SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-05-2023

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 - This is the only one in December.
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.

We are getting to the time of year where it feels a little harder to be motivated to join one of our Walking School Bus groups. Don't let the dark and colder temperatures scare you away. With the proper clothing, the walk can be a lot of fun.

If you join the groups passing through Taylor Park, you can play with some of the rolling robots. If you walk or roll to school on a bike or scooter, and you sign in at the front of school, you will be eligible for a raffle to win one of 10 warm winter hats. Given that walking numbers are lower at this time of year, your odds of winning a hat are pretty good.

After half an hour of practice reading and playing music, students were asked to show individual understanding of specific notes and how to play them. Mr. Kelly urged at-home practice to make their playing skills sharp. These pictures came from each of the four students demonstrating their skills.

Link to 13 Photos.

Fifth and sixth graders had broomball lessons with Ms. Jarvis and Mr. Fleming. Broomball is a form of floor hockey with rubberized brooms -safer during the early days of instruction. These pictures were taken of students playing games of dog catcher, a form of keep-away that improves their offensive and defensive broomball skills.

Link to 14 Voyagers Pictures.

Link to 12 Triumph Pictures.

This display and the challenge can be seen in the library.

12-4-2023

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 the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

For Grade 3 and up:

Artificial Intelligence has recently been in the press a lot as companies use more and more computer science in their work. Here is a video (7mins) that explains what AI is and how it works from the founders of a popular AI chatbot called ChatGPT: https://youtu.be/X-AWdfSFCHQ

Once you have understood a little about how this works, try ChatGPT as a class! You will need to login using your Google account. We recommend asking it to create a poem about a set of topics! How did it do?

Want to go further? The makerspace team has lots of resources on AI–just reach out with questions!

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.

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.

Tuesday, December 5th Lunch: Buffalo Chicken Dip w/ Tortilla Chips, Rice Pilaf, 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