Weybridge Family News

Calendar notes:

Monday-Friday, 12/11-15 - Engineering Design Project: passive solar houses

Wednesday 12/13, 2:00 - Band and chorus concert - all are welcome

Monday, 12/18, 1:55-2:40 - Design presentations- all are welcome

Tuesday, 12/19, 9:00-10:30 - Design Gallery in Common Room

Wednesday, 12/20 - Gifts for Giving

December 22-January 1 - Winter Break

Tuesday, January 2 - School reopens!

Monday and Wednesday, January 8 & 10 - First two days of Capoeira residency

Thursday, January 11, 5:30-7:00 - First session of Family Program (see info below)

Friday, January 12 - Progress reports will be sent home.

Monday, January 15 - MLK, Jr. Day/no school

Tuesday, January 16 - Parent conferences/no school

ACSD School Board Meetings - 208 Charles Avenue, Middlebury

Monday, December 11, 6:30-8:30

Monday, January 8, 6:30-8:30

Thank you to Mary Slozar for the photographs

Below you will find the form to complete before Monday morning at 7:30am for ordering breakfast and lunch for your student/s. Please click on the button and complete. Thank you

Dear Families,

We need lunch volunteers! We need a larger pool of folks who can volunteer! This week we have only been covered for two days. For the next two weeks we have only Tuesdays covered. The timing is 11:00-12:00. If you can help out for one or more meals, please contact Samantha or me asap. If you know someone who is not directly involved in the school but might be interested in helping out, please reach out to them.

Free Monthly Family Program: Julie Hayyat and Amber Bragg will be offering family program series starting January 11, 5:30-7:00. The program is based on the Strengthening Families curriculum. Youngest and only children have been given hard copy flyers about the program to take home today and the calendar and program outline are linked here. The program is limited to 15 families, so it is important that Weybridge families sign up asap for the series as it will be opened to Bridport and Shoreham families next week if there are slots still open. Children and caregivers will start with having supper together (food provided) and then split into two groups, caregivers with Julie and children with Amber, to work on related skills and then come back together for a short activity. Please contact Samantha or Christina to sign up.

Resources : Askable Adults slideshow link - This is the slide show used for the training last week. I highly recommend you open it up: it’s full of good information and resources. United Way Substance Prevention presentation - this program was well received. The 4th/5th grader particularly liked it because it talked about why not to use substances as opposed to just saying not to. The presenters were really impressed with the questions the students asked.

Ice Skating Rink planning meeting - We had an excellent meeting Tuesday evening. There is lots of interest and several folks working to make it happen. If you are interested in helping, please contact Tim Berthiaume.

Engineering Design Project - Passive Solar Houses: This week Andrea Murray of Vermont Integrated Architecture (VIA) provided an introductory presentation regarding designing and building energy efficient homes and students had the opportunity to visit a home undergoing extensive renovation to become fossil-free. Susan Coddaire, also of VIA, was our guide. We hope to return in the spring to see the project near completion.

Overview of the design project (12/11-12/15): Keeping homes at a comfortable temperature takes a lot of energy— and creates a lot of pollution. Teams of K-5 students will use green engineering/architecture to design and insulate a model home that maintains a comfortable temperature inside no matter what the temperature is outside. Monday afternoon, 12/18, students will share their models with experts to explain the decisions, both aesthetic and functional, that they made in the design and construction process as a team. Tuesday morning all of the houses will be on display in the Common Room. Schedule for design and build sessions: Monday-Thursday, 10:00-10:50; Friday, 1:40-2:40.

Have a lovely weekend.

Christina

Art Cards are an annual tradition at Weybridge Elementary School where each student receives a pack of locally printed greeting cards that feature their original artwork. Please check your child's backpack this Friday to find their set of Art Cards! These cards are a gift from FOWE, there is no cost to families.

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.

We have updated our School Calendar to include the meal ordering link on Fridays. Please know that each week Barbara updates the form and so you can only place the order starting on Friday for the following week. Orders should be in before 7:30 am Monday morning for the week. If you would like to sync your google calendar with the school’s calendar you can do this by going to the full calendar page: https://weybridge.acsdvt.org/calendar and then clicking the little gray button with the speaker symbol above "Saturday". Follow the directions for subscribing, hoping this is helpful for families going forward.