST NAME LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Sophia Blaney 07-24 Monday Jessica Coulombe 07-25 Tuesday Ella Kozma 07-26 Wednesday Theodore McGrath 07-30 Sunday STAFF FIRST NAME LAST NAME BIRTHDAY Mr. Mitch Craib 07-25 Ms. Veronica Chisholm 07-26 Ms. Susan Smith 07-30 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.