SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-07-2023

Jay Peak Ski Pass Request Letters from 6th-8th Graders Must be Submitted To Mr. Craib Today

Friday, December 8th. Turn in before school lets out for the day. mcraib@maplerun.org

SACS Drama Rehearsal. Magic Tree House. Dinosaurs Before Dark
Friday, December 8th. 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Location: Big Gym

Renaissance Field Trip to Highgate Commons Plaza - Operation Happiness Collection Site. Friday, December 8th. Time to be determined. Transportation: Bus.

SACS Drama Performance: Magic Tree House. Dinosaurs Before Dark
Friday, December 8th. 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Location: SACS Big Gym.

SACS Drama Performance: Magic Tree House. Dinosaurs Before Dark
Saturday, December 9th. 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Location: SACS Big Gym.

Wreaths Across America. This is open for the school and public to attend. Look for more information lower down in the announcements. Friday, December 15th. 10:00 AM. Location: Mt. Calvary Cemetery

Hour of Code Dance Party Dance Dubmission Deadline is Friday Dec. 15th.

BFA Fine Arts Performance at SACS for Grades 7 and 8.
Wednesday, December 20th. 10:15 to 11:30 AM. Location: Large Gym

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, December 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans Town Education Center. 169 South Main Street. St. Albans.

Winter Break
Monday, December 25th - Monday, January 1st.

The goal is 1000 donated food items.

Fifty two students and twenty adults (72 total) walked to school on the only Walking Wednesday scheduled for December 23. The low temperatures during the walk may have had something to do with the modest turnout. Amazingly, the group that collected at Taylor Park maintained participation numbers similar to those seen in the warmer months.

Link to 20 Pictures.

The day prior to Walking Wednesday, Ms. Teenyanoff and Mr. Craib visited the cafeteria at lunch to showcase the sphero robots and to let kids know they would be at the next day's walking event. The robots were popular although disruptive to the process of getting students through the lunchtime meal efficiently.

As advertised, Ms. Teenyanoff showed up at Taylor Park with Sphero rolling robots for Walking Wednesday. Students took turns testing them out at the park and on the way to school. The cold conditions were a real challenge. Children had to take their gloves off to control the rolling robots with their touch on some very cold iPads.

Link to 7 Pictures

There were 10 winners from the group of 52 students who walked. That meant walkers had a roughly 1 in 5 chance of winning. Here are photos of six of the winners.

Ms. Draper (Triumph) and Ms. Teenyanoff (Makerspace) partnered up to teach students a range of research and reporting skills based on our national park system. Students could look into books and websites about some of the more famous parks to learn about their history, fun facts, and park activities. They could also explore park webcams showing wildlife and in-season landscapes. Students had to document and share their learning through writing and completion of checksheets.

Here are 14 Pictures of the students doing their research work.

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Link to 19 Pictures.

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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. Pass award letters will be given to each qualified student. The deadline for letters of request is Friday December 8th.

December is the month of code at St Albans City School. All month long we will celebrate coding, computer science and innovation. Keep an eye on the announcements to learn about all the great opportunities that await. Stay tuned for a brand new school mystery complete with new characters and lots of coding adventure for all age groups, a dance party, AI challenges, and so much more!!

Hour of Code Dance Party

Yes, it's back again with new songs and different moves, along with an AI component for older students.

To win a dance party for your class, share your dance creations with us. All dance creations will be added to a dance party video that all classes can participate in AND one class will win a live dance party with characters from this year’s coding mystery.

Want to submit a dance and enter your class into a raffle to win the live dance party? Here is how:

Complete the Code.org Dance Party activity and then share your dance creation with us. Share your creations by copying the link and emailing it to makerspace@maplerun.org

Last day to submit dances is Friday Dec. 15th.

Here is an example of the kind of dances you can create:

https://studio.code.org/projects/dance/1lZCbWfLFaV1DpKtwfCVkmVPY-Hg-uVwZV2XTNW781E

The final Open Doors Session of 2023 began on Monday, November 27th

It ends on December 21st.

Wreaths Across America - December 15, 10am - Mt. Calvary Cemetery - Students from Team USA will be placing wreaths on veterans' graves and take part in a small ceremony with our local veteran organizations. This will include a color guard and a 21 gun salute to honor our deceased veterans. Students will have an opportunity to share messages remembering and thanking our veterans. This is open for the school and public to attend.

There will also be a ceremony on December 16th at Taylor Park.

Link to Website about Wreaths Across America

https://sites.google.com/maplerun.org/sacs-athletics/home

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to December Breakfast Menus

Link to December Lunch Menus.

Thursday, December 7th Lunch: Cheesy Ravioli Bake, Steamed Broccoli, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk Variety

Click on this link to go directly to a weather website.

Link to the Known Student and Staff Birthdays in December

Please contact Mr. Craib if any corrections or additions need to be made to the birthday site listed above. mcraib@maplerun.org