SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-04-2023

Invitiation to The BFA Experience for 8th Graders and their Families.
Tuesday, December 5th. 5:00 PM. Location: BFA

Raider Spirit Wear Store Closes at Midnight. https://stacityraider-2.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Tuesday, December 5th. Order before Midnight.

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

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

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.

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.

FIRST, Thank you family and staff members for your generous contributions!

The Renaissance students have been working hard for the SACS Operation Happiness food collection drive held between Thanksgiving and Thursday, December 7th. They have...

• Made posters to post everywhere around the school
• Placed community-specific collection boxes around the school
• Visited classrooms to explain and promote food collection
• Collected food daily from around the school and added the daily tally to the total collection tally
• Charted the food collection process and shared it on the daily announcements

Link to 18 Pictures.

The Travelers second graders had an inspiring real-life story (Dream Something Big) read to them prior their creative work at various tables around the makerspace. The purpose of the lesson was to have students design and color a tall building cut from a single sheet of water-coloring paper. To give them ideas, the picture book story students had read to them was about a man who built huge and amazing art-work towers from trash and recycleables. The instuctor, Ms. Rankin, also supplied children with picture books showing many kinds of buildings. She then sent them to tables to cut and tape their buildings together and then use sharpies to draw in windows, doors and decorations. Sample building shapes were also posted on the magnet board in the classroom to offer possibilities.

Link to 39 Pictures.

Do you ever wonder how to properly fit a bicycle helmet? Well, you can get an idea of what to do in this humerous video of Mr. Moretti teaching the Travelers third graders what to be aware of.

Link to 5-minute video.

12-1-2023

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!!

Artificial intelligence is an important field in computer science. Try out this quick Google artificial intelligence training application to get an idea of how computers are trained to identify drawings. This game can be played as a whole class (with one person trying the drawings at a time on the smartboard, or individuals can play on their chromebooks too!)

Google Quick Draw

You can learn more about how this artificial intelligence works here.

Like what you have seen? Forgot to hit submit the first time around? (you weren't the only one)

The Raider Spirit Wear store is back open until midnight, December 5th.

https://stacityraider-2.itemorder.com/shop/home/

There is only one Walking Wednesday in December and it falls on December 6th. As away to celebrate December as the Month of Code at St. Albans City School, the makerspace staff are offering you a chance to program and guide little rolling robots to school. To learn more about the robots and this opportunity, go to this website.

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

It ends on December 21st.

Please join the this community forum about the direction for the school district. Come and share your ideas on December 2, 2023

Location: Saint Albans City School, 29 Bellows Street, Saint Albans

• 8:00am Pancake Breakfast
• 9:00am-12:30pm Community Strategic Planning Forum

Link to Agenda.

Please let us know if you're joining us erocheleau@maplerun.org or 802-370-3937

Students from Team USA will be supporting our local veterans. Please consider taking part in the annual event or consider sponsoring a wreath. A small ceremony will take place on December 15th at Mount Calvary Cemetery. There will also be a ceremony on December 16th at Taylor Park.

Link to Website about Wreaths Across America

Athletes must have sneakers, shorts, a t-shirt, and a water bottle. Practices are closed to all spectators.

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 4th Lunch: Dress Your Own Burger on a Bun, Roasted Potato Wedges, 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