Shoreham Elementary School

Hello SES Community,

We have had a wonderful return to school and a great end to our second full week. This week, I had the pleasure of reading the book, I Promise, by Lebron James and Illustrated by Nina Mata in every classroom in our school community. After listening to the story our students were tasked with writing or drawing what their Promise is to help our school community be the best school community ever! It was amazing to see and hear their responses to the writing prompt and how they hope to create a caring learning environment for all. I can't wait to share some of these with you next week.

Please mark your calendar for September 18th for my first Shoreham Elementary School Community Coffee from 8-9am. I plan to make this a monthly gathering and look forward to meeting and getting to know you.

Read below for important school updates including an update from the Library and our Special Education & Intervention team.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Best,

Mrs. Sells

Please remember:

1. To return your school forms as soon as possible to our front office!

2. Send your child with proper footwear for school (including sneakers for PE).

Upcoming Dates:

Monday, September 2nd - No School

Wednesday, September 18th - SES Community Coffee with Principal Sells 8-9am

Wednesday, October 2nd - Open House 5:30 - 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 9th - Early Release

Tuesday, October 15th - Picture Day

Welcome to the new school year! It is wonderful to see the returning students and meet our new ones. Students bring such energy and purpose to the school! Additionally, we are excited to work with our SES community members. Due to the many changes over the summer, we wanted to introduce ourselves and say hello.

Our team meets weekly to review and use data to respond to student needs. The Fall Screening Window is opening soon, and all students will participate in brief universal screeners in literacy and mathematics. With this information and other assessment data, we collaborate with teachers and Principal Whitmore-Sells to ensure our students grow as learners at Shoreham Elementary.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here to support your children and value your perspectives.

We look forward to working with you to ensure a great year.

All the best,

Lisa St. Germain, lstgermain@acsdvt.org

Martha Santa Maria, msantamaria@acsdvt.org

Hilary Collier, hcollier@acsdvt.org

Welcome back to another school year!

• We are excited to be offering library class once a week to Shoreham students. Library class will be on Fridays this year.

• Our library looks different this year! It has moved from its previous location into one of the central classrooms. Students will be bringing home borrowed books from the library soon.

• When your child brings home books, please help them remember to bring their books back every week. You can tell a library book because it will have May Small Media Center/Shoreham Elementary School stamped in the front.

• All students can borrow up to 3 books every library class.

• If a student forgets to bring back their books (or are still reading them) they may be allowed to borrow up to 5 books total. Books can be borrowed for one week. Students should return their books to the library on the day they have library class.

• Sometimes, students may take home other giveaway books. Giveaways always go home with a note telling you you can keep them. If you want to return giveaway books, that’s also fine.

• Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to send me an email at aadams@acsdvt.org

We are currently offering soccer until the end of October and have had two practices.

2-4 year olds - 16 kids - Monday's 5-5:30pm

4 years/Kindergarten/1st - 21 kids - Wednesday's 5-6pm

2nd-5th grade - 20 kids - Wednesday's 5:30-6:30pm

If you have questions feel free to reach out to Molly Kerr the Shoreham Rec. Director

Shorehamrecdeptvt@gmail.com

Do you volunteer in our schools? Join Superintendent Wendy Baker for a discussion about how to streamline, strengthen, and improve our volunteer program at ACSD schools. We will schedule a time to meet this fall to gather your feedback. Interested? Click the button below:

We're pleased to announce that school breakfast and lunches are still free for all students!

• This means your student can receive breakfast every day and lunch without filling out an application form.
• Please note: students get one milk with each meal, but if they take milk alone (not as part of a meal) or take a second milk, they will be charged $0.60.
  
• We still ask families to fill out this Household Income Data Form. Filling out this form is not mandatory but it helps us qualify for over $475,000 which assists our schools with nutrition, literacy, math, science and other vital programming.

See what's for breakfast and lunch on the menu button below:

School Arrival & Dismissal Times:

7:45 Arrival

2:45 Dismissal (Early Release Days dismissal is 1pm)

Our School Road can be very busy. Here is some information so you can help support a smooth arrival and dismissal process:

• Students should arrive to school between 7:30-7:45. Please note, students cannot arrive before 7:30 because there is no adult supervision.
• Busses are here from 7:35-7:40 in the morning and 2:40-2:50 in the afternoon.
• If you drop your child off, please use the entrance at the southern loop off of School Street (marked with a yellow star on the map below), not the entrance by the church.
• If you pick your child up from school, please meet them at the school entrance (not on the playground.)
• Find the updated bus routes below or on our website: www.acsdvt.org/families/bus-routes