SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 2-8-2024

National School Counselor Week - See further information in the Events section.

Monday, Feb 5th through Sunday, February 11th.

Chat with a School Board member! Charlie Brooks

Friday, February 9th. 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Location: The Traveled Cup. 94 Main Street St. Albans City.

Triumph and Voyagers Learning Communities Field Trip to Jay Peak.

Monday, February 12th. 8:30 AM to 5:45 PM. Transportation: Bus

Renaissance & USA 8th and 7th Grade Group Pictures for the Yearbook

Tuesday, February 13th. 11:45 AM to 12:00 PM. Location: Large Gym Bleachers.

Band Concert Grades 5-8
Thursday, February 15th. 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Location: St. Albans City School

Chat with a School Board member! Charlie Brooks

Friday, February 16th. 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Location: The Traveled Cup. 94 Main Street St. Albans City.

Sweethearts Carnival Dance for Grades 1-4. Each student must be accompanied by only 1 adult guest. Registration open until Thursday, February 1st. 802 527-0565 ext 3781. Date of event is Friday, February 16th. 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Location: St. Albans City School/Cafeteria. Link to Flyer.

Teen Book Club Author Talk

Wednesday, Feburary 21st. 3:00 to 4:00 PM. Location: Library

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 21st. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: NCTC. 71 South Main Street. St. Albans.

Climate Change Poster Contest Submission Deadline UPDATED

Friday, February 23rd. Bring to Ms. Bachand (Voyagers) or Mr. Marrin (Discovery)

Chat with a School Board member! Charlie Brooks

Friday, February 23rd. 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Location: The Traveled Cup. 94 Main Street St. Albans City.

Second Winter Break
Monday, February 26th - Tuesday, March 5th.

End of Second Winter Break
Tuesday, March 5th.

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

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, March 13th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, March 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans City School. 29 Bellows Street. St. Albans.

Staff Inservice - No School for Students

Friday, March 22nd.

Music Field Trip to CVU High School, Hinesburg VT. Students from Multiple Learning Communities with Ms. Maher. Friday, March 22nd. 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM. Transportation: Car

Incredibles Math Night

Thursday, March 28th. 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Location: Incredibles classrooms and intervention office.

VFW National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Submit a video. Full details can be found at Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue Details and Entry Form. All entries must include a completed Entry Form. Deadline Sunday, March 31st.

A number of classroom groups dressed up as 100 year old people. Others posed with 100 day shirts and good friends. At least one classroom read about the 100 day way point. One or more of the Travelers classrooms posted kindness notes in the hallway and hoped to have 100 on the wall soon. Last, Investigators 1st grade students each made necklaces with 100 fruit loops. There were likely other ways of celebrating the day that were not recorded.

Link to 17 Pictures.

The rubber duck hunting activity organized by Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith and sponsored by Nucar on the hundredth day of school was a huge hit. One hundred rubber ducks were numbered and hidden in classrooms and public spaces around the school. After students arrived in school and had breakfast, they were allowed to search for the ducks. When found, the ducks were brought to the lobby desk and tabulated on a duck board. After that they were brought to two shiny jeeps parked out in the front of school. The excitement around this celebratory activity remained high throughout Wednesday.

Check out these 28 Pictures.

Substitute teacher, Ms. Williams, helped her students assemble fruit loops necklaces.

Link to 23 Pictures.

We completed the only Walking Wednesday for the month of February. Seventy one students and seventeen adults walked to school on a cold, clear and still morning on February 7th. The Voyagers had the best turnout by far. Winter months tend to be intimidating here, so our student numbers were slightly above average for the Month of February. They received stickers and pencils as usual, although the designs were fresh for the event. Thank you to all who joined in. March 13th is the next date scheduled for Walking Wednesday.

Link to 22 Pictures.

Last Fall, Renaissance held a robot building contest during their Operation Happiness food drive. Classrooms could build a "robot" with cans and packages of food and then send a picture of their robot to Renaissance. Renaissance voted for the best robot building classroom or learning community to determine who would receive one or more Sphero robots. Team Voyagers had the winning entries. On February 7th, representatives from Renaissance visited team Voyagers to present three Sphero robot kits, one for each classroom. The elected representatives from each Voyagers grade shook hands with the Renaissance students and received their robot.

Link to 11 pictures of the event.

2-7-2024

As seen in the below video, robots at City school are suffering from winter boredom. They had so much fun during the month of code in December but now are tucked away in their boxes awaiting adventure. What does this have to do with you? Your class can help give the robots a vacation. Simply let the STEAM team know which robot you want and when! We will deliver the robots to you-- ready to go!

https://www.wevideo.com/view/3328938796

AND as an incentive....the class that gives the robot the best vacation will win a robot for their classroom! (contest goes through the end of March)

Not sure which robot to choose? Our makerspace website lists all the robots we have (as well as the quantity) and has a video showing how they work with each one, as well as details on ease of use OR just reach out and we can help match your class with an appropriate robot. Here is the link to the robot website:

https://sites.google.com/maplerun.org/sacsmakerspace/makerspace/robotics?authuser=0

Just a few City School robot examples are shown below.

National School Counseling Week 2024 National School Counseling Week 2024 (#NSCW24) is Feb. 5-9, 2024, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February.

