SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-18-2023

Burton's Snowboarding Chill Program Application Due (students 11 and older) Limited spots available. Wednesday, December 20th. Turn in to Ms. Berry (Team Discovery) by end of school day. More information lower down in the announcements.

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.

Weldon Theater Field Trip for all 4-6 Learning Communities
Thursday, December 21st. 9:00 to 12:30 PM. Transportation: Walking

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

Last day of Winter Break
Monday, January 1st.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 3rd. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central Office. 28 Catherine Street. St. Albans.

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, January 10th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

Martin Luther King Day. Holiday. No School.
Monday, January 15th.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 17th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Location: BFA. 71 South Main Street. St. Albans.

Triumph & Voyagers Field Trip to Jay Peak Ski Resort
Monday, January 29th. 8:30 to 4:30 PM. Transportation: Bus

Come dressed to school in the following colors.

Monday

• Navigators & Renaissance ~ RED
• Adventurers & USA ~ BLUE
• Discovery & Investigators ~ GREEN
• Imagination, Incredibles & Kaleidoscope ~ PURPLE
• Explorers & Voyagers ~ BLACK
• Travelers & Triumph ~ ORANGE
• If you don't "belong" to a community, you can wear RAINBOW if you'd like!!!!
  

Otherwise, see the suggestions for the remaining days of the week.

It was a beautiful morning for the Wreaths Across America Ceremony in Calvary Cemetery. The USA cadets, who were trained by former teacher, Mr. Kregg Kittell, were the backbone of the event. They held the flags, read off key statements, and soluted our deceased veterans. One USA student played taps on his trumpet with smoothness and power. Community members also attended. Fifty four wreaths were added to various veteran's graves around the cemetery. The whole of Team USA and one classroom group from the Voyagers were present. It was a solemn and special occasion.

Link to 60 Pictures.

From Team USA:

The Wreaths Across America Video 2023 - The video is about 16 minutes and includes the ceremony and speakers plus a short slide show (14:30) of some of the pictures.

Link to more pictures (139).

USA 8th graders have also been receiving training from our health teacher, Ms. Robinson, in cardio-pulmonary-resusitation and us of automated external defibrillators.

Link to 19 Pictures.

11-second introduction to the podcast: Click here to listen to the introductory audio file

HERE IS THE PODCAST

Harper talks about a book she read called Berry Song. The book review is a little less than two minutes long. Perhaps you would like to read the same book once you have heard this podcast.

Link to Podcast - Berry Song

Ms. Koski shared a few pictures of her small students enjoying the School's snow tubes. 12-12-2023

Link to Pictures.

12-15-2023

HELLO SACS!

Limited number opportunity.

Have you wanted to learn snowboarding? Are you 11 years old or older? Unsure where or how to begin? Here is your opportunity!!! Burton’s Chill program is coming to SACS where we will have the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at Hard’ack having fun and learning how to snowboard. Coaches and equipment are provided at no cost, we only ask that you come dressed in proper winter attire, some days will be colder than others. If you would like to apply, please pick up an application in the School Enrichment office (AC3). They will be due Wednesday, December 20th, to Ms. Berry. Decision will be made 12/22. The dates and times for this program are Thursdays 1/25, 2/1, 2/15, 2/22, and 3/7 3:00pm-5:30pm (pizza will be provided). Transportation to Hard'ack will be provided, parents will need to pick their student up at Hard’ack, promptly at 5:30pm. (If you are chosen and do not have the proper winter attire, please reach out to Margaux Vaillancourt @ 527-0565 x3839, thank you)

Link to PDF File Application. Turn in to Ms. Berry by Wednesday 12-20-2023

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!!

Suspects have been identified but just when the detectives think they might have solved the case in this years Month of Code mystery, they find that the suspect did not act alone–they had help from a robot. Can you help the detectives find which robot helped take the master key in Episode 3: Robots? (Note: It is recommended you watch all of the episodes in order!)

All of the robot walks are in this document, if you want to try to make their footprints yourself!

RobotWalksEpisode3_2023

Good Luck!

This link is for teachers and families! Did you know that Code.org has created a suite of coding curricular connections? Coding does not have to be taught as a separate subject–it can be incorporated into the content you are already teaching and learning. Check out CS Connections for great resources:

https://code.org/educate/csc

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

It ends on December 21st.

Athletics Calendar maintained by Ms. Trainer: https://sites.google.com/maplerun.org/sacs-athletics/home

7/8 Basketball Schedule/Calendar

Here is the calendar for Ms. Duponts team (Purple, Team 1) and Mr. Davis's team (Blue, Team 2). As changes occur, they will add them to this calendar on a google doc. Link to Calendar

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to December Breakfast Menus

Link to December Lunch Menus.

Monday, December 18th Lunch: Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets, Roasted Red Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli, Homemade Dinner Roll, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk Variety

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

TODAY

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