Weybridge Family News

Tuesday, 10/22, 6:00-7:30 - ACSD Board Community Budget Conversation (see below)

Monday morning, 10/28 - School Pictures

Monday, 10/28, 6:00-7:30 - ACT 1 Parent Information Night - childcare and pizza served (see below)

Tuesday, October 31, 2:10 - Halloween parade followed by cider and donuts in the Common Room - all are welcome (see below)

Friday, 11/1 - Parent Conferences (see below)

Saturday November 16th- Barn Dance-more information to follow

ACSD School Board Meetings - 208 Charles Ave., Middlebury

• Monday, October 28, 6:30-8:30

• Monday, November 11, 6:30-8:30

Below you will find the form to complete before Monday morning at 7:30am for ordering breakfast and lunch for your student/s. Click on the button and help your child make their food choices for the week. Thank you

Dear Families,

Engineering - weather stations: This week has been a bustling week. Each day K-5 have been working together to construct instruments to notice and measure the conditions that make up the weather: rain gauges, weather vanes, anemometers, barometers, and sundials. I encourage you to continue conversations about the weather as you and they are experiencing it - clouds, air pressure, light, wind, rain/snow, etc. - so that they continue to make connections that deepen their understanding and embed in memory.

Evening with the superintendent: Thanks so much to all of you who were able to participate in the meeting with Superintendent Wendy Baker. The exchange was so thoughtful. It feels good to be holding conversations that create space for the complexity of the problems posed. What a beautiful community to work within! And thanks Erin, for facilitating it so gracefully.

ACSD Board Community Conversations about 2025-26 school budget: Next Tuesday evening (10/22, 6:00pm) the ACSD Board will hold budget conversations at the MUHS library and Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge schools. All ACSD community members are invited to join the location of their choice. Community feedback form: All ACSD community members are invited to share feedback on budget priorities using this survey (please submit by 9pm on October 22). Feedback will be considered by the ACSD Finance Committee on October 23. Superintendent Baker's recent Addison Independent Op-Ed offers an overview of FY26 budget development considerations.

Act 1 is a Vermont law that requires students in each grade to receive education on personal safety and sexual violence prevention. Beginning on October 24 Atria (formerly Womensafe) staff will be providing 5 sessions related to Act 1 with our students. This year Jackson Goscha, our school counselor, will join the classes as well.

Families are invited to attend an informational meeting October 28, 6:00-7:30. The training is most effective for children when parents have an opportunity to learn and ask questions about the vocabulary and skills the students are learning. Childcare and pizza will be provided. Please RSVP to Samantha sfarrellschmitt@acsdvt.org by Monday 10/27.

Outdoor gear and backup set of clothes: Please be sure your child is prepared for the colder, sometimes very wet weather - a warm jacket, rain gear (boots, rain pants, raincoat and hood or hat). We have some extras in a range of sizes, but it’s much easier and efficient if they have their own gear. Also, please be sure your child has a back-up set of clothes (including underwear and socks) to keep in their cubby or backpack to change into.

Parent Conferences: The goals of these conferences are to connect with you about your child, set and share goals and report progress to date. If you haven’t been able to schedule a conference yet, please be in touch with your child’s teacher.

Halloween reminder: The annual costume parade will begin at approximately 2:10pm on the blacktop.. Thursday, October 31st. Students will get into costumes between 1:50 and 2:05pm. (Costumes and makeup are not allowed earlier in the day.) Wearing a costume or being in the parade is, of course, optional for students. We hope you'll join us for the festivities, in costume if you’d like. It is always wonderful to experience the children’s capacity to imagine themselves into character.

We encourage imaginative, homemade costumes with maximum child involvement in the making of them. Weapons or dangerous accessories are to be left at home. We also request that students not wear costumes that objectify and stereotype racial or ethnic identity, for example, dressing as a Native American. ln addition, please keep in mind the age-range of students and moderate the degree of grim and gruesome your child dons for the occasion.

Cider and donuts will be provided for all students/families after the parade in the Common Room.

Lunch volunteers: Once again we were fully covered for this week. Thank you! Next week we need coverage for Wednesday and Thursday. If you can volunteer for one of these days, please email Christina cjohnston@acsdvt.org or sign up directly on the calendar.

Enjoy the weekend.

Best, Christina

Please join your neighbors for the Weybridge Community Fall Potluck THIS SATURDAY!

Saturday, October 19th
5:30-7:30pm
Weybridge Elementary School

Please bring a hot dish or salad to share. (The Weybridge Community Group will provide dessert and refreshments.)

Like all Weybridge community events, the potluck is designed to foster community among current and past Weybridge residents – and you should feel free to bring your loved ones and visitors as well.

For more information, please email Mary Slosar (maryslosar@gmail.com) or Alison Nurok (alison.nurok@gmail.com).

In the 2-3 Classroom, we have been testing ideas for simple, inexpensive water bottle holders attached to student desks. (We often have quiet, focused work sessions interrupted with the Clunk-Clankety-Clank of metal water bottles falling onto the floor.)

After collecting ideas all summer and testing a few prototypes, we have a design that seems to work pretty well-- an old icing container attached to the desk with velcro. (Thank you, Erica Castle, for suggesting the velcro!)

Now we need more icing containers!

If you ice a cake, please save your icing containers for us!

The 2-3 class thanks you!

Mel

Dear Parent/Guardians,

There have been a number of cases of head lice throughout the school these last few weeks. Attached you will find a letter from Nurse Dani about what to look for and what to do if you do discover head lice on your student. We would recommend that you check your child's head for lice and their eggs (nits) this weekend. Do reach out if you are not sure what you are looking for. We can help.

We appreciate your understanding and diligence,

Best wishes,

Christina and Samantha

WHO WE ARE:

The Addison Central Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) is an organization led by parents (defined broadly) that focuses on improving the education and experiences of students with special needs and disabilities in the Addison Central School District (ACSD). (Learn more at: www.AddisonCentralSEPAC.org)

WHAT WE DO:

• Support families through information, events, and community.

• Collect community input and help district leaders understand the concerns of families and students.

• Collaborate with ACSD to improve district policies and practices.

STAY IN THE KNOW!

Don’t miss out on SEPAC resources and events! Sign up for updates at the link below.

The link to the bus routes are below and on the ACSD website. Please be waiting at your stop 5 minutes before the approximate bus stop time. Younger students will need their parent at pick up and drop off.