To celebrate, we will have the following themes for students at lunch:

• Mindfulness Monday - Stop by our booth and try out some mindfulness tools
• Twizzler Tuesday - answer a question from the counselor and get a twizzler
• Wacky Wednesday - tell one of the counselors your best joke and get some candy
• Thoughtful Thursday - write a note to someone for us to display to the school.
• No Fuss Friday - learn some coping skills to help you on No Fuss Fridays!

Parents and guardians of children who would like to attend kindergarten at St. Albans City School this coming school year, please fill out the enrollment interest form. Link to form.

Charlie Brooks, Maple Run Unified School District Board member will be at The Traveled Cup, 94 N Main Street, Saint Albans on Fridays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Charlie will be available to discuss Maple Run goals and answer any questions or concerns about the FY25 budget.

Please stop in and Chat with a School Board member!

We are looking for children between the ages of 5 and 12 that want to play baseball or softball. Please visit www.ChamplainLittleLeague.org to find registration information for the 2024 season beginning on February 1st and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all of our league news in the weeks and months ahead. Scholarships are available and no child will be turned away due to finances.

See you on the field this Spring!

Champlain Little League Board of Directors

Friday, February 16th, 2024. 6:00 to 7:30 PM.

February 21st. 3:00 to 4:00 PM.

Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8; Two dimensional art on paper or canvas; Any media; Size must be between 8" x 10" to 18" x 24"; Coloring sheets, photos, and digital art not accepted. Illustrating America 2023 Complete Details and Entry Form Explore previous winning entries for ideas. All entries must include a completed Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue - A National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Submit a video of a solo vocal performance of "The Star Spangled Banner." Full details can be found at Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue Details and Entry Form

All entries must include a completed Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

Entries for both contests can be submitted directly to our local VFW Aux Post 758, PO Box 802, St Albans City, VT 05478 or they can be submitted to Team USA, St. Albans City School, 29 Bellows Street, St. Albans, VT. If giving to Team USA, please submit by 3/30. All entries must also include a completed entry form.

Questions and entries can be directed to jcioffi@maplerun.org.

Ms. Chisholm's 6th graders and Ms. Bashaw's 5th graders completed a display showing sources of greenhouse gases and their chemical structures. Check it out in the hallway outside of the Voyagers' classrooms.

Both Ms. Draper and Ms. Bashaw located funds to purchase climate change books for their learning communities to soak in. They also found a way to purchase a duplicate set of books to place the school library for school-wide student access. There are eight altogether.

Link to 8 pictures of the book covers.

Link to 9 pictures of climate change committee students reading climate books in Ms. Bashaw's classroom.

Please watch this 47-second-long video to learn about the contest.

Submit a poster you made to bring awareness to climate change.

• Work on your own or in a group.
• Bring your poster to Mr. Marrin (Room AC9, Team Discovery) or Ms. Bashaw (Room A207, Team Voyagers).
• UPDATED DEADLINE Due Date: Friday, February 23rd.

Link to 15 Pictures taken by one of the 6th-grade students.

Link to 32 Pictures of 4th graders making "snow" as they learned about climate change in Vermont.

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

5/6 Only Volleyball Schedule

Link to Calendar

7/8 Basketball Schedule/Calendar

Here is the calendar for Ms. Dupont's 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 February Breakfast Menus

Link to February Lunch Menus

Thursday, February 8th: Homemade Baked Ziti, Seasoned Green Beans, Garlic Breadstick, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit, Milk Variety

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

2-8-2024

Link to list of known birthdays for January 2024

Link to list of known birthdays for February 2024

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

Black History Month is a celebration of Black American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It is also called African American History Month. During Black History Month, many people learn about the accomplishments of individual Black Americans as well as the contributions of Black people to American history. This February, we are excited to celebrate Black voices with books that center around Black lives, Black joy, and Black stories that are sure to resonate far beyond a single month of the year. Join us as we #ShareBlackStories and checkout books from our City School library collection.

Miles Morales is just your average teenager. He has unexpectedly become totally obsessed with poetry and can never seem to do much more than babble around his crush. Nothing too weird. Oh! Except, just yesterday, he used his Spidey superpowers to save the world (no biggie) from an evil mastermind called The Warden. And the grand prize Miles gets for that is…

Suspension.

But what begins as a long boring day of in-school suspension is interrupted by a little bzzz in his mind. His Spidey Sense is telling him there’s something not quite right here, and soon he finds himself in a fierce battle with an insidious…termite?! His unexpected foe is hiding a secret, one that could lead to the destruction of the world’s history—especially Black and Brown history—and only Miles can stop him. Yeah, just a typical day in the life of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

You've seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.

Philip Freelon's grandfather was an acclaimed painter of the Harlem Renaissance. His father was a successful businessman who attended the 1963 March on Washington. When Phil decided to attend architecture school, he created his own focus on African American and Islamic designers. He later chose not to build casinos or prisons, instead concentrating on schools, libraries, and museums--buildings that connect people with heritage and fill hearts with joy. And in 2009, Phil's team won a commission that let him use his personal history in service to the country's: the extraordinary Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon celebrates a contemporary black STEAM role model, a man whose quiet work enabled the creation of an iconic building reflecting America's past and future. With a stirring text by Kelly Starling Lyons, vibrant pictures by Laura Freeman, and an afterword from Philip Freelon himself, it is sure to inspire the next generation of dreamers and builders.

RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word.

But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do.

Adapted from the award-winning, bestselling Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, this book takes readers on a journey from present to past and back again. Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they’ll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.