SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 3-14-2024

Chorus Concert

Thursday, March 14th. 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Location: Large Gym

Discovery & Incredibles Ski Trip to Jay Peak

Monday, March 18th. 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Transportation: Bus

Chill Program Participants Trip to Burton HQ in Burlington VT and then to Bolton Ski Resort. Wednesday, March 20th. 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Transportation: Bus.

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

MRUSD Community Forum

Tuesday, March 26th. 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: Library Presentation Space.

Incredibles Math Night. Families that are coming will need to stay the whole time. Link to Flyer.

Thursday, March 28th. 6:00 to 7:15 PM. Location: Incredibles classrooms and intervention office.

CLiF's 2024 Two-Sentence Writing Contest. Entries must be either received by email or postmarked by Friday, March 29, 2024. Link to more information about the contest.

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.

STEAM FESTIVAL - STEAM/ECHO/Community Partners. Link to Flyer about the Event.
Tuesday, April 2nd. 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Locations: Big Gym, Little Gym, Cafeteria, Library.

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, April 3rd. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

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

Historically, a Solar Eclipse has been shown to create major traffic issues. To ensure the safety of all Maple Run students and staff, Monday, April 8, 2024 will be a no-school day. We will make it up at the end of the school year, similar to a snow day.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 17th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Fairfield Center School. 57th Park St., Fairfield.

Parent Conferences. No School for Students.
Friday, April 19th.

April Break
Monday April 22nd - Friday, April 26th.

Maple Festival Youth Talent Show. Link to Flyer with Details.

Friday, April 26th.

You may have noticed that the Makerspace is the home of many types of robots. In recent months, the Makerspace staff have been hoping that classroom groups around the building would check out, and play with, several types of robots back in their learning communities. Discovery 4th grade did just that and shared their photos and videos.

Mrs. Murphy's class gave Tuffbot and the Ozobots a vacation. Tuffbot went to the beach. The Ozobots flew to a variety of locations.

Link to 23 photos and video clips.

Ms. Bogart shared 9 Pictures of her students making bookmarks. 3-12-2024

Fifty six students and thirteen adults walked or biked to school this past Wednesday morning. Team Triumph had the highest participation rate by far. Nice work Team Triumph and the same goes to any of the students and staff members who participated in the walking event on that crisp March morning. Walkers and bikers collected stickers, sharpened pencils and slap bracelets as they checked in.

Link to 28 Pictures.

As part of "I like to read week", Ms Levine offered book tasting opportunities in the library. Tables and decorations were set up to make a portion of the library feel like a restaurant. Ms. Levine came around and offered a menu of books for students to "taste" before settling on one they could check out and return to their classroom with.

Link to 13 Pictures - Mostly Travelers and Imagination.

Link to 2 Pictures - Voyagers 4th Grade

3-13-2024

Thank you to all the creative artists who submitted posters to the climate committee. Everyone did impressive work and you can check out their posters in the links below. After the winter break, the climate committee set out all the posters on a carpet and determined first and second place winners for the two different age groups that submitted entries. These winning posters will be hung up in the library.

Link to the 11 K-3 poster submissions.

Link to the 13 4-6 poster submissions.

There are plenty of pictures from a competition on March 12th at SACS. Selecting the pictures to post may take a few days to get to.

3-12-2024

3-12-2024

The STEAM and Makerspace Team in collaboration with teachers, and the ECHO Science Center, Montshire Science Museum, and many volunteers are excited to bring you a family evening event– our very own second annual St Albans City School STEAM Festival! Save the date and prepare for an evening of creativity and fun as we design,make and build together! Watch the school announcements for information about all the great experiences planned for this event.

What? A STEAM Festival

When? Tuesday April 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30pm

Who? Students accompanied by family members in our St Albans City School community

Details: Stations will be set up throughout the school with amazing opportunities to build and create. A giant windwall, an airplane launcher, a giant planetarium, cardboard construction, circuits, laser cutting, spin art, photo booth, robotics, and so much more! Attendees will have opportunities to create things to take home and enter raffles to win great STEAM activities to continue the fun together beyond the event.

All are welcome, and no sign up is needed, but if you have questions please contact Darcie Rankin, STEAM Educator at drankin@maplerun.org.

Here is how to participate: Go on 10 bike rides, note when and where. Drop your completed form at the Saint Albans library by Sept 1st, 2024 and prize winners will be drawn!

Link to PDF file of the Challenge Form to Bring to the City library. Paper challenge forms can be found in the SACS front lobby.

Online Student Registration is open!

Register a New Student

Starting March 11th.

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.

Calling young writers in Vermont and New Hampshire! CLiF’s 2024 Two-Sentence Writing Contest is officially open to submissions! Link to more information about the contest.

Entries must be either received by email or postmarked by Friday, March 29, 2024.

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

Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8; Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue - A National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

More information at this link.

Link to Grades 7 and 8 Volleyball Schedule

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

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to March Breakfast Menus

Link to March Lunch Menus

Thursday, March 14th: Chicken Alfredo w/Pasta, Steamed Broccoli ,Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk Variety

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

3-14-2024

Link to List of Known Birthdays in March

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

March is Women's History Month – a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. Women’s History Month 2024 will take place from Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31. Take a look at the collection of books that you can find in our library today!

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal—to fly—Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose insists that Rosie's contraption was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit.

Discover American history through the lives of 50 inspiring women

Women have always been at the forefront of American history―and it’s time to hear their astounding stories! This look into American history for kids is bursting with engaging biographies that explore the lives of these influential women from different backgrounds and a wide array of fields.

Discover the amazing women who helped shape America with this exploration through American history for kids.