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November 26th - All School Pajama Day!

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)

December 1 - Lothrop Chorus performs at Sap Bucket Tree Lighting at the Village Farm at 4:30 pm

December 4th - 5/6 Celebration of Learning at 5:00 pm (before Rock Band Concert)

December 4th - Rock Band Concert in gym at 6:00 pm (snow date December 5th)

December 6th - Vermont Holiday Festival for Chorus at the Killington Grand (TIME TBD)

December 19 - Early Release Day

December 20 - In-Service for Staff (NO SCHOOL)

December 23-January 1 - Winter Break

Thank you to all the families who joined us on Wednesday, November 20th for our Community Thanksgiving Feast! We appreciate all our Lothrop Families!

In Kindergarten music, we have started working on a special song for our Memory Tree Assembly coming up in December. We’ve also been working on our whisper, talk, shout and sing voices--when to use them and when not to use them!

First grades have been learning all about their four voices--whisper, talk, shout and sing! They know when to use them, and when not to use them! Second graders are reviewing how to read quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests. Both first and second graders have been learning the songs “Grateful” and “Super Turkey.”

Third graders have been finishing up their unit on learning how to read music! We will be starting recorder before you know it! Fourth graders have been learning all about percussion instruments. Both grades have begun learning the song “We’ve got the beat!”

Fifth and Sixth graders have been diligently working on their songs for the Rock Concert coming up soon. It’s hard to believe we are just a few short weeks away. We cannot wait to share our music with you!

Band Lessons for 4th, 5th and 6th Graders

We will not be having band lessons next week (Monday, 11/25 and Tuesday 11/26) due to the short week. I will be meeting with 5th and 6th grade classes during band lesson times for extra concert preparation!

Chorus

Upcoming performances:

12/1: Sap Bucket Lighting at the Village Farm (Arrive at 4:30) singing Holiday Tunes

12/6: Vermont Holiday Festival at the Killington Grand (Arrive by 5:30)

Too Sick For School?

Please do not send your child to school if they have any of the following symptoms:

• Fever of over 100.4F within the past 24 hours with no tylenol

or ibuprofen

• Uncontrolled cough

• Sore throat with difficulty swallowing and/or swollen tonsils

• Vomiting or diarrhea, please keep him/her home until 24

hours after the last episode.

• Rash which may be contagious (must have a doctor’s note

to return to school)

• Red eye with itching, swelling, and discharge

• If your child requires Tylenol or Ibuprofen in the morning, please consider whether they feel well enough to make it through the school day.

• If the school nurse asks you to pick your child up from school, please do so promptly.

If you are not able to pick up your child promptly, please have a reliable emergency contact available.

Breakfast is available to students prior to the school day. Students may go to the cafeteria upon their arrival to school. Lothrop School qualified this year to participate in the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program. This program is grant funded and provides free fresh fruits and vegetables to all students in eligible elementary schools as snacks during the school day. Lothrop students are provided with the snacks Monday-Thursday.

The Otter Valley Unified Union School Board is looking for interested parties to be appointed to the Whiting representative seat on the board. The appointed school board member for the Whiting seat must be a resident of Whiting. The appointed school board member would serve through to the next election in March 2025, at which time they would be required to run and be elected to complete the remaining years of the term. Letters of Interest should be addressed to the OVUU Board and emailed to Melinda Piper at mpiper@rnesu.org. For more information, please contact Melinda Piper at mpiper@rnesu.org or (802) 247-5757 x 2722.

It is the time of year where we begin to think about field trips. If you are planning on chaperoning a field trip or volunteering at Lothrop throughout the year, you are required to complete a background check, fingerprinting, and ID scanning through Raptor, our Supervisory Union security system. Due to the amount of time it takes to complete the full process, we are asking parents/guardians to begin the process now. Appointments for fingerprinting fill up fast and we want to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to attend field trips and take part in volunteering for school events with their students. If you are interested in chaperoning or want to check and see if the background check you completed in the past is still valid, please reach out to Sara Eddy at seddy@rnesu.org or call the office at 802-483-2242.

The Otter Youth Winter Cheer Sessions start on 11/18/24. Sign up on the Brandon Rec website.

Email: sfarrington@rnesu.org

Website: https://lothrop.rnesu.org/

Location: US Route 7, Pittsford, VT, 05763
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