Gator News

January 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 23: Second Semester Begins! (Report cards sent around Feb 1st)

January 29: Early Release Day - Students Released at 1 pm

January 30: NAEP testing (Randomly selected 8th graders)

February 6: MSMS Author Visit, Kekla Magoon

February 26: - March 5: Winter Break - No School

2024 is here and we are so excited to continue to learn and work together at MSMS!

After having time over the end of 2023 with family and loved ones, our students have returned to class with great energy and now we even have snow AND school on a Monday! (Who knew this past December would be such a wild ride). I hope this finds you all well. We have just a few weeks until the end of our first semester marking the half way point to our school year. The new semester will begin on Tuesday, January 23rd!

Likewise, at the end of the month, we have some of our 8th graders that were selected randomly by the Vermont Agency of Education to take the NAEP test. The NAEP test is a national assessmept that the US Department of Education conducts every two years to compare academic achievement in english and mathematics across the country. The results are released as a Nation's Report Card. Students who were selected received a letter outlining this further. If you have questions, you can direct them to Laurel Proctor-Mattingly (laurelpm@mpsvt.org) who is doing a great job of coordinating this assessment here at MSMS.

Have a Gator Celebration? Email me! julieconrad@mpsvt.org

We LOVE to celebrate the great things our amazing GATORS do both in our school community and community at large! Do you have a shout out on how one of our students or staff have stepped up? Please email me and let me know so we can spread our Gator Pride!

Shout Out to:

• We have 2 students, Gideon Kass and James Ashley Carr, that are serving at legislative pages this year at the statehouse. Such a great opportunity and they were chosen from hundreds of applicants across the state.
• Congrats to 5th graders Marissa Earle-Centers and Eliza Stanton for being selected as Second Runners Up in the Vermont Bar Association's MLK, Jr. Poster and Essay contest! They participated in this opportunity during SST with Kiki Adams.
• Several 7th and 8th graders had their short story was selected for publication - more details to follow soon!
• Our Urinetown students really shown in their performances this past fall. I had previously omitted the stellar performance of Elena Guadagno as the Mayor.
• Congrats to our students on their musical performances in December..such talent in all areas.

Gator gear we have a school store open and ready to go!

https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/vermont/montpelier/main-street-middle-school

Part of the proceeds kick back to the school so not only will you be able to show off your Gator pride but you'll be helping out the teams as well!

The tournament is open to Vermont students in grades K through 12. Participants must be Vermont residents or be enrolled in a Vermont public or private school. No prior tournament experience is necessary. High School and 8th Grade sections will be USCF rated, and current USCF membership is required for participation in those sections. K-7th Grade sections will be unrated, and USCF membership is not required in those sections.

In addition, Craftsbury Academy will be hosting a 6th - 12th Grade Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament on Sunday, January 28th for anyone who would like to compete before the State Tournament.

Individual and team prizes will be awarded. The registration page for both events can be found at https://vermontchess.org/.

In preparation for these events, Craftsbury Chess Club coach Andras Hadik-Barkoczy andrashb1976@gmail.com will be adding extra chess club meetings to prepare K-12 students for the state tournament:

Jan 9th 3pm - 4pm
Jan 16th 3pm- 4pm
Feb 13th 3pm - 4pm
Feb 20th 3pm – 4pm
March 12th 3pm- 4pm
March 19th 3pm – 4pm

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Our Amazing PIE organization sponsored a viewing last spring of SCREENAGERS. They have now announced that they are creating YouTUBE SCREENAGER BITES that are designed for Caregivers to spark conversations with our students about their use of screens.

Check it out here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tas8mpgtBXs

Free Online Parent Education Programs to any parent/caregiver in Vermont who want to support and/or to learn new parenting skills.

Visit our website at: www.pcavt.org/family-support-programs,

email us at familysupport@pcavt.org or

call 1-800-CHILDREN

Volunteer to be a Heart & Sole coach with Girls on the Run VT for Main Street Middle School this spring! The Spring 2024 season begins the week of March 18th and concludes with a celebratory 5K on June 1 in Essex.

Visit gotrvt.org/coach to learn more, or sign up to volunteer. Questions? Contact GOTRVT at anne@girlsontherunvermont.org or 802-871-5664.

Discover Engineering: A FREE full day event with workshops at UVM to promote the field of engineering and help youth understand different pathways they can take to pursue a future as an engineer. More information coming soon. Save the Date! Saturday, February 17, 2024.